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The first full-length study of a pioneering Texas modernist. The Color of Being/El Color del Ser: Dorothy Hood, 1918–2000 by Susie Kalil (Texas A&M University Press, 2016) restores Dorothy Hood to her rightful place in twentieth-century American art. Born in Bryan, Texas, Hood won a scholarship to RISD, spent formative years in Mexico — marrying Bolivian composer José María Velasco Maidana — and returned to Houston in the 1960s to create the epic, large-scale paintings she is remembered for. Born in Bryan, Texas, Hood won a scholarship to RISD before formative years in Mexico.
Luminous works evoking the psychic void of space — full of color, movement, and spiritual searching. Presented in both English and Spanish, this bilingual volume honors Hood’s deep ties to Latin American culture and follows her six-decade career through reproductions, photographs, and Kalil’s insightful narrative. Kalil follows her six-decade career through reproductions, photographs, and insightful narrative.
Richly illustrated and deeply researched: essential for lovers of modernism, Texas art history, and remarkable women artists.
The Color of Being/El Color del Ser: Dorothy Hood, 1918–2000 by Susie Kalil (Texas A&M University Press, 2016) is the first full-length study of a pioneering Texas modernist. Dorothy Hood (1918–2000) was born in Bryan, Texas, won a scholarship to the Rhode Island School of Design, and spent formative years in Mexico, where she married Bolivian composer José María Velasco Maidana and absorbed the artistic energy of Latin America.
Returning to Houston in the 1960s, Hood created the epic, large-scale paintings for which she is best remembered — luminous works that seem to evoke the psychic void of space, full of color, movement, and spiritual searching. Presented in both English and Spanish, this bilingual volume honors Hood’s deep ties to Latin American culture and follows her six-decade career through reproductions, photographs, and Kalil’s insightful narrative.
Richly illustrated and deeply researched, The Color of Being restores Dorothy Hood to her rightful place in twentieth-century American art. An essential book for lovers of modernism, Texas art history, and the lives of remarkable women artists.
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