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Review: Fairfield Porter reared in Winnetka,educated at Harvard,art developed in New York City.F.Porter although known as a conservative carries weight as a critic. His visual point of view developed after travel and living in New York. He not only visited many artist's exhibits ,he got to know the artists themselves.Dekooning assented approval of this man's work. He writes as well as he paints . He considers his criticism superior to his paintings.His critticism has been forgotten ,but not his paintings.He is open minded in reviewing the art outporings of his last years. Unlike ,Robert Hughes who I think has a prejudice for things English,Porter had convictions about the value of art in a political context.From this book you learn that he was a committee communist. Not only has Porter ascended to the best figurative artist of recent history this book of criticism is one of the most valuable reviews of the art of his time.
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