Andrew Geller: Deconstructed: Artist and Architect
Book Details
Author(s)Jake Gorst
PublisherGlitterati
ISBN / ASIN0990380890
ISBN-139780990380894
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank312,871
CategoryArchitecture
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
Over the course of a career that lasted more than fifty years, Andrew Geller architect, artist, and designer quietly produced a large and culturally significant body of work, leaving an invaluable mark in his field. Geller's impact was first felt in the heady post-World War II years he spent at the Raymond Loewy design firm, where one highlight amongst many was his improvisational and free-handed influence on the Lord & Taylor brand. He is undoubtedly most well-known, though, for his architecture, and his stunning modernist beach houses in particular, houses that still grace our shores and which, not unlike Andrew Geller himself, were innovative, unconventional, and saturated with a delight for beauty and form.
In Andrew Geller: Deconstructed, Jake Gorst celebrates the life and work of his grandfather, bringing together two-decades worth of interviews, both formal and informal, as well as many artifacts and treasures culled from Geller's vast personal collection of drawings and photographs. Included within are stories and images not only of his now famous beach houses, but also of the many lesser-known buildings and early artworks, making this the definitive volume on this architectural icon. Gorst's intent in writing this volume - to share this wealth of information and provide an intimate glimpse into the inner workings of an artist is here fully actualized, rendering a vivid portrait of a man whose main drive in life was to create beauty whatever he did.
In Andrew Geller: Deconstructed, Jake Gorst celebrates the life and work of his grandfather, bringing together two-decades worth of interviews, both formal and informal, as well as many artifacts and treasures culled from Geller's vast personal collection of drawings and photographs. Included within are stories and images not only of his now famous beach houses, but also of the many lesser-known buildings and early artworks, making this the definitive volume on this architectural icon. Gorst's intent in writing this volume - to share this wealth of information and provide an intimate glimpse into the inner workings of an artist is here fully actualized, rendering a vivid portrait of a man whose main drive in life was to create beauty whatever he did.
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