{"product_id":"paul-rotterdam-nightbow-and-other-events-9783777444024","title":"Paul Rotterdam: Nightbow and Other Events","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn exaltation of the sublime artist, Paul Rotterdam.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Painter, illustrator, and graphic artist Paul Rotterdam (b. 1939) is the Austrian member of the New York School, a group of artists whose radical approaches pushed pure abstraction to its very limits. In the late 1960s, Rotterdam moved to the United States to acquaint himself with the theory behind these approaches and to practically apply them to his own works. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Rotterdam is resolute in seeking out expressions of the universal. He proceeds from the theories of classical modernism, ranging from the postulate of free form, by the likes of Kandinsky, to the constraint of forms by Piet Mondrian. His paintings achieve a material quality that generates its own reality. \u003ci\u003ePaul Rotterdam: Nightbow and other events\u003c\/i\u003e offers a portrayal of an artist whose thoughts and austere paintings enable us to experience the intrinsic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Rotterdam\u003c\/b\u003e is a painter, illustrator, and graphic artist from Austria. He lives and works in New York.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hirmer Verlag GmbH","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50913707589906,"sku":"9783777444024","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_53666560-7ba2-4f6c-8233-df328566d940.jpg?v=1738795068","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/paul-rotterdam-nightbow-and-other-events-9783777444024","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}