Amongst the pioneering exponents of Californian Abstract Expressionism was Frank Lobdell (b. 1921)--peer to painters such as Clyfford Still, Mark Rothko, and Richard Diebenkorn and a significant artist in his own right, Lobdell takes center-stage in this ground-breaking book. Centered around Lobdell's career, the narrative's scope is ambitious, charting the events during those crucial and revolutionary years in California, and helping to define the...