In Celebration Of An Undiscovered American Artist, Hodé Frankl

This is a book about a great, albeit undiscovered, American artist, Hodé Frankl (née Adelaide Frankel, 1923-1989). She was the beloved wife of fellow artist Joseph Deley (1924-2007) and the much-missed mother of Jacqueline Deley—the author of this book. For Hodé, art was a driving force, a passion. While her style is reminiscent of the Impressionists, it is necessary to stress that she was not a naturalist and did not seek to capture real life on her canvas. She was an idealistic painter, taking inspiration from real-life scenes but then re-arranging and re-constructing them to her own taste. She painted what she saw in her mind’s eye, and worked on the basis of pure inspiration. . The artwork in this book is divided into nine thematic categories: Townscapes, Landscapes with Houses, Landscapes, Waterscapes, Tree and Gardenscapes, Interiors, Still Lifes, Portraits, and Forays into Other Media (including her Pen & Inks, Woodcuts, Artistic Needlepoint, and Decorative Arts).