Francis V. O'Connor

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Brief Commentaries on Art. Literature and Ideas

O'Connor's Page Index
Index to Reviews and Commentaries first published on O'Connnor's Page

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Narrative of career and a bibliography of significant works

The Mural in America: Wall Painting in the United States from Prehistory to the Present
This book has been written over the last twenty-five years and will be self-published on a CD-Rom in PDF format by the end of the year. Murals are normally created to be permanent, and as such encapsulate the ideas and values of their creators and patrons. This study opens up a rich cultural portrait of America that has never before been seen in depth.

Charles Seliger: Redefining Abstract Expressionism
A monograph containing a foreword by Thomas M. Messer, an introductory essay by Melvin P. Lader, and an extensive documentary chronology by Francis V. O’Connor with an interpretive Afterword that locates Seliger in the history of Abstract Expressionism. The book also contains over 100 superb color plates and close-up details of the artist’s meticulously-crafted works.

Sonnet Forms
This is a commentary on and demonstration of the two standard sonnet forms and a number of variations on them. It is also an opportunity to for its author to publish here a few of his sonnets as examples.