{"product_id":"eric-aho","title":"Eric Aho","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"descriptionPanel___wCiv7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"panelContent___B_vGb\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAcclaimed Finnish-American painter Eric Aho was named the inaugural Finlandia Foundation National Artist of the Year for 2022–2024.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe first full-career survey of an American artist redefining contemporary landscape painting through a powerful blend of abstraction, realism, memory, and environmental experience.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis landmark volume offers the most comprehensive look yet at Eric Aho (b. 1966), widely recognized as one of today’s leading painters of landscape and the natural world. Tracing four decades of artistic evolution, the book follows Aho from his luminous, enigmatic\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eIce Cuts\u003c\/i\u003e—geometric openings carved into frozen ponds—to his visceral\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFire Paintings\u003c\/i\u003e, which explore destruction, renewal, and the shifting forces of the environment. His recent\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWild Meadow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFirefly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eseries capture seasonal transitions with striking immediacy and emotional depth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRooted in the American landscape tradition, Aho’s work evokes the spiritual power of Marsden Hartley, the lyrical clarity of Fairfield Porter, the meditative abstraction of Agnes Martin, and the sweeping drama of Thomas Cole—yet remains unmistakably contemporary and wholly his own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume features two gatefolds and stunning reproductions that illuminate Aho’s singular approach to painting nature—its atmospheres, transformations, and unseen energies. A vivid and immersive celebration of an artist who brings new vision and vitality to landscape painting today.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"descriptionPanel___wCiv7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"acc-font-no-hover medium-small-font bold descriptionHeader___aNBPJ\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MuiGrid-root MuiGrid-container css-1b1jvye\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"panelContent___B_vGb\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished by Rizzoli International Publications, 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardcover, 246 pages (170 COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e12.3 in H | 10.3 in W \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Yau","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46728076525647,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2094\/7031\/files\/9780847876938.jpg?v=1788889018","url":"https:\/\/shop.finlandiafoundation.org\/products\/eric-aho","provider":"North Wind Books at the Finnish American Heritage Center","version":"1.0","type":"link"}