The Edward E. Boccia Artist Trust is pleased to announce the publication of Edward E. Boccia: Painter of Nightmares and Dreams, the first major monograph on the American artist Edward E. Boccia (1921–2012).
Written and edited by art historian and curator Rosa Berland, the book brings together new scholarship on Boccia’s life, career, and paintings, with contributions by Natalie Prizel, Ben Street, and Charles Grund. Illustrated with color plates, the book considers Boccia’s large-scale paintings and his sustained engagement with literature, religion, mythology, and the history of art.
Published by the art book specialist press Hirmer Verlag, Munich the book will be available for purchase in the United States in December 2026 through the University of Chicago Press. You may pre-order your copy now and the book will be more widely available on various platforms like Amazon and at art book stores like Rizzoli in December.
The Trust is very pleased to see this long-term project come to publication and to make Boccia’s work available to a wider audience. We are most thankful to our generous donors, and give special thanks to our patrons including Art Care Conservation and the Philip Slein Gallery.
