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	GOTTLIEB, Adolph; born 1903 New York - 1974 New York. American painter.
	1920-24	Studies at Art Students League with Robert Henri, John Sloan.
	1921	Travels in Europe, studies at Academic de la Grand Chaumiere, Paris.
	1923-29	Returns to New York, studies at Parsons School of Design, Cooper Union, Educational Alliance Art School.
	1930	Two-person show with Konrad Cramer, at Dudensing Gallery, New York.
	1934-35	Included, group show, Uptown Gallery, New York. Included, group show, Gallery Secession, New York. (Group forms core of 'The Ten'.)
	1935	Founder-member of the Expressionist group 'The Ten'. Joint exhibition, Montross Gallery, New York.
	1936-37	Employed by WPA Federal Art Project. Joins Artists Union.
	1937	Exhibits with 'The Ten,' Passedoit Gallery, New York. Signs 'Call' and joins American Artists Congress.
	1937-39	Lives in Arizona for two years.
	1938	Included, 'The Ten: Whitney Dissenters,' Mercury Gallery, a few doors from the Whitney on Eighth Street. 'The Ten' dissent from the Whitney's purported bias toward Regionalism and the American Scene. Included, group show, Passedoit Gallery.
	1939	Wins United States Treasury Department Competition to paint mural in post office of Yerrington, Nevada. Final exhibition of 'The Ten,' Bonestell Gallery, New York. 'The Ten' disband.
	1940	First solo show, Artists Gallery, New York; again 1942, 1943. Included, Section of Fine Arts, United States Treasury Department exhibition of mural designs for federal buildings, Whitney Museum of American Art. Included, "Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Art," Whitney Museum of American Art; again 1941,1944-1961,1963,1965,1967.
	1941	From 1941 produced 'Pictographs', symbolic drawings in a magic realist style. Included, "Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Art," Whitney Museum of American Art.
	1943	Included, "Third Annual Exhibition, Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors," Wildenstein Gallery, New York; also 1944, 1945, 1946. Rothko and Gottlieb discuss their aesthetic theories on WNYC radio.
	1944-45	President, Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors.
	1945	Included, "A Painting Prophecy - 1950," David Porter Gallery, Washington, D.C. Included "A Problem for Critics," Gallery 67, New York. Solo shows: Nierendorf Galleries, New York; Gallery 67, New York.
	1946	Included, "American Painting from the Eighteenth Century to the Present Day," Tate Gallery, London. "Advancing American Art," Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Annual Exhibition," Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; also 1949, 1953, 1954. Speaker, forum on "Problems of Art and Artists Today and Tomorrow," sponsored by Art Students League and Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors.
	1947	Two solo shows, Kootz Gallery, New York; also 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954. Included, "Introduction a la peinture moderne americaine," Galerie Maeght, Paris. "Abstract and Surrealist American Art," Art Institute of Chicago.
	1948	Speaker, forum "The Modern Artist Speaks," Museum of Modern Art. Included, "Contemporary American Painting," University of Illinois; also 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1963.
	1949	Speaker, forum on "The Schism between Artist and Public," sponsored by Art Students League and Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors. Solo show,Jaques Seligmann Galleries, New York. Included, "American Painting in Our Century," Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. "The Intrasubjectives," Kootz Gallery. "Juliana Force and American Art," Whitney Museum of American Art. "Contemporary Art in Great Britain, United States, France," Art Gallery of Toronto, Canada.
	1950	Solo show, Kootz Gallery; also 1953. Included, "American Painting Today," Florida Gulf Coast Art Center. "American Painting 1950," Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. "American Painting," Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.
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'blast #1', 1957, oil on canvas 114 x 228 cm (45 x 90 ") [ back to articles about 'abstract expressionism': 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 ] [ back to articles about 'abstract expressionism' ]