John Stephan (American, –1995)

Exhibitions

2004
“American Abstractionists: Part 1”, David Findlay Jr. Fine Art, New York, NY
2004
“American Abstractionists: Part 2”, David Findlay Jr. Fine Art, New York, NY
2002
“American Abstract Expressionsm,” Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2002
Yale University Art Gallery, “The Tiger’s Eye, The Art of a Magazine,” New Haven, CT (solo)
2001
“New York School Abstraction,” Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2000
“Jim Isermann: Logic Rules,” Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1995
Spring Bull Gallery, Memorial Exhibition, Newport, RI (solo)
1994
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1988
McKillop Gallery, Salve Regina University, Newport, RI (solo)
1983
“Abstract Art in New England,” Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA
1983
“Abstract Art in New England,” Stamford Museum and Nature Center, Stamford, CT
1982
Harcus Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA (solo)
1981
“Being and Nothingness,” DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
1980
Harcus Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA (solo)
1978
“DeCordova Collects New England Art,” DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
1977
Harcus Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA (solo)
1976
“Update,” DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
1976
Genesis Gallery, New York, NY
1975
“Large Paintings,” Parsons Truman Gallery, New York, NY
1975
Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI (solo)
1973
141 Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1973
Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
1972
Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI (solo)
1971
Woods-Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI (solo)
1971
“Abstract Painting,” DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
1971
Massachusetts Council on Arts and Humanities, Boston, MA
1970
Parker Street 470, Boston, MA
1970
Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
1970
DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA (solo)
1969
Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY (solo)
1963
10/4 Group, New York, NY (solo)
1963
10/4 Group, New York, NY
1955
Rosenquist Gallery, Tucson, AZ (solo)
1953
Galleria Dello Zodiaco, Rome, Italy (solo)
1951
9th Street Show, New York, NY
1951
La Petite Galerie, Montparnasse, Paris, France
1950
Gallery Artists, Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, NY
1950
Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1949
“13 American Abstract Artists,” Riverside Museum, New York, NY
1949
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
1949
Gallery Artists, Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, NY
1948
Gallery Artists, Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, NY
1947
Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1945
Mortimer Brandt Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1945
New Arts Circle, J.B. Newman, New York, NY
1944
New York Architectural League, New York, NY
1944
Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH
1944
Argent Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1941
“North Mississippi Valley Artists,” Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL
1941
The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1941
“45th Annual Exhibitions by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity,” Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1940
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1940
“Exhibition National Art Week,” Chicago, IL
1939
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1938
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1936
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1935
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1934
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1933
Paintings and Prints of Chicago Artists, Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC
1933
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY (solo)
1932
Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH (solo)
1932
Paintings by Chicago Artists, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburg, PA
1932
“Tenth Annual Exhibition,” Chicago No-Jury Society of Artists, Gallery of Modern Life
1932
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
1931
11th International Watercolor Exhibition, Chicago, IL
1931
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1931
Walden-Palmolive Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
1930
Dill Pickle Club, Chicago, IL (solo)
1930
All-Illinois Society of the Fine Arts, Stevens Hotel, Chicago, IL
1929
Open-Air Art Show, Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, IL
1929
Three-man show, Dill Pickles Club, Chicago, IL

Literature

1993
Stephan, John. “John Stephan: A Life in Art,” Media Consultant, 1993, Reedited by Flickers, 1997
1986–1987
Stephan, John. “An Oral History,” Interviewed by Robert F. Brown, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1986-1987
1979
Stephan, John. “Statement,” DeCordova Museum Calendar, 1979
1959
Stephan, John. “Kandinsky,” It Is, No. 3, Winter-Spring 1959
1959
Stephan, John. “Kandinsky,” It Is, No. 3, Winter-Spring 1959
1959
Stephan, John. “Concerning Social Realism-Revival and Ghosts,” It Is, Winter-Spring 1959
1949
Stephan, John. “Night,” The Tiger’s Eye, Oct. 1949, p.68
1948
Stephan, John. “Of Gods and Man,” The Tiger’s Eye, Mar. 1948, p. 109
1948
Stephan, John. “Sculpture and the Weapon,” The Tiger’s Eye, Jun. 1948, p.107
1948
Stephan, John. “What is Sublime in Art,” The Tiger’s Eye, Dec. 1948, p.56
1947
Stephan, John. “The Ideas of Art,” The Tiger’s Eye, Dec. 1947, pp. 45-46
Stephan, John. “A Gathering of Glory, Tiger’s Eye and Others,” Westport Historical Society

Reviews
Cunningham, Inez. “Current Exhibition in Chicago,” The Chicago Evening Post, Jan. 20, 1931
Cunningham, Inez. “First Exhibition of Paintings,” The Announcement, Jan.-Feb, 1931
Burrows, Carlyle. New York Herald Tribune, Feb. 20, 1944
Burrows, Carlyle. Art News, July, 1945
Burrows, Carlyle. New York Times, June 10, 1945
Devree, Howard. New York Times, Sept. 28, 1947
Cotes, Robert. New Yorker, Oct. 1947
Stephan, Ruth. “Response,” Tiger’s Eye, No.7, March. 1949
Preston, Stuart. New York Times, Oct. 1950
Sharpless, Ti-Grace. Art News, Jan. 1963, p. 46
Sharpless, Ti-Grace. Art News, Nov. 1963, p. 4
DeCredico, A.V. DeCordova Museum Catalogue, 1971
Swan, Bradford E. The Providence Journal, Jun. 1972
Swan, Bradford E. The Providence Journal, Jul. 1973
Brunelle, Al. Art News, Summer, 1973 p.94
Emerson, Clara F. Newport Daily News, July, 1975
Walkey. Fred P. Update, DeCordova Museum Catalogue, Lincoln MA
Heins, Greg. Newsletter, Harcus Krakow Gallery, 1977, p.1
Pantalone, John. Newport This Week, Sept. 1975
Pantalone, John. Newport This Week, Oct. 1983
Pantalone, John. Newport This Week, Oct. 1988
Zimmer, William. “Paradoxical Paintings,” The New York Times, Aug. 1983
Pantalone, John. “Truth and Beautiful Colors,” Newport This Week, Jul. 1995
Vranesh, George. “John Stephan’s Art,” Spring Bull Gallery Bulletin, Aug. 13, 1995
Reimer, R. E. “Stephan Works to be Featured in New Exhibit, Newport Daily News, Aug. 17,1995
Van Siclen, Bill. “A Historic Circle of Influence,” Providence Journal, Weekend Edition, Aug. 25, 1995, p. 1, 3
Keating, Barbara. “Spring Bull Gallery honors John Stephan,” The Newport Observer, Aug.16, 1995
Stephan, John. “John Stephan: A Life in Art,” Media Consultant, 1993, Reedited by Flickers, 1997
Stephan, John. “A Gathering of Glory, Tiger’s Eye and Others,” Westport Historical Society
On Tiger’s Eye
Kitazono, Katsue. A Yellow Eclipse, Hobunkan, Tokyo, 1953, pp.168-171, 237-238
Whittemore, Reed. Little Magazines, University of Minneapolis
Sandler, Irving. “The Triumph of American Painting,” A History of Abstract Expressionism, Praeger Publishing, 1970, p.211
Ashton, Dore. The New York Studio School, 1973, pp.184-190
Guilbaut, Serge, Ph.D. How New York Stole the Idea of Modern Art, p. 155,166
Falk, Peter Hastings. Who Was Who in American Art, Sound View Press, 1985, p. 594
Kazanjian, Dodie. Artsreview, The National Endowment for the Arts, Spring, 1987. Volume 4, No. 3, p.5
Gibson, Ann Eden, Ph.D., “Barnett Newman and the Tiger’s Eye,” Art International, Winter issue, 1988, pp. 14-23
Gibson, Ann Eden, Ph.D., “The Artist Run Periodicals,” Issues in Abstract Expressionism, The University of Michigan, 1990, pp. x, xi, xiii, 2, 5, 25-32, 91, 131, 133, 169
Ross, Clifford. Abstract Expressionism: Creators and Critics, 1990, p. 52, 130
Hall, Lee. Betty Parson, Abrams, 1991, p.96
Hamalian, Linda. The Life of Kenneth Rexroth, Norton, 1991, p. 310
Hashiba, Hatsue. “A Dialogue on the Journey,” Letters, May, 1993
Carr, Carolyn Kinder. Rebel Painters of the 1950s, Yale University Press, p.205, 686
Franks, Pamela. “The Tiger’s Eye, The Art of a Magazine,” 2002, Yale University Art Gallery
On the Federal Art Project
Lawson, Richard A. The Federal Arts Project in Illinois, Southern University Press, 1935-1943, 1990 p. 134
English (US)

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