Karl Knaths (American, –1971)

Timeline

1928
The Norman Wait Harris Prize, The Art Institute of Chicago
1932
Gold Medal, Boston Tercentenary Art Exhibition
1946
First Prize, Carnegie Institute International Exhibition
1950
Third Honorable Mention, Carnegie Institute International Exhibition
1950
First Prize, Metropolitan Museum, “American Painting Today,” Basket Bouquet
1951
Honorary Degree of Doctor of Fine Arts, Board of Trustees, Chicago Art Institute
1955
Election to membership to National Institute of Arts and Letters
1959
Election to membership to National Institute of Arts and Letters
1961
Brandeis University Creative Arts Award for Painting
1962
Andrew Carnegie prize, annual exhibition of The National Academy of Design
1963
National Academy of Design, Altman Prize
1964
Audubon Art Award
1965
National Academy of Design, Altman Prize
1968
Elected to National Academy of Design

Exhibitions

2008
Azur, Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris
2007
"Cross Currents: Milton Avery, Karl Knaths, Herman Maril," David Findlay Jr. Fine Art, New York, NY
2005
"American Masters & Modernists: Karl Knaths," David FIndlay Jr. Fine Art, New York, NY
1988
Provinetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA
1982
"Appreciations: Karl Knaths," The Phillips Collection, Washington D.C.
"Karl Knaths, 1819-1871: works on paper 1919-1930," Everson Museum of Art, Woodstock, NY
"Karl Knaths: Ornaments of Glory," Milton and Sally Avery Center for the Arts, The Bard College Center, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY
1973–1974
“Karl Knaths, Five Decades of Painting,” memorial retrospective, International Exhibitions Foundation. Exhibition traveled to five museums.
1972
Memorial retrospective, Paul Rosenberg Gallery, New York, NY
1971
Memorial exhibition, Phillips Collection, Washington, DC
1965
Retrospective, Phillips Collection, Washington, DC
1959
Retrospective exhibition, “Four American Expressionists,” Whitney Museum of Art, New York, NY. Traveled to The Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH; Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, Colorado Springs, CO; Columbus Gallery of Art, Columbus, OH; The Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, TX.
1945
Solo Show, Paul Rosenberg Gallery, New York, NY
1930
Solo Show, Charles Daniel Gallery, New York, NY

Literature

1973
Karl Knaths, Five Decades of Painting, a Loan Exhibition, with an Introduction by Charles E. Eaton, circulated by the International Exhibitions Foundation, illustrated in color and black and white, 1973
1972
Hilton Kramer, New York Times, Jan., 1972
1970
Duncan Philips and His Collection, Marjorie Phillips, Little, Brown and Co., Boston, 1970
1962
“Artist Speaks”, John Canaday, New York Times, Dec., 1962
1959
“Karl Knaths”, Lloyd Goodrich, Praeger Publishers for the Whitney Museum, “Four American Expressionsts”, 1959
1955
“Karl Knaths Cape Cod”, a motion picture of Knaths and 35 of his paintings. A Docufilm, Contemporary American Artists Series, No. 1, 1955
1954
Karl Knaths, Paul Mocsanyi, with an introduction by Duncan Philips, An appreciation by Emanuel Benson, and a commentary by Karl Knaths, illustrated in color and black and white, Washington, 1954
1949
“Knaths Paints a Picture”, Elaine de Kooning, Art News, Nov., 1949
1946
American Abstract Artists, New York, 1946
1931
“The Artist Sees Differently”, Duncan Phillips, Weyhe, New York, Washington, 1931
English (US)

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