Artworks by Leon Berkowitz at ACA Galleries est 1932 on artnet

Leon Berkowitz

(American, 1911–1987)

Leon Berkowitz

Sunrise, Sunset, 1979

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Leon Berkowitz

Seven Lights (1 of 7), 1975

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Biography

Timeline

: Pennsylvania Museum School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
: Art Students League, New York, New York
: Academie, Grand Chaumjere, Paris, France
: Academie de Pelles Artes, Florence, Italy
: Mexico City College, Mexico City, Mexico

Exhibitions

2021: Selected Leon Berkowitz Exhibitions in 2021:
Leon Berkowitz, HEMPHILL Artworks, Washington, DC (solo exhibition)
2019: Selected Leon Berkowitz Exhibitions in 2019:
Thresholds of Perceptibility: The Color Field Paintings of Leon Berkowitz, Hollis Taggart Gallery, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
2014: Leon Berkowitz Exhibitions in 2014

Leon Berkowitz: Cascades of Light, Paintings from 1965-1986, ArtSpace/Virginia Miller Galleries, Coral Gables (Miami), Florida, USA (solo exhibition)
2012: Leon Berkowitz Exhibitions in 2012

ACA Galleries, New York, New York, USA
2009: Leon Berkowitz Exhibitions in 2009

Cathedral Paintings, Gary Snyder Project Space, New York, New York, USA
2007: Leon Berkowitz Exhibitions in 2007

Edison Place Gallery, Washington, D.C., USA
2003: Leon Berkowitz Exhibitions in 2003

ACA Galleries, New York, New York, USA
1989: Hirschorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, "Recent Acquisitions Show", Washington, D.C. Baumgartner Galleries Inc.
1988: Leon Berkowitz Exhibitions in 1988

Unities, Baumgartner Galleries Inc., Washington, D.C., USA
1987: Leon Berkowitz Exhibitions in 1987

Luminositites, Baumgartner Galleries Inc., Washington, D.C., USA
1980: Leon Berkowitz Exhibitions in 1980

Jacksonville Art Museum, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
1978: Leon Berkowitz Exhibitions in 1978

Leon Berkowitz: Recent Paintings (1976--1978), Virginia Miller Galleries, Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida, USA (solo exhibition)
1977 - 1982: Leon Berkowitz Exhibitions from 1977 to 1982

Middendorf Lane Gallery, Washington, D.C., USA
1976: Leon Berkowitz Exhibitions in 1976

Seven Lights, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., USA
1972: Leon Berkowitz Exhibitions in 1972

Pyramid Gallery, Washington, D.C., USA
1964: Leon Berkowitz Exhibitions in 1964

Rina Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel (with poet Ida Fox)
1953: Leon Berkowitz Exhibitions in 1953

Watkins Gallery, Washington, D.C., USA

Public Collections

: Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., USA
: Four Murals-Sequences, Harris Bank, Chicago, Illinois, USA
: Flint Institute of Art, Flint, Michigan, USA
: Federal Museum Bank, Richmond, Virginia, USA
: Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York, USA
: Des Moines Museum, Des Moines, Iowa, USA
: Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., USA
: Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida, USA
: Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut, USA
: Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
: North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
: National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C, USA
: Golda Meir Collection, Jerusalem, ISRAEL
: Museum of University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
: Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
: Jones and Laughlin Steel Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
: James Michener Collection, Houston, Texas, USA
: Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., USA
: High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
: Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
: Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona, USA
: Steelcase Inc., Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
: Museum of Fine Art, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
: Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida, USA
: Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
: Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, USA
: Harris National Trust, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Literature

1989: Rose, Robin, Electric Light, Museum & Arts Washington, May/June
1986: Power, Mark, Berkowitz at Baumgartner’s The Washington Post, May 16
: Mahoney, J.W., Leon Berkowitz: Baumgartner Galleries, The New Art Examiner, September
: Washington Theatre Guide, Berkowitz, Leon Berkowitz, Excerpts, Spring/Winter
: Berkowitz, Leon, Speakeasy, The New Art Examiner, November
1985: Lewis, Jo Ann, Berkowitz: A Career in Color, The Washington Post, May 4
: Welzenbach, Michael, Leon Berkowitz at Baumgartner, The Washington Times, May 9
: Rand, Harry, Leon Berkowitz, Arts Magazine, Summer
1984: Welzenbach, Michael, Guiding Light, Washington Post, December 21
1983: Downs, Terry, The Kinetic Artist of Kalorama Rd., Leon Berkowitz: Teacher, Painter, Dynamo, The Washington Post, March 20
: Tannous, David, Those Who Stay, Interviews by David Taanous: Leon Berkowitz, Art in America, July-August
: Naylor, Colin and Porridge, Genesis (ed.), Contemporary Artists, Leon Berkowitz, St. James Press, London, England, and St. Martin’s Press, New York, New York
: Ruhe, Benjamin, Visual Arts: When You’re Hot,The Washingtonian, Washington, D.C.December
: Heymann, Ann W.., Leon Berkowitz at Virginia Miller Galleries, Art Voices/South, September-October
1978: Davis, Gene, Starting Out in the ‘50’s, Art in America, July-August
: Martin, Robert, “Artist as Colorful as His Painting,” The Tampa Times, February 24
1977: Tannous, David, Leon Berkowitz at The Phillips Collection and at Middendorf, Art in America, July-August
: McLaughlin, James, Forward, Leon Berkowitz: Big Bend Series 1976, The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. and the Chicago Arts Club, Chicago, Illinois
: Forgey, Benjamin, Review, Art News, Summer
: Fox, Ida, In Spaces of Land, Sea and Sky, Leon Berkowitz: Big Bend Series 1976, The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. and The Chicago Arts Club, Chicago, Illinois
: Berkowitz, Leon, Statement of the Artist, Big Bend Series 1976, The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. and the Chicago Arts Club, Chicago, Illinois
: Davis, Douglas, Introduction, Leon Berkowitz; Big Bend Series 1976, The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. and the Chicago Arts Club, Chicago, Illinois
: Drath, Viola, Introduction, Leon Berkowitz: Big Bend Series 1976, The Phillips Collection, Washington D.C. and the Chicago Arts Club, Chicago, Illinois
: Drath, Viola, The Master Artist: Leon Berkowitz, The Washington Dossier, May
1976: The Corcoran Gallery of Art, The Corcoran and Washington Art, Washington Art, Washington
: Press, Jacques Cottell (ed.), Leon Berkowitz, Painter, Who’s Who In American Art, R.R. Bowker, New York, New York
: Seagrave, Wendy, 77 People to Watch in ‘77, The Washingtonian, Washington, D.C., December
1975: Haacke, Lorraine, Berkowitz: Exploring the Realm of Light, Dallas Times-Herald, April 20
: Muck, Gordon, Art Views and News,” Syracuse Post-Standard, March 4
1974: Drath, Viola, Was ist los in Washington?, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Frankfurt, Germany, August 9
1973 - 1974: Berkowitz, Leon, Leon Berkowitz: Writings, An Exhibition of Current Painting by Leon Berkowitz: The Sound of Light, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. and the Everson Museum of Art Syracuse, New York
1973: Ahlander, Leslie Judd, Preface, Flowing Form, Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida
: ARTE Americana Contemporanea (catalog), Colecao da Embaixada Americana no Brazil
: Haritahs, James, Introduction, An Exhibition of Current Paintings by Leon Berkowitz: Sound of Light, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., and the Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York
: Millet, Donald, Berkowitz Paintings, Pittsburgh Gazette, February 10
: Slade, Roy, Preface, An Exhibition of Current Painting by Leon Berkowitz: The Sound of Light, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. and Everson Museum of Art, New York
: Tannous, David, Art: Mysterious and Perspectives, Woodwind, Washington, D.C., November 14
1972: Richards, Paul, Catalyst for Color Painters, Washington Post, April
: Exhibitions Catalogue, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield Connecticut
: Secrest, Merle, Light in Painting, Washington Post, November 27
: Secrest, Merle, Attentive Introspection, Washington Post, June
: Schjeldahl, Peter, New York Letter, Art International, September
: The New York Times, Hippies Crash Preview, February 21
: Pilgrim, James F., The Art of Leon Berkowitz, Recent Paintings by Leon Berkowitz, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
: Frankenstein, Alfred, Review, San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle, March
: Harithas, James. The Washington Painters, Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida
: Hairthas, James, Forward, Recent Paintings by Leon Berkowitz, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C
: Benbow, Charles, Optical Gymnastics: ‘Color in Control’ Explored,' St. Petersburg Times, September 22
1969: Burton, Scott, Color it Berkowitz, Art News, March
: The Gallery Guide, Cover Story, New York, New York
1968: Ritterbush, Phillip C., The Art of Organic Forms, The Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.
1964: Ronnen, Meir, Review, Jerusalem Post, September 20
1963: Smith, Kenneth Coutts, Review, Arts Review, London, England, November-December
: Abstract Art Goes to the Workshops, London Guardian, May 9
: Forgey, Benjamin, A Late Bloomers Released Energy, The Washington Sunday Star, September 16
1962: Blum, Fred II., Forward, Leon Berkowitz, Bishop’s Palace, St. David’s, Wales, United Kingdom
1956: Portner, Leslie Judd, Art in Washington, Washington Post, December 9
1953: Kainen, Jacob, Leon Berkowitz, Watkins Gallery, Washington, D.C.

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ACA Galleries, est. 1932

Leon Berkowitz

(American, 1911–1987)

Leon Berkowitz

Leon Berkowitz

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

Literature

Leon Berkowitz

(American, 1911–1987)

Leon Berkowitz

Leon Berkowitz

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

Literature

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