Artworks by Elmer Bischoff at George Adams Gallery on artnet

Elmer Bischoff

(American, 1916–1991)

Elmer Bischoff

Girl Leaning Against Chair, ca. 1965

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Elmer Bischoff

Cortez Square, 1953

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Elmer Bischoff

Pink Table, 1954

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Elmer Bischoff

Figure at Window with Boat, 1964

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Elmer Bischoff

Figure with Tree, 1972

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Elmer Bischoff

Bay, 1971

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Elmer Bischoff

Playground, 1954

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Biography

Timeline

1916: Born in Berkeley, CA
1938: B. A., University of California, Berkeley, CA
1939: M. A., University of California, Berkeley, CA
1946 - 1952: Instructor, California School of Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
1953 - 1956: Instructor, Yuba College, Marysville, CA
1955: First Prize at Richmond Art Center Annual Exhibition
1956 - 1963: Instructor and Chairman of Graduate Program, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1959: Ford Foundation Grant
1963: National Institute of Arts and Letters Grant
1964: Norman Wait Harris Bronze Metal and Prize
1965 - 1985: Professor, University of California, Berkeley, CA
1983: Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree, Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design
: Distinguished Teaching Award from the College Art Association
1985: Honorary Doctor of Fine Art degree from San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
: Berkeley Citation for distinguished teaching career, University of California, Berkeley, CA
1989: Honorary Doctor of Fine Art degree from California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
1991: Died in Berkeley, CA

Exhibitions

2012: “New Art at UD,” Old College Gallery, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware
: “Contemporary Painting, 1960 to the Present: Selections from the Collection,” SFMOMA, San Francisco, California
: “Local Color,” San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California
2011: Bella Pacifica: Bay Area Abstraction 1946-1953, Nyehaus, New York, NY
: “Beyond Tradition: Art Legacies at the Richmond Art Center,” Richmond Art Center
2010: Summer Group Show: New and Classic, George Adams Gallery, New York, NY
: Different Strokes: 20th Century Drawing, George Adams Gallery, New York, NY
: Figurative Paintings, 1953-1966, George Adams Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2009: Figurative Drawings from the 1960s, George Adams Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
: Bay Area to New York, NY Allen Stone Gallery, New York, NY
: Abstract and Figurative: Highlights of Bay Area Painting, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008: Elmer Bischoff: Abstract Paintings, 1948 – 1952, George Adams Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2005: Elmer Bischoff: The Late Abstractions, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
1997: Important Bay Area Paintings, 1954-1960, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1996: John Berggruen Gallery, Friesen Gallery Fine Art: A Collaboration, Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
1995: XXV Years, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1991: Elmer Bischoff: Painitngs, Salander-O’Reilly Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1990: Elmer Bischoff: Paintings from the Figurative Period, 1954 to 1970, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
: Bay Area Figurative Art, 1950-1965, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1989: Artists of the California Landscape, Natsoulas/Novdozo Gallery, Davis, CA
: John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
1988: John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
: Painting from the San Francisco Bay Area, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC; Paine Art Center, Oshkosh, ME; Lakeview Museum of Arts and Science, Peoria, IL
: California Light, Carpenter Center for Visual Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
: Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
: John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1987: The Triumph of the Figure in the Bay Area, 1950-1968, 871 Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
: Thirty-ninth Purchase Exhibition, Hassam and Speicher Fund, American Academy of Institute for Arts and Letters, New York, NY
: Ten Abstract Painters, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
: Peter Selz Select's Show, Berkeley Arts Festival, Berkeley, CA
: Elmer Bischoff, Sidney Gordin, Erle Loran; Drawings, Gallery Paule, Anglim, San Francisco, CA
1986: Elmer Bischoff, 1947-85, A Retrospective, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA; Laguna Beach Museum of Art, CA; The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC; Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC; Hirschl and Adler Modern, New York, NY (solo)
: Retrospective, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA (solo)
1985: Art in the San Francisco Bay Area: 1945-1980, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
: Hirschl and Adler Modern Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1984: The Figurative Mode: Bay Area Painting 1959-1966, Grey Art Gallery and Study Center, New York University, New York, NY
: University of Arkansas, AK (solo)
1983: John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
1982: MATRIX/Berkeley 55: Elmer Bischoff, University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, CA (solo)
1981: Grossmont College Gallery, El Cajon, CA (solo)
: E. B. Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA (solo)
: Realism and Realities: The Other Side of American Painting, 1940-1960, Jane Vorhees Zimmerli Art Gallery, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
: California: State of Landscape 1872-1981, Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA
1980: Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX (solo)
: Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL (solo)
1979: John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
: San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA (solo)
1978: American Painting of the 1970s, Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, New York, NY
1977: The Modern Era: Bay Area Update, Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1976: Paintings and Sculpture in California: The Modern Era, San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA and Meredith Long Gallery, Houston, TX
1975: Retrospective, Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA (solo)
: University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA (solo)
: Charles Campbell Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
: Art Academy of Cincinnati, OH (solo)
1974: Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, MA
: Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture- 1974, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
1973: A Period of Exploration: San Francisco, 1945-1950, Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA
: Drawing from Life and Studio Set-ups, Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA
: The MacAgy Years, 1945-1950, Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA
: Charles Campbell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1972: California Works on Paper: 1950-1971, University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, CA
: Galerie Smith-Andersen, Palo Alto, CA (solo)
1971: San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA (solo)
: Expo '70, Osaka, Japan
1970: Looking West 1970, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE
: American Painting 1970, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA

Public Collections

: The San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
: The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
: Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
: Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
: The Cantor Center for Visual Art, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
: Blanton Museum, University of Texas, Austin, TX
: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
: Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
: Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
: Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI
: Oklahoma City Art Museum, Oklahoma City, OK
: The New School University, New York, NY
: Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, New York, NY
: National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC
: Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
: Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
: University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, WI
: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
: The Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
: The Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
: J.P. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY
: The Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA
: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Elmer Bischoff

(American, 1916–1991)

Elmer Bischoff

Elmer Bischoff

Elmer Bischoff

Elmer Bischoff

Elmer Bischoff

Elmer Bischoff

Elmer Bischoff

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

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