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Leon Berkowitz

(American, 1911–1987)

Leon Berkowitz

Untitled, A.M. Within Yellow, 1976–1978

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Leon Berkowitz

Algonquit Series #12, 1986

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Leon Berkowitz

Untitled, ca. 1975

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Leon Berkowitz

Channukkah, 1977

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Leon Berkowitz

Untitled, 1977

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Leon Berkowitz

Unities 43, ca. 1970

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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.

Leon Berkowitz

(American, 1911–1987)

Leon Berkowitz

Leon Berkowitz

Leon Berkowitz

Leon Berkowitz

Leon Berkowitz

Leon Berkowitz

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

Literature

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