Artworks by Ben Aronson at LewAllen Galleries on artnet

Ben Aronson

(American, born 1958)

Ben Aronson

Manhattan Skyline, 2022

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Ben Aronson

Hollywood Hills, 2022

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Ben Aronson

Graffiti on Canal, 2023

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Ben Aronson

Brooklyn Bridge, 2021

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Ben Aronson

Isle of Wight, 2022

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Ben Aronson

Downtown Over Broadway, 2021

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Ben Aronson

Summer Sun, 5th & East 34th, 2023

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Ben Aronson

Strada di Roma, 2022

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Ben Aronson

Paris Morning, Left Bank, 2022

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Ben Aronson

Under the El, Chicago, 2009

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Ben Aronson

Evening, Paris, 2022

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Ben Aronson

Homestead, 2022

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Biography

Timeline

1958: Born October 4
1976 - 1980: BFA, Boston University, Boston, MA
1980 - 1982: MFA, Boston University, Boston, MA
1985 - 1988: Artist in Residence, Beaver Country Day School, Chestnut Hill, MA
The Blanche E. Coleman Award for Painting
The St. Botolph Club Foundation Grant in Painting
1986: The Blanche E. Coleman Award for Painting
1987: Massachusetts Lottery Grant for Painting
First Prize in Drawing, Sudbury Art Association, MA
1989: Rhode Island State Council for the Arts Grant
1990: William P. & Gertrude Schweitzer Painting Prize, National Academy of Design, New York, NY
1991: Thomas Fisher Award, American Society of Architectural Perspectivists, New York, NY
1992: Ogden M. Pleissner Painting Award, National Academy of Design, New York, NY
2004: Benjamin Altman Landscape Prize, National Academy of Design, New York, NY
J. Sanford Saltus Gold Medal for Painting, National Academy of Design, New York, NY
2005: Academician Appointment, National Academy of Design, New York, NY
2006: American Academy of Arts and Letters, Childe Hassam Purchase Prize, New York, NY
: Lives and works in Massachusetts

Exhibitions

2013: Ann Norton Sculpture Museum, Palm Beach, FL (solo exhibition)
Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA (solo exhibition)
2011: Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Ogunquit, ME (solo exhibition)
A Sense of Place: Landscapes From Monet to Hockney, Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art, Las Vegas, NV
2010: Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
Changing Soils: Contemporary Landscape Painting, Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Nagoya, Japan
2009: Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA (solo exhibition)
Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Ogunquit, ME (solo exhibition)
People, Place, and Things: The Art of ARONSON, BABB, and SOTH, Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL
Urban Perspectives, Mark Gallery, Englewood, NJ
On Paper, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Winter Haiku, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008: Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo exhibition)
Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
Contemporary Still Lifes, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
Text and Textures: An Exhibition from the Permanent Collection, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
Beyond Representation, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007: Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo exhibition)
Master Prints, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
Landscapes: Rural and Urban Realities, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
Los Angeles Art Show (exhibited by LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM) at Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, CA
Anniversary Exhibition, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006: American Academy of Arts and Letters, Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, New York, NY
Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Ogunquit, ME
Lighthouse Center for the Arts, From Private Walls, Tequesta, FL
Cities Different, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2005: Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
Looking Back, Moving Forward, Campbell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Realism Invitational, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Chicago Art Fair, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
2004: 179th Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, National Academy of Design, New York, NY
Dualities, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
Still Life and Streets, Hidell-Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo exhibition)
The Art Show, The Armory, NYC, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
2003: DFN Gallery, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
The Burbs, DFN Gallery, New York, NY
2002: Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA (solo exhibition)
Form & Conscience: Figurative Art from Mid-Century to Present, Scott White Contemporary, La Jolla, CA
2001: Works on Paper, Spheris Gallery, New York, NY
2000: Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA (solo exhibition)
Contemporary Portraits, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
1999: Scott White Contemporary, La Jolla, CA (solo exhibition)
The Aronson’s, Altar & Gil Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
Emerging Talent, Apha Gallery, Boston, MA
Meridian International Traveling Exhibition, Exxon-Mobil
1998: Town & Country, MB Modern, New York, NY
Perspectives, MB Modern, New York, NY
Urban Suburban, Sydne Bernard Fine Arts, Hollywood, CA
Sydne Bernard Fine Art, Hollywood, CA (solo exhibition)
1997: MB Modern, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
Contemporary Figures, MB Modern, New York, NY
The Distinct Still Life, Pepper Gallery, Boston, MA
Sydne Bernard Fine Arts, Hollywood, CA
Jerry Solomon Gallery, Hollywood, CA
1996: Horwitch Newman Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ (solo exhibition)
Jerry Solomon Gallery, Hollywood, CA (solo exhibition)
1995: About American Realism: Part I, Horwitch Newman Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Only in America, Koplin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1994: Contemporary Perspectives II, Louis Newman Galleries, Beverly Hills, CA
Interiors, Louis Newman Galleries, Beverly Hills, CA
Louis Newman Galleries, Beverly Hills, CA (solo exhibition)
1992: 167th Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, New York, NY
National Convention Exhibition, American Institute of Architects, Boston, MA
Mickelson Gallery, Washington, DC
1990: 165th Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, New York, NY
The Copley Society, Boston, MA
1988: The DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
1987: Julie Saul Gallery, Sudbury, MA (solo exhibition)
1986: Lane Gallery, Gordon College, Wenham, MA (solo exhibition)

Public Collections

: Reading Public Fine Art Museum, Reading, PA
: Museum of Art, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
: Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
: Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, CT
: Boston University, Boston, MA
: Boston Public Library, Prints & Drawings Collection, Boston, MA
: Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston , MA
: Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
: Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH
: Rahr West Museum, Manitowoc, WI
: Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA
: Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL
: Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Ogunquit, ME
: Museum of Arts and Sciences , Daytona, FL
: North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
: New Mexico Museum of Fine Arts, New Mexico, NM
: National Museum of Fine Arts, Malta
: National Academy Museum, New York, NY
: Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL
: The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
: Vieques Museum of Art, Vieques, Puerto Rico
: Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT
: Taylor Art Museum, Colorado Springs, CO
: Tampa Museum of Fine Art, Tampa, FL
: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
: San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
: Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA
: New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX

Literature

2008: Mullarkey, Maureen. “Capturing a Scene, Minus the Camera.” The New York Sun, April 10.
: Kuspit, Donald. Ben Aronson: Urbane Paintings, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, April (exhibition catalogue).
: Rifkin, Mark. “Review: Ben Aronson, Urban Currents.” This Week in New York April 30.
: Baker, R.C. “Review: Ben Aronson.” The Village Voice, April 29.
2007: Feinstein, Lea. “Reviews: National.” ARTnews. Summer.
: Cooper, James F. “Contemporary Realism, The View from San Francisco.” American Arts Quarterly, Fall
2006: American Artist, June
: American Art Collector, June
2005: The ARTNewsletter, November
: Rifkin, Mark. “National Academy’s 179th Annual Enters Last Week.” New York Resident. 14 June 2004
: Naves, Mario. “Conflict of Interest.” The New York Observer. 31 May 2004
: Kunitz, Daniel. “Institutional Exhibitionism.” The New York Sun. 6 May 2004
: Leggio, Gail. “Exhibitions.” American Arts Quarterly. Summer 2004
: Exhibition Review. New York Magazine. 10 May 2004
2004: Aronson, Ben. Illustration. ARTNews. October 2004
: Baker, Kenneth. “Bubbling Over in Talent.” ARTNews. September 2004
2003: Lee, Margaret. “ Fifth Annual Realism Invitational.” ARTNews. September 2003
: Aronson, Ben. Illustration. ARTNews. October 2003
2002: Peterson, Gregory. “What Motivates a Collector.” American Artist. April 2002
1999: McQuaid, Cate. “Altered States: Boston Artists Paint Boston.” The Boston Globe. 28 January 1999
1997: Aronson, Ben. Illustration. ARTNews. October 1997
1996: Aronson, Ben. Illustration. ARTNews. February 1996
: Listing. Art in America. (Annual) 1996
: Aronson, Ben. Illustration. The New York Times. 12 March 1995
1995: Listing. Art in America. (Annual) 1995
: Combs, M. “Speaking in Images.” The Artist’s Magazine. 1995
: Kramer, Jack. Human Anatomy and Figure Drawing. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1984 2nd Edition
1991: Raupe, Bebe. “Award-Winning Watercolorist Benjamin Aronson: National Academy of Design” Architecture in Perspective VI. 1991

Ben Aronson

(American, born 1958)

Ben Aronson

Ben Aronson

Ben Aronson

Ben Aronson

Ben Aronson

Ben Aronson

Ben Aronson

Ben Aronson

Ben Aronson

Ben Aronson

Ben Aronson

Ben Aronson

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

Literature

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