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Bernard Chaet

(American, 1924–2012)

Bernard Chaet

Cows in Landscape, 2005

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Biography

Timeline

1924: Born, Boston, Massachusetts
1942 - 1947: School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
: Tufts University, Medford, MA
1967: National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities, Sabbatical Grant
1968: National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities, Sabbatical Grant
1981: American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, Hassam and Speicher Fund Purchase
1986: Artist in Residence, Dartmouth College
: Distinguished Teaching of Art Award, College Art Association
: Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, Maryland Institute College of Art
1994: Elected Member of National Academy of Design
1997: The Altman Prizem, National Academy of Design
: Benjamin Altman Prize, National Academy of Design
1999: Edwin Palmer Prize, National Academy of Design
: Edwin Palmer Prize, National Academy of Design
2000: Etching Commission, National Academy of Design
2001: Jimmy Ernst Prize, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters
: Edwin Palmer Prize, National Academy of Design
2003: Henry Ward Ranger Purchase Prize, National Academy of Design
: Mr. Chaet was the William Leffingwell Professor in Painting at Yale University, where he taught from 1951 to 1990. Mr. Chaet’s honors include a National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities grant (1967-68) and a Distinguished Teaching of Art Award, College Art Association (1986).

Exhibitions

2007: “Bernard Chaet, Granite Pier”, David Findlay Jr Fine Art, New York, NY (solo)
: “SummerSet”, David Findlay Jr Fine Art, New York, NY
: “182nd Annual Exhibition,” National Academy of Design, New York, NY
2006: “A Salute to the National Academy,” David Findlay Jr Fine Art, New York, NY
: “Natural Selection: Landscape Print Portfolio from Center Street Studio,” Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA
: “A Good Day for Painting: The Art of Bernard Chaet”, Amherst College, Amherst, MA (solo)
: "Landscaping," Lohin Geduld Gallery, New York, NY
2005: David Findlay Jr Fine Art, New York, NY (solo)
: Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA (solo)
: Butler Institute of Art, Youngstown, OH (solo)
: “Artists at Work”, Paris, New York, Kent Gallery, Kent CT
: Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA (10 solo shows from 1967) (solo)
2004: “Drawing Today,” New Arts Gallery, Litchfield, CT
2003: David Findlay Jr Fine Art (solo)
2002: “Watercolor,” New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, New York, NY
: “Painting in Boston: 1950-2000,” DeCordova, Boston, MA
: “The Visionary Decade,” Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, MA
2001: “All American: Contemporary, Modern & Master Painting,” David Findlay Jr Fine Art, New York, NY
: David Findlay Jr Fine Art, New York, NY (solo)
2000: M B Modern, New York, NY (solo)
: “Gallery Selections,” M B Modern, New York, NY
: The Davidson Collection, Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, IL
: Cape Ann Historical Society, Cape Ann, MA (solo)
: New York Studio School, New York, NY (solo)
1998: M B Modern, New York, NY (solo)
: M D Modern, Houston, TX (solo)
1995: “Boston’s Honored Artists,” Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA
1993: “Small Scale,” Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
1992: “After 25 Years: A New Beginning,” Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
1991 - 1993: David Findlay Jr Fine Art, New York, NY (solo)
1991: Marilyn Pearl Gallery, New York, NY (9 exhibitions from 1977-91) (solo)
: “Contemporary Landscapes,” Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA
1990 - 1992: “Five Decades of Drawing,” organized by the Boston Public Library, traveling to: Yale University; University of Louisville; Southern Methodist University; University of Montana; Holter Museum, Helena, Montana; Indiana University; University of Michigan; College of William & Mary; and Maryland Institute College of Art (solo)
: J. Rosenthal Fine Arts, Chicago, IL (solo)
: Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington, DC (solo)
1989: “American Drawing,” University of Virginia Museum, Charlottesville, VA
: “Recent Acquisitions,” Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC
1987: “Contemporary Watercolors,” Scripps College, Claremont, CA
: Jaffe-Friede Gallery, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (solo)
1986: “161st Annual Exhibition,” National Academy of Design, New York, NY
: “The Watercolor Show,” Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
: J. Rosenthal Fine Arts, Chicago, IL (solo)
1985: “Contemporary Watercolor paintings: Influence from the East,” College of the Mainland Art Gallery, Texas City, TX
: “New Vistas: Contemporary American Landscapes,” Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
1984: “Modern Masters of Classical Realism,” Allen Prieb Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, WI
: “Themes and Variations: 1942-1983,” Washington Art Association, Washington Depot, CT (solo)
1983 - 1984: “20th Century American Watercolor,” curated by Janice Oresman, the Gallery Association of New York State
1983: “Painting of the Fifties,” Marilyn Pearl Gallery, New York, NY
: “Art on Paper,” Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
: “Realist Directions,” Zolla Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
1982: Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE (solo)
: Downtown Gallery, Wilmington, DE (solo)
: “American Figurative Expressionism: 1950-1960,” Marilyn Pearl Gallery, New York, NY
1980: “Portraits,” Marilyn Pearl Gallery, New York, NY
1979: “The American Scene: Contemporary Landscape Views,” Marilyn Pearl Gallery, New York, NY
: Trinity College, Hartford, CT (solo)
1978: Marilyn Pearl Gallery, New York, NY, traveling to: The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA; Hermitage Foundation Museum, Lockhaven, VA; Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC (solo)
1975: Forum Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
: “A Fine Line Drawing,” Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
1973: Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington, DC (solo)
: Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington, DC (solo)
1972: Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA (solo)
1970: Brockton Art Center, Brockton, MA (retrospective) (solo)
1969: University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (solo)
1968: “Four New England Artists,” University of Massachusetts
: “Six Who Draw,” State University of New York, Cortland, NY
1967: Stable Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1966: “Recent Drawings USA,” Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
1965: Boris Mirski Gallery, Boston, MA (three shows from 1946-65) (solo)
: “Eight from Connecticut,” Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford, CT
1962: “Corcoran Biennial of American Painting,” Corcoran Gallery, Washington , DC
1961: University of Illinois Biennial of American Painting, Champaign, IL
: White Museum, Cornell University, Ithica, NY (solo)
: Stable Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1960: “8 From Connecticut,” Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT
1959: The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC
: Stable Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1958: Detroit Art Institute, Detroit, MI
: Designs Americaines Contemporains, Boston Public Library Print Dept., French Museums, Boston, MA
1957: Selections I, ICA, Boston, MA
: 20th Century Watercolors, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
1956: Artists Annual,Stable Gallery, New York, NY
1955: Golden Years of American Drawing, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1954: Fort Worth Museum, Fort Worth, TX
: “Younger New England Painters,” Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
: Bertha Shaefer Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1953: San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1952: University of Illinois Biennial of American Painting, Champaign, IL
1951: University of Illinois Biennial of American Painting, Champaign, IL
: Moods and Movements-Boston, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
1946: American Drawings, LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
: SELECTED MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Baltimore Museum of Art
Boston Public Library
Brooklyn Museum
Brown University, Providence, RI
Cape Ann Historical Association
Chicago Art Institute
Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Grey Art Gallery, New York University, NY
Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, RI
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
New York Public Library, New York, NY
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC
State University of New York, Cortland, NY
University of California, Los Angeles, CA
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Weatherspoon Gallery of Art, University of North Carolina
Wellington Management Company
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT

Literature

2005: Harnett Gallery, University of Richmond Museums, September, Essay by Isabelle Dervaux
2003: Mario Naves, New York Observer, David Findlay Jr. Fine Art, New York, NY, May
: Lance Espland, Art News, David Findlay Jr. Fine Art, New York, NY, September
: Sinclair Hitchings, New Voices in 1940s Boston, Boston University Art Gallery
2002: Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe,“Chaet Takes Roots at Sea,” Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA September
2000: William C. Agee, essay, M.B. Modern, New York, NY, April
: Ruth Fine, The Jalane and Richard Davidson Collection, The Art Institute of Chicago
: Rachel Rosenfeld, Nicholas Capasso, Jennifer Uhrane, Painting in Boston, 1950-2000, De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
1999: John Arthur, Green Woods and Crystal Waters, The American Landscape Tradition, The Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa
1998: Texts by Andrew Forge, Frank Moore, Rosanna Warren, Curated by George Negraponte, New York Studio School, February –April
: Kit White, Review
: Christine Temin, Boston Globe, July
: “Cape Ann Choreography, Chaet Makes Landscapes Dance,” Cape Ann Historical Association, Cape Ann, MA, June-July
: Charles Giuliano, Art New England, September
1996: Carl Little, Painting of New England, Down East Books, Camden, ME
1995: Joanna Fink, essay, Alpha Gallery
1991: Dr. Richard Law, Mississippi Valley Review, 5 paintings
1990: Rosanna Warren, Five Decades of Drawing by Bernard Chaet
Boston Public Library travelling show: Yale University; University of Louisville; Southern Methodist University; Holter Museum of Art, Helena; University of Montana, Missoula, Indiana University, University of Michigan, The College of William and Mary
: Robert Taylor, Boston Globe, “Bernard Chaet Expands Boundaries of Drawing,” March
: Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA, October
1989: John Arthur, Spirit of Place, Little Brown & Co.
1988: Stephen Westfall, Arts, Marilyn Pearl Gallery, New York, NY, March
1987: Martha Oaks, Buds of Modernism (Cape Ann), Rotenberg Gallery, Boston, MA
: John L.H. Baw, Rita Rich Collection, National Academy of Design
1986: Nancy Stapen, Art News, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA, January
1985: Kenneth Baker, Art News, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA, November
: Charles Le Clair, The Art of Water Color, Prentice Hall
1984: Vivien Raynor, “Works of an Artist Who Paints for Himself,” New York Times, Marilyn Pearl, New York, NY, June
: John Robinson, Arts, Marilyn Pearl Gallery, New York, NY, February
1983: Frank Goodyear, Jr., “The Jalane and Richard Davidson Collection,” Pennsylvania Academy and Chicago Art Institute
: Janice C. Oresman, Twentieth Century American Watercolor, The Gallery Association of New York State
: Margaret Mathews, American Artist, September
1982: Janice C. Oresman, Arts, Marilyn Pearl Gallery, New York, NY, October
1980: Robert Berlind, Art in America, Marilyn Pearl Gallery, New York, NY
: Gerald M. Monroe, Drawing, “The Personal Approach of Drawing by Bernard Chaet,” September/October
: Diane Brandt Stillman, Delaware Art Museum, DE
: Charles Giuliano, Boston After Dark, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA, April
1979: Bernard Chaet, An Artist’s Notebook, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, NY
1978: Vivien Raynor, New York Times, Marilyn Pearl Gallery, New York, NY, April
: Hilton Kramer, New York Times, April
1975: Louis Finkelstein essay, Forum Gallery, New York, NY
1970 - 1983: (Three editions) Bernard Chaet, The Art of Drawing, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, NY
1970: Edgar Driscoll, Jr., “Three Artists Rate Museum Shows,” Boston Globe, Brockton Arts Center, Brockton, MA April
: Charles Giuliano, Boston After Dark, Brockton Arts Center, May
1969: Edgar Driscoll, Jr., “A New Dimension by Chaet,” Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA, March
1968: Edgar Driscoll, “Bits of Grosz and Chaet,” Boston Globe, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
1967: “Chaet Milks His Subject,” Time, April
1965: Robert Taylor, Boston Herald, April
: Bernard Chaet, Artist’s Work, Webb Books, Cambridge, MA
: Dorothy Adlow, “Chaet Returns with Recent Work,” Christian Science Monitor, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
: Robert Taylor, “Use of Color by Chaet Akin to Impressionists,” Boston Herald, September
1961: John Canady, New York Times, January
1959: Dorothy Adlow, “Works by Bernard Chaet at Mirski Gallery,” Christian Science Monitor, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
: Robert Taylor, Boston Herald
1957: Geoffrey Bush, “Colorful, Eventful Oil by Chaet”, Boston Herald
: Edgar Driscoll, Boston Globe, Boris Mirski Gallery, New York, NY
1955: Dorothy Adlow, Christian Science Monitor, April
: Robert Taylor, “Varied Nature Views by Chaet,” Boston Herald
: Mildred Hanson, “Chaet Uses Glowing Color for Emotional Impact”, Boston Post, Mirski Gallery
1954: Dorothy Adlow, catalog essay for Bertha Schaefer Gallery exhibition, New York, NY, May
: Stuart Preston, “Bernard Chaet Poet-Painter,” New York Times
: “Boston Artist Debut,” New York Herald Tribune
1951: Lawrence Dame, Boston Herald, May
: Dorothy Adlow, Christian Science Monitor, Boris Mirski Gallery
1946: Lawrence Dame, Boston Herald, April
: Dorothy Adlow, Christian Science Monitor, Boris Mirski Gallery, May

Bernard Chaet

(American, 1924–2012)

Bernard Chaet

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Literature

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