Barnett Newman

(American, 1905–1970)

the moment from four on plexiglas by barnett newman

Barnett Newman

The Moment from Four on Plexiglas, 1966

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Biography

Timeline

1905
Born in New York, NY
1922 - 1926
Studied with John Sloan and William von Schlegel The Art Students League, New York, NY
1923 - 1927
BA, Philosophy City College, New York, NY
1941
Studied botanics and ornithology Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
1944
Organized pre-Columbian stone sculpture exhibition Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, NY
1947
Organized the The Ideographic Picture Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, NY
1962 - 1964
Taught at the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
1970
Awarded Brandeis University Creative Arts Medal
Died

Exhibitions

2009
1945-1949 Repartir à zéro, comme si la peinture n’avait jamais existé, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, Lyon
2008
Color as Field. American Painting 1950-1975, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN
Traces du Sacré, Centre Pompidou, Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris
Action/Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning, and American Art, 1940-1976, The Jewish Museum of New York, New York City, NY
Eye on the Collection: Views and Viewpoints, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA
2007
La Abstraction del Paisaje, Fundación Juan March, Madrid
Declaring Space, The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX
Mark Rothko & Barnett Newman - The Sublime is Now!, Foundation Beyeler, Riehen
2006
Elemental Form, L&M Arts, New York City, NY
Black Paintings, HDK, Haus der Kunst, München, Munich
2005
Leporello, Een reis door de collectie, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam
Wilder a tribute to the Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles 1965-1979, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York City, NY
2004
Beyond Geometry: Experiments in Form 1940s-70s, MAM - Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL
Shanghai Art Museum: Encounters with Modernism, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam
2003
Barnett Newman: Cantos, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart (solo)
2002
Barnett Newman, Tate Modern, London (England) (solo)
Barnett Newman, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
1999 - 2000
Barnett Newman: Notes, 1968: The Chinati Foundation, Marfa, TX (solo)
1998
Barnett Newman, Galerie Karsten Greve - Cologne, Cologne (solo)