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R.B. Kitaj

(American, 1932–2007)

R.B. Kitaj

Yiddish Hamlet, 1985

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Biography

Timeline

1932: R. B. Kitaj is born as Ronald Brooks in Cleveland, Ohio
1950 - 1951: Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York
1951 - 1954: Studies at the Academy of Fine Art, Vienna
1956 - 1958: U.S. Army of Occupation, AFCE HQ (Armed Forces Central Europe)
1957 - 1959: Ruskin School of Drawing, University of Oxford, where he attended lectures by Edgar Wind and Douglas Cooper
1959 - 1961: Royal College of Art, London
: Forms lasting friendship with David Hockney
1962 - 1965: Settles in London and teaches at Camberwell and the Slade
1970 - 1971: Teaches at UCLA. Meets Sandra Fisher
1982: Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters
: Honorary Doctorate, University of London
1985: Elected to the Royal Academy
1989: Published First Diasporist Manifesto, translated into German and Hungarian
1991: Honorary Doctorate, Royal College of Art, London
1994: Major retrospective at the Tate Gallery, London.
1995: Wins the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale
: Honorary Doctorate, California College of Arts, Oakland
1996: Chevalier in Order of Arts and Letters, Paris
: Commissioned portrait of President Bill Clinton for University College, Oxford
: Honorary Doctorate, Durham University
1997: Wollaston Award to the best painting in the Summer exhibition, Royal Academy, London
1999: Exhibition at the National Gallery, London: Kitaj In The Aura of Cézanne And Other Masters
: Honorary Doctorate, Spertus College, Chicago
2001: Begins to write his Confessions of an Old Jewish Painter
2007: dies at his home in Los Angeles, CA

Exhibitions

2017: R.B. Kitaj Selected Exhibitions in 2017:
The Exile at Home, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, New York, United States (solo exhibition)
2016: R.B. Kitaj Selected Exhibitions in 2016:
London Calling: Bacon, Freud, Kossoff, Andrews, Auerbach, and Kitaj, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California, United States
2015: R.B. Kitaj Selected Exhibitions in 2015:
R.B. Kitaj: A Survey 1958-2007, Marlborough Fine Art, London, United Kingdom (solo exhibition)
2013 - 2014: R.B. Kitaj Selected Exhibitions in 2013-2014:
Galerie van de Loo Projekte, Munich, Germany
2013: R.B. Kitaj Selected Exhibitions in 2013:
R.B. Kitaj: Die Retrospektive, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany (solo exhibition)
R.B. Kitaj: Obsessions, Pallant House Gallery, Chicester, United Kingdom (solo exhibition)
R. B. Kitaj: Personal Library, The Jewish Museum, New York, New York (solo exhibition)
R.B. Kitaj: Don’t Listen to the Fools, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York (solo exhibition)
2012 - 2013: R.B. Kitaj Selected Exhibitions in 2012-2013:
R.B. Kitaj (1932-2007). Obsessions, Jewish Museum, Berlin, Germany (solo exhibition)
2012: R.B. Kitaj Selected Exhibitions in 2012:
R.B. Kitaj, Moeller Fine Art, Berlin, United States (solo exhibition)
R.B. Kitaj, Galería Marlborough, Madrid, Spain (solo exhibition)
Homage to the Hambledon Gallery, The Art Stable, Dorset, United Kingdom
From Van Gogh to Vettriano: Hidden Gems from Private Collections, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
2011: R.B. Kitaj Selected Exhibitions in 2011:
Kitaj: Portraits and Reflections, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Lakeland Arts Trust, Kendal, Cumbria, United Kingdom (solo exhibition)
Summer Group Exhibition, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States
New Acquisition: Grotto of Curatorial Mysteries, Leslie Sacks Fine Art, Los Angeles, California, United States
2010 - 2011: R.B. Kitaj Selected Exhibitions in 2010-2011:
R.B. Kitaj’s Covers for a Small Library, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, United States (solo exhibition)
2009: R.B. Kitaj Selected Exhibitions in 2009:
Compass in Hand: Selections from The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York , United States
Cherchez la femme, Nieves Fernandez, Madrid, Spain
Summer Exhibition, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States
2008: R.B. Kitaj Selected Exhibitions in 2008:
R.B. Kitaj: Little Pictures, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States (solo exhibition)
Group Show, Marlborough Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco
Summer Exhibition, Marlborough Fine Art, London, England
: Paintings and Sculpture, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, December 12, 2007 - January 12, 2008
2007 - 2008: R.B. Kitaj Selected Exhibitions in 2007-2008:
Portrait of a Jewish Artist: R.B. Kitaj in Word and Image, organized by the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies, Charles E. Young Research Library, Los Angeles, California, United States (solo exhibition)
2007: Summer Exhibition, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY, June 6 – September 21
2006: Summer Group Show, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY, June 22 – September 5
: Kitaj: Little Pictures, Marlborough Fine Art, London, England (solo)
2005: Modern Masters, Marlborough Fine Art, London, March 9 – 24.
: R.B. Kitaj: How To Reach 72 In A Jewish Art, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, March 1 – April (solo)
2004: Kitaj: Retrato de un Hispanista, Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao, Spain, 31 May-1 August (solo)
2003: R. B. Kitaj: Los Angeles Pictures 1998-2003, L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, California, USA, 21 May-5 July (solo)
2002: R. B. Kitaj: A Survey of his Printmaking 1964-2001, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, England, 14 February-6 April (solo)
2001 - 2002: Kitaj: In the Aura of Cézanne and Other Masters, National Gallery, London, England, 7 November-10 February (solo)
: R.B. Kitaj: How To Reach 67 in Jewish Art, Galeria Marlborough, Madrid, Spain, 12 September-14 (solo)
2000: Paintings; Marlborough Gallery, New York, April 26 – May 20; travelling to Marlborough Monte-Carlo, Monaco, June 28 - September 30
: Kitaj In The Aura of Cézanne And Other Masters at the National Gallery, London, England (solo)
1999: Portrait of a City: Seven Figurative Painters from London, 12 January-27 February, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco
1998: Pop Art Spirits: Masterpieces from the Ludwig Collection, 15 August - 5 October, Sezon Museum of Art, Tokyo; 24 October - 23 November, Himeji Museum of Art, Hyogo, Japan
: R.B. Kitaj: An American in Europe, Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo, Norway, 10 January-22 March; travelled to Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid, Spain, 7 April-9 June; Jüdisches Museum de Stadt wien, Wien, Austria, 25 June-30 August; Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany,13 September-22 November (solo)
1997: Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy, London, June-17 August, 1997
1996: From London, 16 February-17 April, Fundación Caixa de Catalunya, Barcelona
: Sandra Two, FIAC, Espace Eiffel Branly, Paris, France, 2-7 October (solo)
1994 - 1995: Retrospective Exhibition, Tate Gallery, London, England; traveled to Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, United States; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, United States (solo)
: R.B. Kitaj: Recent Pictures, Marlborough Fine Art, London, England (solo)
1993: Obra Reciente, Arikha, Auerbach, Kitaj, Marlborough Madrid, September-October, 1993
1986: R.B. Kitaj, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York (solo)
1985: R.B. Kitaj, Marlborough Fine Art, London, England, November December (solo)
1981: R.B. Kitaj, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., United States; traveled to Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, United States; Städtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, Germany (solo)
1980: Kitaj: Pastels and Drawings, Marlborough Fine Art, London, England, 8 October 7 November (solo)
1978: R.B. Kitaj, FIAC, Grand Palais, Paris, France (solo)
1973: R.B. Kitaj: In Our Time—Mappenwerk und Grafik aus den Jahren 1969-1973, Amerika Haus, Berlin, Germany (solo)
1970: R.B. Kitaj, Overbeck Gesellschaft, Lübeck, Germany; traveled to Städtisches Kunstmuseum, Bonn, Germany; Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany; Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Marlborough New London Gallery, London, England (solo)
: La Biennale de Venezia, XXXV Espozisione Internazionale d’Arte, Venice, Italy
1967: R.B. Kitaj, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States (solo)
: Kitaj - Tekeningen en Seriegrafiën, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo)
: Work of Ron Kitaj, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio (solo)
1965: R.B. Kitaj: Paintings and Prints, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California (solo)
: R.B. Kitaj: Paintings, Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York, New York (solo)
1964: La Biennale de Venezia, XXXII Espozisione Internazionale d’Arte, Venice, Italy
1963: R.B. Kitaj: Pictures with Commentary, Pictures without Commentary, Marlborough New London Gallery, London, England (solo)

Public Collections

: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
: Museum of Art, Providence, Rhode Island
: Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
: Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
: Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo, Norway
: Nationalgalerie Staatliche Museen, Berlin, Germany
: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
: National Museums and Galleries of Wales, Cardiff, Wales
: National Portrait Gallery, London, England
: Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, California
: Pallant House, Chichester, England
: Royal Academy of Arts, London, England
: Royal College of Art, London, England
: Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
: Silkeborg Kunstmuseum, Silkeborg, Denmark
: South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
: Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany
: Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
: Stiftung Preussicher Kulturbesitz, Potsdam, Germany
: Swindon Museum and Art Gallery, Swindon, England
: Tate Modern, London, England
: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio
: University College, Oxford, England
: Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, England
: Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, Austria
: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain
: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York
: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York
: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark
: Akron Art Museum, Akron, Ohio
: Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
: Arts Council of England, London, England
: Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford, England
: Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo, Norway
: Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
: Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham, England
: British Council, London, England
: British Museum, London, England
: Centre National d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
: Chillida Foundation, Hernani, Spain
: Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio
: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
: Collection Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain
: Detroit Historical Museum, Detroit, Michigan
: Fondation du Judaisme Française, Paris, France
: Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, England
: Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, Netherlands
: Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
: High Museum, Atlanta, Georgia
: Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
: Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri
: Kunstmuseum, Düsseldorf, Germany
: Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
: Ludwig Collection, Aix-la-Chapelle, France
: Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, England

R.B. Kitaj

(American, 1932–2007)

R.B. Kitaj

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

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