Artworks by Morris Graves at Michael Rosenfeld Gallery on artnet

Morris Graves

(American, 1910–2001)

Morris Graves

Bird & Chalices, 1950

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Morris Graves

Church and Chalices, 1939

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Morris Graves

Kid Goat in an Abandoned Garden, 1934–1935

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Morris Graves

Study for Chalices, ca. 1939

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Morris Graves

Vases, ca. 1944

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Morris Graves

Vessel Forming, 1944

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Morris Graves

Untitled, ca. 1937

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Morris Graves

Scoters and Wave, 1943

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Morris Graves

Alter, ca. 1940

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Morris Graves

Waterfall, 1943

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Morris Graves

Birds and Sea Mist, 1943

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Morris Graves

Ceremonial Bronze Taking the Form of a Bird, 1947

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Timeline

1910: Born in Fox Valley, OR, the sixth of eight children
1932: Graduates from High School in Beaumont, Texas
1934: First studio was in Edmonds, shared with Guy Anderson
1936: Begins to paint for the Federal Art Project
1940: Built studio, “The Rock,” on Fidalgo Island
1953: Featured in LIFE magazine's “The Mystic Painters of the Northwest”
1954: Built home in Edmonds called “Careläden”
1962: published in The Artist’s Voice by Katherine Kuh, Harper & Row
1974: The Drawings of Morris Graves published by The Drawings Society, Inc., New York
2001: Dies in May at The Lake in Loleta, California

Exhibitions

2012: "State of Nature," Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
: "Past as Prologue – Preview 2012," Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
2010: “Morris Graves: Paintings and Drawings 1934-1995,” Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID (solo)
2005 - 2010: "Eloquent Flower VIX - XV," Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
2004: Eloquent Flower VIII." Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
: “Birds & Flowers” Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID (solo)
2003 - 2004: 2003-4 "Northwest Mythologies: Mark Toby, Morris Graves, Kenneth Callahan and Guy Anderson, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
: "The Edge of Tomorrow: Price, Toby and Graves form the 1940s," Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR and San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
: “Aviary” Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
: “Morris Graves,” Foster-White Gallery, Seattle, WA (solo)
2003: “A Bird in Hand: Morris Graves from the Permanent Collection,”University of Oregon Museum of Art, Eugene, OR (solo)
: "Eloquent Flower VII" Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
2002 - 2003: Morris Graves: Paintings and Drawings 1937-1995," Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum ID(solo)
2002: “Morris Graves: Reconciling Inner and Outer Realities, 1932-1983,” traveling exhibition(solo)
: "A Tribute to Morris Graves," memorial exhibition at The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC(solo)
: "Morris Graves in Seattle," Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA (solo)
: “The Eloquent Flower, VI” Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
: "Offerings From the Lake: Morris Graves in the Balabanis Gallery," Morris Graves Museum of Art, Humbolt Arts Council, Eureka, CA
: 23rd Annual Holiday Show, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
2001: "Sounds of the Inner Eye: Mark Toby, Morris Graves, John Cage," Kunsthalle
: Bremen, Germany and Museum of Glass: International Center for Contemporary Art, Tacoma, WA
2000: "Instruments for a New Navigation," Schmidt Bingham Gallery, New York, NY, traveling show (solo)
1999: “The Early Works,” Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC(solo)
: “The Early Works,” Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX (solo)
: “Past, Present, Future,” 21st Annual Holiday Show, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
: “Flora - A Common Thread V”, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
: “The Early Works,” Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA(solo)
: “The Early Works,” Whitney Museum of American Art, Stamford, CT (solo)
: "Morris Graves: Paintings 1931-1997," Whitney Museum of American Art at Champion, Stamford, CT (solo)
1998: “A Common Thread”, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
: “Animism: Icon, Metaphor, Myth,” Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
1997: ArtFair/Seattle, Gail Severn Gallery, Seattle, WA
: “The Eloquent Flower IV,” Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
1996: “Flower Paintings” exhibition at Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
1988: Exhibition with Schmidt-Bingham in New York, NY, five more through 1996
1985: Exhibits in “The Spiritual in Art” at Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA
1983: Retrospective exhibition travels to Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, Oakland Museum, Seattle Art Museum and San Diego Art Museum
1981: Exhibition with Willard Gallery, New York, NY
1975: Exhibition with Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA, five more through 1996
: Annual Exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
1942: Exhibition at Willard Gallery in New York, NY, thirteen more through 1981
1933: Exhibition at Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, eight more through 1996

Public Collections

: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
: Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
: Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden (Smithsonian Institute) Washington, DC
: Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
: Tate Gallery, London
: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
: Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

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Morris Graves

(American, 1910–2001)

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Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

Morris Graves

(American, 1910–2001)

Morris Graves

Morris Graves

Morris Graves

Morris Graves

Morris Graves

Morris Graves

Morris Graves

Morris Graves

Morris Graves

Morris Graves

Morris Graves

Morris Graves

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

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