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Robert Ryman

(American, 1930–2019)

Robert Ryman

Untitled, 1962

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Biography

Timeline

1930: Born in Nashville, TN
1949 - 1950: Attended Tennessee Polytechnic Institute, Cookeville, Tennessee
: Lives in New York

Exhibitions

2015: Robert Ryman Exhibitions in 2015:
Robert Ryman, Dia:Chelsea, New York, NY. Traveled to: Museo Jumex, Mexico City, Mexico, March 4–May 14, 2017
2013: Robert Ryman Exhibitions in 2013:
Robert Ryman: Recent Paintings, Pace Gallery, New York, NY
2012: Robert Ryman Exhibitions in 2012:
Robert Ryman: Untitled, A Painting in Four Parts, 1963–1964, Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY
2010: Robert Ryman Exhibitions in 2010:
Robert Ryman: Variations & Improvisations, Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
Robert Ryman: Large-small, thick-thin, light reflecting, light absorbing, PaceWildenstein, New York, NY
2009: Robert Ryman, Yvon Lambert, New York
2008 - 2009: Minimal is More. Sammlung Lafrenz, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Netherlands
2008: Advancing the Experience: Robert Ryman and Urs Raussmüller, Hallen für neue Kunst, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
: Robert Ryman: No Title Required, PaceWildenstein, New York, NY
: Contemporary Conversations: Robert Ryman, 1976, Menil Collection, Houston, TX
2007: Robert Ryman at the Venice Biennale, The Venice Biennale
2006: Robert Ryman: Small Works, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
: Robert Ryman at Inverleith House, Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Scotland
2005: Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas
1983: Hallen für neue Kunst, Schaffhausen
1980: InK, Halle für Internationale neue Kunst, Zurich
1977: Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
1967: Paul Bianchini Gallery, New York (solo)
1966: Systemic Painting, Solomon R. Guggenheim, New York

Public Collections

: Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Ohio
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois
Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland
Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Texas
Des Moines Art Center, Iowa
Dia Art Foundation, New York
Fundació “la Caixa,” Barcelona
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice
Hallen für neue Kunst, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Ho-Am Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art, Sakura, Japan
Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland
Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark
Marieluise Hessel Collection, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
Menil Collection, Houston
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Museu Colecção Berardo, Lisbon
Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt
Museum Ludwig, Cologne
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California
Seattle Art Museum, Washington
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Tate Gallery, London
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut
Washington Art Consortium, Washington, D.C.
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Literature

2017: Booknesses: Artists’ Books from the Jack Ginsberg Collection (exhibition catalogue). Johannesburg, South Africa: University of Johannesburg Art Gallery, 2017: 211, illustrated.
: Inventing Downtown: Artist-Run Galleries in New York City, 1952–1965 (exhibition catalogue). New York and Munich: Grey Art Gallery, New York University; Delmonico Books Prestel, 2017: 110, 220–221, illustrated.
: Samaras: Album 2. Text by Donald Kuspit. New York: The Pace Gallery; Skira editore, 2017.
: There Was a Whole Collection Made: Photography from Lester and Betty Guttman (exhibition catalogue). Chicago: Smart Museum of Art, the University of Chicago, 2016: 189, illustrated.
: Sayre, Henry M. A World of Art. 8th edition. Boston, New York and other cities: Pearson, 2016: 141, illustrated.
: Masterpieces of Iwaki City Art Museum: American Art’s Power. Hekinan, Japan: Hekinan City Tatsukichi Fujii Museum of Contemporary Art, 2016: 39, illustrated.
: Lynn, Jenny, ed. Eye Book: Sixty Artists. One Subject. Bologna: Damiani, 2016: illustrated.
: Los Angeles to New York: Dwan Gallery, 1959–1971 (exhibition catalogue). Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2016: cat. 44, pp. 149, illustrated.
: Lucas Samaras: AutoPolaroids, 1969–71 (exhibition catalogue). Text by Marla Prather. New York: Craig F. Starr Gallery, 2016.
: Eyebook: Sixty Artists. One Subject. Edited by Jenny Lynn. Bologna, Italy: Damiani, 2015: illustrated.
: Dreams in Dust: Lucas Samaras Pastels (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Colin B. Bailey, Isabelle Dervaux, Margaret Holben Ellis and Lindsey Tyne. New York: The Morgan Library & Museum, 2016.
: Cohen, John. Cheap Rents…and de Kooning. Text by John Elderfield. Göttingen: Steidl, 2015: 133, 135, 137, illustrated.
2016: Albu, Cristina. Mirror Affect: Seeing Self, Observing Others in Contemporary Art. Minneapolis and London: University of Minnesota Press, 2016: 49, illustrated.
: Indiana University Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art: Guide to the Collection. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art; Indiana University Press, 2016: 355, illustrated.
2015: Galassi, Peter. In the Studio: Photographs (exhibition catalogue). New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2015: 70–71, 136–141, illustrated.
: Samaras: Album 2 (exhibition catalogue). Texts by the artist. New York: Pace Gallery, 2015.
: The Polaroid Years: Instant Photography and Experimentation (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Mary Kay Lombino, Peter Buse et al. Poughkeepsie, New York: Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, 2013: illustrated.
: Van Wyk, Gary. Pop Art: 50 Works of Art You Should Know. Munich: Prestel Verlag, 2013: 118–119, illustrated.
: Squiers, Carol. What Is a Photograph? (exhibition catalogue). New York: International Center of Photography, 2014: 188–90, 192–93, illustrated.
: Newman, Amy. Challenging Art: Artforum 1962–1974. New York: Soho Press, 2014.
: Color Rush: 75 Years of Color Photography in America (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Katherine A. Bussard and Lisa Hostetler. Milwaukee: Milwaukee Art Museum, 2013: 199, illustrated.
: Goysdotter, Moa. Impure Vision: American Staged Art Photography of the 1970s. Lund, Sweden: Nordic Academic Press, 2013: 71, 81, 127, 132, 152, illustrated.
: Atkins, Robert. Art Speak: A Guide to Contemporary Ideas, Movements, and Buzzwords, 1945 to the Present. New York and London: Abbeville Press Publishers, 2013: 153, illustrated.
2013: Ambiguous Portrait of a Cunning Linguist: Verbal Imagery in Art (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Andrew Herdon. Singapore: Ikkan Art International Pte Ltd, 2013: illustrated.
: Lucas Samaras Pastels (exhibition catalogue). Text by Daniel S. Palmer. New York: Craig F. Starr Gallery, 2013.
: XYZ 2010–2012: Lucas Samaras (exhibition catalogue). Text by the artist. New York: Pace Gallery, 2012.
: O’Doherty, Brian. Inside the White Cube: L’idealogia della spazio espositivo. Monza, Italy: Johan & Levi Editore, 2012: 47, illustrated.
: Holm, Michael Juul, ed. Self-Portrait (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Helle Crenzien, Eleanor Nairne, Finn Skarderud, Liz Rideal and Marco Pierini. Humlebæk: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 2012: 78–79, 92, illustrated.
: Glimcher, Mildred L. Happenings: New York, 1958–1963. New York: The Monacelli Press LLC, 2012: illustrated.
: Decade: Contemporary Collecting 2002–2012 (exhibition catalogue). Texts by David Pagel and Heather Pesanti. Buffalo, New York: The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, 2012: 373, illustrated.
: Colombo, Paolo. Faces (exhibition catalogue). Athens, Greece: Onassis Cultural Centre, 2012: 98–101, illustrated.
2012: Bonanos, Christopher. Instant: The Story of Polaroid. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2012: 96–97, illustrated.
: Extreme Abstraction: Revisited. Buffalo, New York: The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, 2012: 181, illustrated.
: Johnson, Ken. Are You Experienced? How Psychedelic Consciousness Transformed Modern Art. Munich: Prestel Verlag, 2011: 190, illustrated.
: The Passionate Collector: Robert B. Mayer’s Adventures in Art. Chicago: Beatrice Cummings Mayer, 2011: 117, illustrated.
: Off the Wall (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Chrissie Iles and João Fernandes. New York and Porto, Portugal: Whitney Museum of American Art; Fundação de Serralves, 2011: illustrated.
: Lomas, David. Narcissus Reflected (exhibition catalogue). Edinburgh: Fruitmarket Gallery, 2011: 127, illustrated.
: Hunters and Gatherers: The Art of Assemblage (exhibition catalogue). Text by Adam Gopnik. New York: Sotheby’s, 2011: 52–53, illustrated.
: The Last Grand Tour (exhibition catalogue). Text by Jessica Morgan. Athens: Museum of Cycladic Art, 2011: 70–73, illustrated.
: Farrell, Jennifer, ed. Get There First, Decide Promptly: The Richard Brown Baker Collection of Postwar Art. Texts by Thomas Crow, Serge Guilbaut, Jan Howard, Robert Storr and Judith Tannenbaum. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Art Gallery, 2011: 127, 268–271, illustrated.
: Dreishpoon, Douglas. The Long Curve: 150 Years of Visionary Collection at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery. Text by Holly E. Hughes, Mariann W. Smith and Susana Tejada. Milan: Skira editore spa, 2011: illustrated.
: Archer, Michael. Jeff Koons: One Ball Total Equilibrium Tank. London: Afterall Books, 2011: 77, no. 22, illustrated.
2011: Albright-Knox Art Gallery: Highlights of the Collection. Texts by Louis Grachos, Douglas Dreishpoon, Mariann W. Smith et al. London: Scala Publishers, 2011: 157, illustrated.
: From Picasso to Jeff Koons: The Artist as Jeweler (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Diane Venet, Barbara Rose and Adrien Goetz. Milan: Skira, 2011: 138–139, illustrated.
: Wolf, Sylvia. The Digital Eye: Photographic Art in the Electronic Age. New York: Prestel Publishing, 2010: 40–41, illustrated.
: Skopje Macedonia: Art Collection of the United States Embassy. [Washington, D.C.]: Art in Embassies Program; U.S. Department of State, 2010: 24, illustrated.
: Sculpture (exhibition catalogue). London: Waddington Galleries, 2010: illustrated.
: Robert & Ethel Scull: Portrait of a Collection (exhibition catalogue). Text by Judith Goldman. New York: Acquavella Galleries, 2010: 235–237, illustrated.
: Lucas Samaras: Poses (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Arne Glimcher and Pierre Alexandre de Looz. New York: The Pace Gallery. 2010.
: Lippincott, Jonathan. Large Scale: Fabricating Sculpture in the 1960s and 1970s. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2010: illustrated.
: Katz, Jonathan D. and David C. Ward. Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture (exhibition catalogue). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 2010: 196–197, plate 58, illustrated.
: Isole Mai Trovate/Island Never Found (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Lóránd Hegyi, Katerina Koskina, and Eugenio Viola. Milan: Silvana Editoriale Spa, 2010: 113, illustrated
2010: 50 Years at Pace (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Arne Glimcher et al. New York: The Pace Gallery, 2010: illustrated.
: La Prade, Erik. Breaking Through: Richard Bellamy and the Green Gallery 1960–1965, Twenty-Three Interviews. New York: Midmarch Arts Press, 2010: 100–112, illustrated.
: Through the Lens: Handbook of the Photography Collection, Lowe Art Museum, University at Miami (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Denise Most Gerson and J. Tomás López. Miami: Lowe Art Museum, 2009: 73, illustrated.
: Soft Sculpture (exhibition catalogue). Text by Lucina Ward. Canberra: National Gallery of Australia, 2009: 19, illustrated.
: Shannon, Joshua. The Disappearance of Objects: New York Art and the Rise of the Postmodern City. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009: 2, 25.
: Rattemeyer, Christian, ed. The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection. Catalogue Raisonné. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2009: 241–242, illustrated.
: Reflections/Refractions: Self-Portraiture in the Twentieth Century (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Wendy Wick Reaves and Anne Collins Goodyear. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2009: 170–171, illustrated.
: Koskina, Katerina. Lucas Samaras. Athens, Greece: Lambrakis Press, 2009.
: Cumming, Laura. A Face to the World. London: Harper Press, 2009: 263, discussed.
2009: Compass in Hand: Selections from The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection (exhibition catalogue). Text by Christian Rattemeyer and Cornelia Butler New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2009: 112, illustrated.
: Paraxena: Lucas Samaras (exhibition catalogue). Interview by Matthew Higgs. Text by the artist. Athens, Greece: Hellenic Ministry of Culture, 2009.
: Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria. Foreword by Adam D. Weinberg. Introduction by Shamim M. Momin. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 2008.
: Through You: Photography Selections from the Martin Z. Margulies Collection (exhibition catalogue). Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 2008: 55, illustrated.
: PEEP: Glimpses of the Last 4 Decades from the Kerry Stokes Collection (exhibition catalogue). West Perth, Western Australia: Australian Capital Equity Pty. Limited, 2008: 30–31, illustrated.
: NYC Chairs: Lucas Samaras (exhibition catalogue). Interview by Arne Glimcher. Text by Lucas Samaras. New York: PaceWildenstein, 2008.
: The Margulies Collection. Miami: The Martin Z. Margulies Foundation, 2008: 266–267, illustrated
: Macnair, Jennifer, Thomas Frick and Nola Butler, eds. BCAM/LACMA 2008. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2008: 200.
: Image in the Box: From Cornell to Contemporary (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Jeffrey Wechsler and Townsend Ludington. New York: Hollis Taggart Galleries, 2008: 112–115, illustrated.
: Dictionnaire International de la Sculpture Moderne & Contemporaine. Paris: Éditions du Regard, 2008: 470, illustrated.
: Circa 1958: Breaking Ground in American Art (exhibition catalogue). Text by Roni Feinstein. Chapel Hill: Ackland Art Museum and University of North Carolina, 2008: 70–71, illustrated and discussed.
: Celant, Germano. The American Tornado: Art in Power 1949–2008. Milan: Skira, 2008: 323–326, illustrated.
2008: Cartier-Bresson, Anne. Le Vocabulaire Technique de la Photographie. Paris: Marval/Paris Musées, 2008: 262, illustrated.
: Lucas Samaras: PhotoFictions. Selections from George Eastman House (exhibition catalogue). Text by Jessica S. MacDonald. New York: International Center for Photography, 2008.
: Ravenal, John B. Modern & Contemporary Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Richmond: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2007: 14, illustrated.
2007: After the Age of Aquarius: American Art in The Early Seventies, Vito Acconci, Michael Hurson, Bruce Nauman, Lucas Samaras, Joel Shapiro (exhibition brochure). Text by Dr. Chris McAuliffe. Melbourne: The Ian Potter Museum of Art, The University of Melbourne, 2007.
: Celant, Germano and Gianfranco Maraniello, eds. Vertigo: A Century of Multimedia Art, from Futurism to the Web (exhibition catalogue). Italy: MAMbo Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna, 2007: 438–439, illustrated.
: Ithaca Regained: Greek Artists in New York (exhibition catalogue). Text by Irving Sandler. New York: Kouros Gallery, 2007: 30, 31, illustrated.
: Lucas Samaras (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Anthony Downey and Claire Bishop. London: Stephen Friedman Gallery, 2007.
: Sculpture. London: Waddington Galleries, 2007: 48–49, illustrated.

Robert Ryman

(American, 1930–2019)

Robert Ryman

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

Literature

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