John Edward Heliker

(American, 1909–2000)

interior with lilacs by john edward heliker

John Edward Heliker

Interior with Lilacs

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beach landscape by john edward heliker

John Edward Heliker

Beach Landscape

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Biography

Timeline

1909
Born: in Yonkers, NY
1927 - 1929
Attended the Art Students League, New York, NY, studied with Kenneth Hayes Miller, Boardman Robinson and Thomas Hart Benton
1950 - 1977
Art teacher at Columbia University, New York, NY
1951
Received a Guggenheim fellowship
1965
Co-founded the New York Studio School, New York, NY
1967
Gold Medal for Merit and Purchase award and grant, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
1968
Received the Prix de Rome
1969
Elected a member of the National Institute for Arts and Letters, New York, NY
2000
Died: in Bar Harbor, ME

Exhibitions

2008
Painting in the Park, Lori Bookstein Fine Art, New York, NY
2005
The Continuous Mark: 40 Years of the New York Studio School, Yhe New York Studio School, New York, NY
2000
John Heliker, A State of Seeing I Drawings, Kraushaar Galleries Inc, New York, NY (solo)
1995
Kraushaar Galleries, New York, NY
1990
John Heliker: Works from 1950-1990, Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Ogunquit, ME (solo)
1968
Retrospective, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (solo)
1945
Kraushaar Galleries, New York, NY
1940
Maynard Walker Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1938
Maynard Walker Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1936
Maynard Walker Gallery, New York, NY (solo)

Literature

1968
Mandel, Patricia FitzGerald. John Heliker. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1968 (catalogue)