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Nell Blaine

(American, 1922–1996)

Nell Blaine

Three Friends at a Table, 1968

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Nell Blaine

Bouquet with Cosmos and Marigolds, 1982

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Nell Blaine

Summer Time, Saratoga, 1961

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Biography

Timeline

1922: Born in Richmond, VA
1939 - 1942: Studied at Richmond School of Art, Richmond, VA
1943: Awarded the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowships
1944 - 1957: Member of American Abstract Artists, New York, NY
Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, New York, NY
MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH
1945 - 1949: Member of Jane Street Group, New York, NY
1945: Studied etching and engraving at Atelier 17 with Stanley William Hayter
Awarded First Prize, Watercolor, Norfolk Museum of Arts & Sciences, Norfolk, VA
1946: Awarded the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowships
1952 - 1953: Studied at New School for Social Research, New York, NY
1958: Received the Neysa McMein Purchase Award, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, New York, NY
1960: Received the Hallmark International Award Collection
1962: Awarded the Ingram Merrill Foundation Grants
1964: Awarded the Longview Grants
Awarded the Ingram Merrill Foundation Grants
Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, New York, NY
1966: Awarded the Ingram Merrill Foundation Grants
1970: Awarded the Longview Grants
1972: Awarded the Creative Artists Public Service Program (CAPS) Grant
1973: Awarded the Rothko Foundation Grant
1974: Awarded the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship
1976: Awarded the Ingram Merrill Foundation Grants
1979: Received the First Governor’s Award for the Arts in Richmond, VA
1980: Honorary Doctorate, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1982: Academician-Elect, National Academy of Design, New York, NY
Received the Emil and Dines Carlsen Award for Best Still Life, National Academy of Design, New York, NY
1985: Academician, National Academy of Design, New York, NY
Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
1986: Received the Honor Award for Achievement in the Visual Arts, Women’s Caucus for Art, Annual Conference, New York, NY
Awarded the Benjamin Altman Landscape Prize, 161st Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, New York, NY
1987: Received the First Alumni Award, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
1990: Received the Louise Nevelson Award in Art, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters
1996: Received the Lee Krasner Award from Pollock-Krasner Foundation
Received the Leslie Cheek Award for Outstanding Presentation in the Arts from the College of William and Mary

Exhibitions

2013: Interior: Curated by Barry Rosen, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY
2012: Nell Blaine: A Glowing Order, Paintings and Watercolors, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
2011: Tibor de Nagy Gallery Painters & Poets, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY
2010: American Still Life: Treasures from the Parrish Art Museum, Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY
2009: Watercurrents – Water, The Painting Center, New York, NY
Fra Unuhusi til Attunda straetis (From Unuhus to Eighth Street), Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
2008: Works on Paper, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA
Painting in the Park, Lori Bookstein Fine Art, New York, NY
2007: Nell Blaine: Image and Abstraction, Paintings and Drawings 1944-1959, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
A Woman’s Eye: Selected Works by 20th Century American Women Artists, The Lighthouse Center for the Arts,
2006: Natural Selection, Landscape Print Portfolio from Center Street Studio, Joel and Linda Harnett Print Study Center,
2004: Nell Blaine: Selected Works, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
Women Artists of the Twentieth Century, Anne Gary Powell Art Gallery Collection, Sweet Briar College, VA
2003: Artist in the World: Work from the 1950s, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
Nell Blaine: Abstract Paintings and Works on Paper, Valerie Carberry Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo exhibition)
Nell Blaine/ Theresa Pollak, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA (solo exhibition)
Working from Nature, Marymount College, Fordham University, Tarrytown, NY
2002: Nell Blaine: Bouquets, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
2001 - 2002: The Stamp of Impulse: Abstract Expressionist Prints, traveling from the Worcester Art Museum, Worcester,
2001: Nell Blaine: The Abstract Work, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
2000: Reconfiguring the New York School, Center for Figurative Painting, New York, NY
1999: Watercolors, Lori Bookstein Fine Art, New York, NY
The Legacy of Hans Hofmann: Selections by Painters from the Hofmann School, Lori Bookstein Fine Art, New York, NY
1998: Shattering the Southern Stereotype: Jack Beal, Nell Blaine, Dorothy Gillespie, Sally Mann and Cy Twombly, Longwood Center for the Visual Arts, Farmville, VA
Reynolds Gallery, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
1997: Still Life: The Object in American Art, 1915-1995: Selections from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gloucester Images: Print Retrospective, Wenniger Gallery, Rockport, MA
The Figure, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY
Art of This Century: The Women, Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, East Hampton, NY
Art and Friendship: Selections from the Roland F. Pease Collection, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY
American Art Today: The Garden, Art, Museum, Florida International University, Miami, FL (exhibition dedicated to the memory of Nell Blaine)
1996: Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA (solo exhibition)
Muscarelle Museum of Art, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA (solo exhibition)
1995: Surrounded by Light, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO (solo exhibition)
Nell Blaine, Selections from the Arthur W. Cohen Collection, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
Fischbach Gallery, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
1994: Nell Blaine, Selected Works, Reynolds Gallery (solo exhibition)
1993: Fischbach Gallery, New York, NY (solo exhibition)

Public Collections

: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
: Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
: Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
: Essex Institute, Salem, MA
: Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
: Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
: Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
: Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC
: High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
: Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ
: Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
: Art Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, VA
: Art Students League, New York, NY
: Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC
: Berkeley Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, CA
: Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
: Cape Ann Historical Association, Gloucester, MA
: Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
: College Art Gallery, State University of New York at New Paltz
: Museum of Art, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
: Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
: Museum of American Art of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, PA
: Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, MA
: Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
: Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
: Yellowstone Art Center, Billings, MT
: Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
: National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts, New York, NY
: National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
: Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
: Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY
: Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
: Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
: Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich Free Academy, Norwich, CT
: Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
: Utah Museum of Fine Arts, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
: Longwood Center for the Visual Arts, Farmville, VA
: Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, CT
: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
: Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC
: Montana Historical Society, Helena, MT
: Museo Civico e Gallerie d’Arte, Udine, Italy
: Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH

Literature

2001: 'Nell Blaine: Sensations of Nature', Journal of the Print World, Spring
: 'Nell Blaine: Sensations of Nature', The New York Times, May 25
: Leibowitz, Cathy. 'Nell Blaine at Tibor de Nagy', Art in America, May
: Ramirez, Jenny. 'A Reckless Joy', Style Weekly, April 3
: Kunitz, Daniel. 'Nell Blaine: The Abstract Work', The New Criterion, April
: Proctor, Roy. 'A zest for life fueled by colorful creativity', Richmond Times-Dispatch, March 18

Nell Blaine

(American, 1922–1996)

Nell Blaine

Nell Blaine

Nell Blaine

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

Literature

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