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Richard Diebenkorn

(American, 1922–1993)

Richard Diebenkorn

Untitled (Ocean Park), 1978

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Richard Diebenkorn

Eiffelspade, 1982

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Richard Diebenkorn

Folsom Street Variations II (grey), 1986

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Richard Diebenkorn

Berkeley #9, 1953

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Richard Diebenkorn

Untitled (Ocean Park), 1973

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Biography

Timeline

1922: Born in Portland, OR
1924: Family moved to San Francisco Bay Area.
1940: Attended Stanford University, Stanford, CA
1943 - 1945: Served in the US Marine Corps.
1943: Studied at University of California, Berkeley, CA
1946: California School of Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
1947 - 1950: Lived in Sausalito, CA and taught at California School of Fine Arts.
1949: BA, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
1950 - 1951: MFA, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
1953: Began Berkeley series of abstract expressionist paintings.
1955 - 1959: Taught at California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA.
1955: Began still lifes, then landscapes as a prelude to figurative paintings.
1959 - 1963: Taught at San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1966 - 1973: Lived in Santa Monica and taught at University of California, Los Angeles, CA
1967: Began Ocean Park series
1992: Elected to The Royal Academy, London, UK
1993: Died in Berkeley, CA

Exhibitions

2013: Yes, No, Maybe, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
: Ab-ex / Re-con: Abstract Expressionism Reconsidered, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY
: Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
: New Voices, Gallery Bergelli, Larkspur, CA
: The Intimate Diebenkorn: Drawings 1949- 1992 (solo). Organized with the College of Marin and circulated by the Richard Diebenkorn Foundation Curated by Chester Arnold
Traveled to:
the Fine Arts Gallery, College of Marin, Kentfield, CA
Natalie & James Thompson Art Gallery, San Jose Sate University, San Jose, CA
Katzen Arts Center, American University, Washington D.C
Sanoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, CA
Montana Museum of Art & Culture, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT
: Richard Diebenkorn: The Berkeley Years, 1053-1966 (solo), Organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and the Palm Springs Art Museum, Curated by Timothy Anglin Burgard and Steven Nash
Traveled to:
M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA
Palm Springs Art Museum
2012: Richard Diebenkorn: The Ocean Park Series.
Traveled to:
Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
: Richard Diebenkorn: Prints 1961-1992, Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York City, NY
2011 - 2012: The Ocean Park Series (solo),
Traveled to:
Modern Art Museum of Forth Worth, Fort Worth, TX
Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
2010: Richard Diebenkorn: Paintings and Drawings 1949-1955, Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue)
: Richard Diebenkorn: The Ocean Park Series, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
2009: Influences of Nature on Abstraction, Tayloe Piggott Gallery, Jackson, WY
2008: Diebenkorn in New Mexico, Grey Art Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2007: Diebenkorn in New Mexico: 1950-1952, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA (solo)
The Female Form, Thomas Gibson Fine Art Ltd, London, UK (solo)
2006: Paintings and Drawings on Paper, Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Richard Diebenkorn, Pasadena Museum of california Art- PMCA, Pasadena, CA
2004: Richard Diebenkorn: Prints 1948 - 1993, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY (solo)
Picasso to Thiebaud: Modern and Contemporary Art from the Collections of Stanford University Alumni and Friends, Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University, CA (solo)
Richard Diebenkorn Works on Paper: Ocean Park, Clubs and Spades, Artemis Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2003: RIchard Diebenkorn, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002: Clubs and Spades, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California Palace Legion of Honors, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Figurative Drawings, Gouaches, and Oil Paintings, Artemis Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2000: Early Abstractions, Lawrence Rubin Greenberg Van Doren Fine Art, New York, NY (solo)
1999: Ocean Park Paintings, Lawrence Rubin Greenberg Van Doren Fine Art, New York, NY (solo)
From Nature to Abstraction, Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
1998: The Ocean Park Series: A Selection of Original Prints, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
1997 - 1998: Richard Diebenkorn, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX; The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA (solo)
1996: Figure Drawings, Acquavella Contemporary Art, New York, NY (solo)
1995: Abstractions, Galerie Lawrence Rubin, Zürich, Switzerland (solo)
1994: Blue Surround: Evolution of a Print, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA (solo)
1992: Richard Diebenkorn, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
1989: The Drawings of Richard Diebenkorn, Phillips Collection, Washington, DC (solo)
1988: Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (solo)
1976 - 1977: Retrospective, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY (solo)
1967: California Arts Festival. Lytton Center of the Visual Arts, Los Angeles, CA
1964: Six Americans. Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
1960 - 1961: The Figure in Contemporary American Painting, American Federation of Arts, New York, NY ; Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Mo., Hollins College; Hollins, VA ; State University of New York, Oswego, N.Y.; Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA; Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM
1959: Aspects of Representation in Contemporary Art, William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, Kansas City, MO
New Imagery in American Painting, Art Center Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
1958: Recent Paintings: Richard Diebenkorn, Poindexter Gallery, New York, NY
Contemporary Bay Area Figurative Paintings, Oakland Art Museum.Oakland, CA
1957: Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA
1955: Three Young Americans, Oberlin, OH
1948: California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA (solo)

Public Collections

: Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
: Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
: Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY
: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Literature

2006: Richard Diebenkorn: Paintings and Drawings on Paper. Milan, Italy: Galleria Lawrence Rubin, 2006 (catalogue)
2004: Starr Figura. Richard Diebenkorn: Prints 1948-1993. New York, NY: Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY, 2004 (catalogue)
1999: Stephen Nash. Richard Diebenkorn: From Nature to Abstraction. San Francisco, CA: Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, 1999 (catalogue)

Richard Diebenkorn

(American, 1922–1993)

Richard Diebenkorn

Richard Diebenkorn

Richard Diebenkorn

Richard Diebenkorn

Richard Diebenkorn

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

Literature

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