b. 1903, New York City, New York, US
d. 1974, New York City, New York, US

"I want to express the utmost intensity of the color, bring out the quality, make it expressive."
Adolph Gottlieb

Biography

Adolph Gottlieb (*1903 New York US | †1974 New York US) was a prominent American painter and a member of the first generation of Abstract Expressionists, known as The Ten. An accomplished painter, printmaker, draughtsman, and sculptor, Gottlieb’s active involvement in the progressive movements of his time and as well as the impact of the foundation established in his name creates a legacy of the promotion of the professional status of the arts.

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Selected exhibitions

2019, Adolph Gottlieb – Classic Paintings, New York City, NY, United States
2015, Adolph Gottlieb on Cape Ann 1931-1938, Mercury Gallery Boston, Boston, MA, United States

2010, Adolph Gottlieb – Adolph Gottlieb – A Retrospective, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy

2008, Adolph Gottlieb, Musee d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain Nice (MAMAC), Nice, France

2006, Adolph Gottlieb – Early Prints from the Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH, United States

2000, Adolph Gottlieb and the West, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT, United States

1995, The Pictographs of Adolph Gottlieb, Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York City, NY, United States

1991, Adolph Gottlieb: Monotypes, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA, United States

1982, Adolph Gottlieb: A Retrospective, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel

1974, Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States

1963, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, United States

1959, the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, United Kingdom

 

Selected literature

Alloway, Lawrence and Mary Davis MacNaughton. Adolph Gottlieb: A Retrospective. Manchester: Hudson Hills, 1981

Cooper, Harry.  Adolph Gottlieb Pictographs 1941-1951, London: Pace Wildenstein, 2004