biografia di Joseph SOLMAN (1909-2008)

Birth place: Vitebsk, Russia

Addresses: NYC

Profession: Painter, printmaker, instructor

Studied: NAD, 1926-29; ASL, 1929-30; Columbia.

Exhibited: The Ten, 1938; Int. WC Ann., AIC, 1939; WFNY, 1939; Neumann-Willard Gal., NY, 1940; Bonestell Gal., NYC, 1940s; PAFA Ann., 1944, 1951-53, 1960; Corcoran Gal biennials, 1947-57 (4 times); PMG, 1949 (retrospective); WMAA, 1950-55; Int. Assn. Plastic Arts European traveling exh Am. Art, 1956; Second Expos Contemporary Art, Inst. Brasil-Estados Unidos, Rio de Janeiro, 1960; NIAL, 1961 (prize); NAD, 1969 (Isaac N. Maynard Prize for Portrait), 1971(Saltus Gold medal for Merit); ACA Galleries, NYC; NYC WPA Art" at Parsons School Design, 1977."

Member: The Ten, NY; Fed. Modern Painters & Sculptors (pres., 1965-67, vice-pres., 1967-).

Work: WMAA; Phillips Gallery, Wash., DC; Fogg Mus., Cambridge, MA; Butler Inst. Am. Art; LACMA

Comments: Preferred media: oils, gouache, silkscreen, monotype. Positions: editor & co-editor, Art Front magazine, 1937-39. Teaching: MoMA, 1952-54; New School Social Res., 1964-66; City College New York, 1967-70s.

Sources: WW73; D. Seckler, Solman Paints a Picture," Art News (summer, 1951); S. Burrey, "Joseph Solman: The Growth of Conviction, Arts (Oct, 1955); Monotypes by Joseph Solman (Da Capo Press, 1977); autobiography, Joseph Solman (Crown, 1966); New York City WPA Art, 82 (w/repros.); Falk, Exh. Record Series.