Irving Kriesberg

Irving Kriesberg (March 13, 1919 – November 11, 2009) was an American painter whose work combined elements of Abstract Expressionism with figurative elements of human and animal forms.[1] Kriesberg exhibited with Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko in the breakout 1952 exhibition, 15 Americans, at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).[2]

Irving Kriesberg
Kriesberg in his studio c. 1997
Born(1919-03-13)March 13, 1919
Chicago
DiedNovember 11, 2009(2009-11-11) (aged 90)
New York City
NationalityAmerican
Known forAmerican Figurative Expressionism

Biography and Education

Irving Kriesberg was born March 13, 1919, in Chicago, Illinois. As a child, Kriesberg filled sketchbooks with images of animals inspired by visits to Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History.[3] Kriesberg studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he received his BFA in 1941. Shortly after graduation from the Art Institute of Chicago he traveled to Mexico City, where he lived and worked from 1941 until 1944. He studied at the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plasticas, Mexico City and exhibited with Taller de Gráfica Popular.[4] Kriesberg also was interested in cinematography and received his M.A. from New York University in 1972.[5][6]

Kriesberg held teaching positions in highly regarded academic institutions:

In 1945 Kriesberg moved to New York City and had numerous solo and group exhibitions. His entry into the international art scene came when Dorothy Miller, curator of the Museum of Modern Art included Kriesberg in the landmark 1952 exhibition 15 AMERICANS[7] at MoMA. 15 AMERICANS exhibition included Jackson Pollock, Clyfford Still, Mark Rothko, and others.

Selected solo exhibitions
Kriesberg canvas featured in Tashilham
  • 1946 The Art Institute of Chicago (First public exhibition; 2 person show)
  • 1954: St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO; The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI;
  • 1955: Curt Valentin Gallery, NYC;
  • 1962: Graham Gallery, NYC;
  • 1966: Kumar Gallery, Delhi, India;
  • 1967: Yale University, New Haven, CT;
  • 1978, 80, 82: Terry Dintenfass, Inc., NYC;
  • 1979: Fairweather–Hardin Gallery, Chicago, IL;
  • 1980, 81: Brandeis University, Waltham, MA;
  • 1980: Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY; Galerie Elizabeth, Chicago, IL;
  • 1981: Fiedler Gallery, Washington, D.C.;
  • 1981, 83: Jack Gallery, NYC;
  • 1982: Washington University, St. Louis, MO; Zenith Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA;
  • 1985, 87: Graham Modern Gallery, NYC;
  • 1990: Scheele Gallery, Cleveland, OH;
  • 1992, 94: Katherina Rich Perlow Gallery, NYC;
  • 1996, 2005: Peter Findlay Gallery, NYC;
  • 2005, 08: Lori Bookstein Fine Art, NYC.

Retrospective:

  • 1962: Jewish Museum, New York City.
  • 2012: Longview Museum of Fine Art, Longview, Texas
  • 2018: Galerie Grand Siècle, Taipei City, Taiwan

Selected group exhibitions

Awards

Kriesberg has received two Ford Foundation grants, two Pollock-Krasner Foundation Awards, a National Endowment for the Arts Award, a Fulbright Fellowship, and the Guggenheim Foundation Memorial Award. In 1992 he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member and became a full Academician in 1994.

Museum collection

Kriesberg's paintings are held in the permanent collection of over 74 American art museums including The Museum of Modern Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Corcoran Gallery, The Brooklyn Museum, The Detroit Museum of Art, The Kresge Art Museum, The National Gallery, The Butler Institute of American Art, The Birmingham Museum of Art, The Jewish Museum, The University of Michigan Museum of Art, The Dayton Art Institute, The Allentown Art Museum, The Boca Raton Museum of Art, The Rose Art Museum, The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, The Scottsdale MoCA, The Crocker Art Museum.

Kriesberg died in New York City on November 11, 2009, at age 90.

References
  1. ‘’ Irving Kriesberg, Artist of Dreamlike Landscapes, New York Times, 2009’’
  3. Zucker, Adam. "A Painter's Life." In Irving Kriesberg: Animal Narratives. Longview, Texas: Estate of Irving Kriesberg, 2012, pp. 2–5.
  4. American Abstract and Figurative Expressionism: Style Is Timely Art Is Timeless (New York School Press, 2009.) ISBN 978-0-9677994-2-1. p.151
  5. Film-Making in the Art Curriculum (Art Journal, Winter, 1968-1969, vol. 28, no. 2, p. 175-176)
  6. Animation as a Form of Expression: An Artist's Reflections on a Personal Mode of Film Making (Leonardo, Spring, 1974, vol. 7, no. 2, p. 105-110)
  7. 15 Americans (New York, Museum of Modern Art, 1952.) p. 36-37
  8. "End of a Dream, (oil on canvas)". Curators at Work VI. Muscarelle Museum of Art. 2016. Retrieved 20 Jun 2018.

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