biography of Richard DIEBENKORN (1922-1993)
Personal data
Birth : 04/22/1922 - Portland OR Oregon, United States
Death : 03/30/1993 - Berkeley CA California, United States
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : United States
Representatives
K. Kimpton Contemporary Art – 2620A Jackson Street – San Francisco CA, United States
Scott White Contemporary Art – 7661 Girard Avenue – La Jolla CA, United States
Education
1940 – 1943 : Stanford University (BA) – Stanford CA, United States
Pupil of / student of Victor Michail ARNAUTOFF [ 1896-1979 ]
1943 – 1949 : California School of Fine Arts – Stanford CA, United States
1950 – 1951 : UNM University of New Mexico (MA) – Albuquerque NM, United States
Professional data
Work and Life
1966 – 1988:Lives and works in Santa Monica CA, USA
1955:Teacher at the Applied Arts School of California, USA
1953:Lives and works in Urbana IL, USA
1953:Lives and works in New York NY, USA
1950 – 1952:Lives and works in Albuquerque NM, USA
1947:Goes to Woodstock NY, USA
1946 – 1950:Teacher at the Fine Arts School of California, USA
1924:His Family moves to San Francisco CA, USA
Other professions
1966 – 1973 : Professor
UCLA University of California Los Angeles – 405 Hilgard Avenue – Los Angeles CA, United States
Affiliated to an association
WWA The Woodstock Artists Association – 28 Tinker Street – Woodstock NY, United States
American Council for the Arts – 570 Seventh Avenue – New York NY, United States
American Academy of Arts and Letters – New York NY, United States
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting : Acrylic - Oil 
Print-Multiple : Aquatint - Lithograph 
Drawing-Watercolor : Charcoal - Gouache - Ink - Pencil - Watercolour Subject
landscapeArtistic periods
1956-1967 : Figurative PeriodMovements and styles
AbstractionAbstract Expressionism
American Abstraction 1910-1960
Bay Area Figuration
American Modernists
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2007
The female form
Thomas Gibson Fine Art – London, United Kingdom
05/30/2007 – 06/29/2007
2004
Works on Paper: Ocean Park, Clubs & Spades
Greenberg Van Doren – New York NY, United States
04/28/2004 – 05/29/2004
2003
Figurative Works on Paper
John Berggruen Gallery – San Francisco CA, United States
03/19/2003 – 04/26/2003
2002
Norton Simon Museum of Art – Pasadena CA, United States
2002
Clubs and Spades
California Palace of the Legion of Honor – San Francisco CA, United States
2002
1998
Retrospective
SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art – San Francisco CA, United States
1998
1991
Retrospective
Whitechapel Art Gallery – London, United Kingdom
1991
1982
Knoedler & Company – New York NY, United States
1982
1972
LACMA Los Angeles County Museum of Art – Los Angeles CA, United States
1972
1969
LACMA Los Angeles County Museum of Art – Los Angeles CA, United States
1969
1965
The Jewish Museum – New York NY, United States
1965
1963
De Young Museum – San Francisco CA, United States
1963
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2004
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : C & M Arts – 45 East 78th Street – New York NY, United States
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Gemini G.E.L. LLC – 8365 Melrose Avenue – Los Angeles CA, United States
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : C & M Arts – 45 East 78th Street – New York NY, United States
Art Chicago 2003
Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States
05/09/2003 – 05/12/2003
Represented by : Arion Press – The Presidio 1802 Hays Street – San Francisco CA, United States
KUNSTKÖLN 2003 – Internationale Messe für Editionen, Art Brut, Kunst nach 1980
Rheinhallen – Cologne, Germany
04/05/2003 – 04/09/2003
Represented by : Gemini G.E.L. LLC – 8365 Melrose Avenue – Los Angeles CA, United States
2002
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : John Berggruen Gallery – 228 Grant Avenue – San Francisco CA, United States
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : C & M Arts – 45 East 78th Street – New York NY, United States
The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Greenberg Van Doren – 7th floor 730 Fifth Avenue – New York NY, United States
2001
FIAC, n°28
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/10/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Susan Sheehan Gallery – 20 West 57th Street, 7th Floor – New York NY, United States
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : C & M Arts – 45 East 78th Street – New York NY, United States
13th Annual Works on Paper
New York NY, United States
03/02/2001 – 03/04/2001
Represented by : Burton Marinkovich Fine Art – 1506 21st Street North West – Washington DC, United States
Artpalmbeach – 4th Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches – West Palm Beach FL, United States
01/10/2001 – 01/15/2001
Represented by : Greenberg Van Doren Fine Art – 44 Maryland Plaza – Saint Louis MO, United States
2000
International Artexpo California
San Francisco CA, United States
11/02/2000 – 11/05/2000
Represented by : Museum Editions West – 4130 Del Rey Avenue – Marina Del Rey CA, United States
1999
Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Susan Sheehan Gallery – 20 West 57th Street, 7th Floor – New York NY, United States
Artpalmbeach – Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches – West Palm Beach FL, United States
03/10/1999 – 03/15/1999
Represented by : Helene Wasserman Fine Art – 45 East 66th Street – New York NY, United States
Group exhibitions
2003
Color Form & Figure
John Berggruen Gallery – San Francisco CA, United States
11/25/2003 – 01/03/2004
2001
Space, Abstraction and Freedom: Twentieth-Century Art from the Collection of Mary and Jim Patton
The Ackland Art Museum – Chapel Hill NC, United States
09/09/2001 – 11/11/2001
San Francisco Abstract Expressionism
Hackett Freedman Gallery – San Francisco CA, United States
09/06/2001 – 10/27/2001
1970
Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial Exhibition
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
1970
1968
Biennale di Venezia
Venice VE, Italy
1968
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Dictionaries
1999
Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975 – 400 years of Artists in America
Publisher: Sound View Press – 859 Boston Post Rd. – Madison CT, United States
Director of publication: Falk Peter – 859 Boston Post Rd. – Madison CT, United States
1999
ISBN : 0932087558
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