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Mary Abbott (American, 1921)
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Mary Abbott
Le Chante de Rossignol - For Joseph Cornell 1959
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Mary Abbott
Red Papers circa 1950
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Mary Abbott
Untitled 1951
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Mary Abbott
Untitled (Cactus, St. Croix) circa 1950
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Biography |
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1921 |
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Born in New York City |
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1939 |
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Begins taking courses at the Art Students League |
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1948 |
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Met sculptor David Hare who introduced her to an experimental school called The Subject of the Artist |
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1950 |
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Work featured in surveys of contemporary drawing organized by the Museum of Modern Art |
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1950 |
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Shows at Tibor de Nagy and Tanager gallery |
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1956 |
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Work featured in surveys of contemporary drawing organized by the Museum of Modern Art |
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1970 |
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Begins teaching at the University of Minnesota |
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Exhibitions |
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2008 |
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Mary Abbott and Sally Egbert, Spanierman Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Abstraction: Summer 2008 - Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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2007 |
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Mary Abbott - Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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2006 |
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Avram Gallery, Southampton College, NY (solo)
Gallery Snyder, New York, NY |
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2005 |
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Arlene Bujese Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Gallery Snyder, New York, NY
Black (group) - Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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2004 |
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Thomas McCormack Gallery, Chicago, IL. (solo) |
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2003 |
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Arlene Bujese Gallery, East Hampton, NY. |
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2002 |
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Gallery Snyder, New York, NY
Elaine Benson Gallery, East Hampton, NY |
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2001 |
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Elaine Benson Gallery, East Hampton, NY
College of Sam Catherine, St. Paul, MN. (solo)
Arlene Bujese Gallery, East Hampton, NY. (solo) |
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2000 |
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Broome Street Gallery, New York, NY. (solo)
Artist Equity, New York, NY
Arlene Bujese Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Grand Street Gallery, New York, NY |
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1999 |
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Peaches, New York, NY. (solo)
Arlene Bujese Gallery, East Hampton, NY (solo) |
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1998 |
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White Box, Philadelphia, PA. (solo) |
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1997 |
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Arlene Bujese Gallery, East Hampton, NY (solo) |
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1995 |
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Weisman Museum, Minneapolis, MN. (public collection)
Arlene Bujese Gallery, East Hampton, NY. |
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1994 |
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Arlene Bujese Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY. (public collection)
Biria Academy, Calcutta, India. (public collection) |
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1993 |
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National Academy of Design, New York, NY
Anita Shapolsky, New York, NY
Weatherspoon Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
Benton Gallery, Southampton, NY. (solo)
Amsterdam’s Gallery, New York, NY. (solo) |
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1992 |
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National Academy of Design, New York, NY
Anita Shapolsky, New York, NY
Sydney Mishkin Gallery, Baruch Colleg, New York, NY
Artist for a United World United Nations Plaza, New York, NY. |
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1991 |
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Twining Gallery, New York, NY
Scraphim Gallery, Englewood, NJ.
Artists Space, Registry Files, New York, NY. |
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1990 |
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East Hampton Avant-Garde, East Hampton Center for Contemporary Art, East Hampton, NY.
Benton Gallery, Southampton, NY. (solo)
Center for Holocaust Studies, Brooklyn, NY. (public collection)
1990 a Decade for Renewal, The Federation of Modern Painters & Sculptors, New York, NY
Salute to Signa Gallery, East Hampton Center for Contemporary Art, East Hampton, NY. |
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1988 |
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Benton Gallery, Southampton, NY. (solo) |
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1986 |
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Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY. (solo)
University of Minnesota (public collection) |
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1985 |
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Ingber Gallery, New York, NY. (solo)
Ingber Gallery, New York, NY
Kenkaleba House, New York, NY |
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1981 |
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Wilson Library, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. (public collection) |
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1974 - 1980 |
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University of Minnesota Faculty Exhibition, Coffman Union Gallery, MN. |
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1979 |
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Lake Gallery, Minneapolis, MN. (solo) |
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1979 |
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Albright College, Reading, PA. (solo) |
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1978 |
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St. Benedict College, St. Joseph, MN. (solo) |
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1978 |
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Exhibition at the First National Mini-Conference Art/Not Art, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. |
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1978 |
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Minneapolis Institute of Fine Art, Minneapolis, MN. |
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1977 |
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Ann Hathaway Gallery, Washington D.C. (solo) |
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1977 |
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Minnetonka Art Center, Minnetonka, MN. |
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1977 |
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Eight Artists, Minnesota, U.S.A., Projects Are Centre, Dublin, Ireland. |
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1976 |
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Landmark Gallery, New York, NY. |
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1976 |
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Groveland College, Minneapolis, MN. (solo) |
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1972 - 1976 |
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National Collection of Fine Arts,Smithsonian National Gallery, Washington D.C. (public collection) |
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1975 |
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Carelton College, Northfield, NM. (solo) |
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1974 |
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Groveland College, Minneapolis, MN. (solo) |
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1974 |
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Carelton College, Northfield, NM. (solo) |
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1974 |
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Mickelson Gallery, Washington D.C. |
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1970 |
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Poindexter Gallery, New York, NY. |
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1970 |
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Weatherspoon Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC. |
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1970 |
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Ten Downtown, loft, New York, NY. (solo) |
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1968 |
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College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, NY. |
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1967 |
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Gallery Kleber, Paris, France. (solo) |
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1967 |
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Ten Downtown, loft, New York, NY. (solo) |
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1966 |
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Kornblee Gallery, New York, NY. (solo) |
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1966 |
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Ten Downtown, loft, New York, NY. (solo) |
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1966 |
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Elaine Benson Gallery, East Hampton, NY. |
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1965 |
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Sorite Gallery, CA
Kornblee Gallery, New York, NY. (solo)
Long Island University, Southampton, NY
Elaine Benson Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Rose Fried Gallery, New York, NY |
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1964 |
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Guild Hall Exhibit, juried by Adolph Gottlieb, Harold Rosenberg, and Larry Rivers, East Hampton, NY. |
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1964 |
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Elaine Benson Gallery, East Hampton, NY. |
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1964 |
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Kornblee Gallery, New York, NY. (solo) |
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1962 |
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Mary Abbott - Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris |
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1950 - 1960 |
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Robert Keen Gallery, Southampton, NY. (solo) |
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1959 |
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Poetry and Painting, collaboration with Frank O’Hara, Barbara Guest, Larry Rivers, Kenneth Koch, etc., Komblee Gallery, NY. |
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1959 |
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Elaine Benson Gallery, East Hampton, NY. |
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1956 |
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Colorado Springs Art Museum, Colorado Springs, CO. |
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1955 |
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Poets Choose Painters Tri-man Show, conjunction with Kenneth Koch, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY
Elaine Benson Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Tanager Gallery, New York, NY |
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1953 |
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Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY. |
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1952 |
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Kootz Gallery, New York, New York, NY. |
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