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Leland Bell (American, 1922)
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Leland Bell
Croquet Party 1965
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Leland Bell
Dusk 1977-1978
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Leland Bell
Figure Group with Bird 1987-1990
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Leland Bell
Figure Group with Bird 1991
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Leland Bell
Morning II 1978-1981
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Leland Bell
Morning II 1978-1981
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Biography |
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1970 |
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National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York |
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1982 |
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Benjamin Altman Figure Prize, National Academy of Design, New York |
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1989 |
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Thomas R. Proctor Prize, National Academy of Design, New York |
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Leland Bell’s paintings are represented in the collection of the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C.; the Rose Museum of Brandeis University, Massachusetts; the Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina; the Chemical Bank Collection, New York; and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. |
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Exhibitions |
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2002 |
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Watkins Gallery, American University, Washington, D.C., Changing Rhythms (a touring exhibition: The List Gallery, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA; The Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford College, Haverford, PA; Rider University Art Gallery, Lawrenceville, NJ; Watkins Gallery, American University, Washington, D.C.; University Galleries, Wright State University, Dayton, OH; Oglethorpe University Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA; and Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York, NY) |
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2001 |
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'Larger than Life: Ninety American Masterpieces from the Center’s Collection,' Center for Figurative Painting, New York, NY May 12-September 28. |
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2001 |
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'Reconfiguring the New York School,' Center for Figurative Painting, New York, NY, November 11-January 27 |
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2000 |
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'The Figure: Another Side of Modernism,' The Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY, June 4, 2000 – January 14, 2001. |
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1998 |
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'Seeing the Essential: Selected Works by Robert de Niro, Sr., Paul, Resika and Leland Bell', Hackett-Freedman Gallery San Francisco |
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1994 |
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'The Figure: Selected Gallery Artists,' Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, New York |
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1993 |
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Salander-O'Reilly Galleries New York |
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1992 |
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Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York |
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1992 |
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'New American Figure Painting', Contemporary Realist Gallery New York |
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1991 |
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'Nell Blane and Friends', Callen McJunkin Gallery West Virginia |
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1989 |
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'Positive ID,' Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, Pennsylvania |
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1987 |
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The Phillips Collection Washington D.C. |
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1987 |
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Stoppenbach and Delestre, Ltd. London |
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1985 |
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'Recent American Portraiture,' Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York |
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1985 |
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'Contemporary American Still Life,' One Penn Plaza, New York |
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1985 |
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'Survival of the Fittest II,' Ingber Gallery, New York |
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1985 |
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'Westfield Chapter of Hadassah: 28th Art Show and Sale,' Westfield, |
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1984 |
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'Modern Masters of Classical Realism,' University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, Wisconsin |
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1984 |
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'Recent American Still Life Paintings,' Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York |
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1984 |
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'Nine Realists Revisited: 1963-1984,' Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York |
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1983 |
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Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York |
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1980 |
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Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York |
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1980 |
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Theo Waddington Gallery London |
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1978 |
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Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York |
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1976 |
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Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York |
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1976 |
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'Leland Bell/Paul Georges,' Westminster College Art Gallery, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania |
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1974 |
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Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York |
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1973 |
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'Bell/Resika/Georges,' State University of New York at Albany, Albany, New York |
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1972 |
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Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York |
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1972 |
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Swain School of Art New Bedford, Massachusetts |
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1970 |
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Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York |
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1968 |
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Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York |
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1967 |
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Leland Bell/Louisa Matthiasdottir, Austin Arts Center, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut |
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1966 |
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Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri |
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1966 |
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Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York |
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1964 |
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Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana |
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1964 |
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Robert Schoelkopf Gallery New York |
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1961 |
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Zabriskie Gallery, New York |
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1959 |
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Zabriskie Gallery New York |
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1957 |
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Poindexter Gallery New York |
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1955 |
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Hansa Gallery New York |
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Literature |
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2002 |
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“Changing Rhythms: Works by Leland Bell, 1950s-1991.” Washington City Paper (January 17, 2002). |
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2002 |
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Dawson, Jessica. “A Painter Who Never Quit Trying: Leland Bell, for Better and Worse.” The Washington Post (January 24, 2002). |
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2002 |
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Shaw-Eagle, Joanna. “Shifting Rhythms of Leland Bell.” The Washington Times [in print and online] (January 12, 2002). |
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2002 |
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Kramer, Hilton, “Painter Leland Bell, A Great Lecturer, Finally Gets Exhibit,” |
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2002 |
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“Galleries-Uptown: Leland Bell,” The New Yorker (30 September 2002) |
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2002 |
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Kunitz, Daniel, “Gallery Chronicle,” The New Criterion (October 2002). |
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2001 |
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Johnson, Ken. “Larger Than Life.” The New York Times (June 22, 2001). |
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2001 |
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Naves, Mario. “Currently Hanging: Western Culture on His Shoulders.” The New York Observer (July 30, 2001). |
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2001 |
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Donohoe, Victoria. “Exhibits Celebrate Faces of Bell.” The Philadelphia Inquirer (October 7, 2001). |
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1994 |
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Wilkin, Karen. “At the Galleries.” Partisan Review (1994). |
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1994 |
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Bullard, CeCe. “Artists Draw on Talent, Potential.” Richmond Times-Dispatch (March 30, 1994). |
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1993 |
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Perl, Jed. “Code Name: Painting.” The New Criterion (December 1993). |
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1991 - 1992 |
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Obituaries, The Artist’s Proof, New York, 5, no. 2 (Winter 1991-92) |
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1992 |
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Smith, Roberta. “Art in Review: The Cat and the Canary, via Leland Bell.” |
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1991 |
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Roberta Smith, “Leland Bell, a Figurative Painter, Teacher and Lecturer, Dies at 69,” The New York Times (September 20, 1991), obituaries page. |
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1991 |
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Obituaries, Art in America (November 1991), p. 174. |
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1991 |
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Jed Perl, “Leland Bell, 1922-1991,” The New Criterion (November 1991), pp. 79-80. |
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1991 |
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Obituaries, Art News (November 1991), p. 31. |
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1990 |
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Jed Perl, “Successes,” The New Criterion (May 1990). |
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1990 |
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“Leland Bell at Robert Schoelkopf,” Art News (September 1990). |
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1987 |
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Jed Perl, “The Pictures and Passions of Leland Bell,” The New Criterion, (April 1987). |
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1987 |
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John Hollander, “Leland Bell: Gesture and Trope,” Art in America (July 1987). |
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1986 |
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Nicholas Fox Weber, Leland Bell, New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1986. |
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1983 |
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W. Hearne Pardee, “On Color,” Review of exhibition at Prince Street Gallery, Arts Magazine, 57 (January 1983), p. 13. |
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1983 |
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Vivien Raynor, Review of exhibition at Schoelkopf Gallery, The New York Times (April 1, 1983). |
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1983 |
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Ilene Susan Fort, Review of exhibition at Schoelkopf Gallery, Arts Magazine, 57 (June 1983), p. 36. |
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1983 |
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Review of exhibition at Schoelkopf Gallery, Art News, 82 (Summer 1983), p. 200. |
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1983 |
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Gerrit Henry, “Leland Bell,” Review of exhibition at Schoelkopf Gallery, Art in America, 71 (October 1983), p. 179. |
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1980 |
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R. B. Kitaj, Leland Bell, London: Theo Waddington Gallery, 1980. |
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1980 |
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Martica Sawin, “Leland Bell,” Review of exhibition at Waddington Gallery, Arts Review (October 10, 1980), pp. 437-38. |
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1978 |
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Jed Perl, Review of exhibition at Schoelkopf Gallery, Arts Magazine, 52 (May 1978), p. 16. |
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1977 |
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Jed Perl, “Life of the Object: Still Life Painting Today,” Arts Magazine, 52 (December 1977), p. 126. |
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1976 |
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Martica Sawin, “Abstract Roots of Contemporary Representation,” Arts Magazine, 50 (June 1976), pp. 106-109. |
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1976 |
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Hilton Kramer, Review of exhibition at Schoelkopf Gallery, The New York Times (May 21, 1976). |
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1974 |
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Review of exhibition at Schoelkopf Gallery, Art News, 73 (May 1974), pp. 100-101. |
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1973 |
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Lawrence Campbell, Leland Bell/Louisa Matthiasdottir/Temma Bell, Canton, Ohio: The Canton Art Institute, 1973. |
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1972 |
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Review of exhibition at Schoelkopf Gallery, Art News, 71 (Summer 1972), p. 13. |
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1970 |
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Leland Bell, “Esthetics Replaced by Sociology?” Art News, 68 (January 1970), p. 59. |
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1970 |
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John Asbery, “Bell: Virtuosity without Self-Interest,” Art News, 68 (February 1970), p. 45+. |
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1970 |
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James Mellow, Review of exhibition at Schoelkopf Gallery, The New York Times (March 1, 1970). |
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1970 |
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Carter Ratcliff, Review of exhibition at Schoelkopf Gallery, Art International, 14 (May 1970), p. 76. |
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1968 |
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Review of exhibition at Schoelkopf Gallery, Art News, 67 (April 1968), pp. 9-10. |
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1968 |
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Review of exhibition at Schoelkopf Gallery, Arts Magazine, 42 (June/Summer 1968), p. 63. |
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1967 |
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Leland Bell/Louisa Matthiasdottir, Hartford, Connecticut: Austin Arts Center, Trinity College, 1967. |
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1966 |
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Hilton Kramer, Review of exhibition at Schoelkopf Gallery, The New York Times (February 26, 1966). |
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1966 |
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Review of exhibition at Schoelkopf Gallery, Art News, 65 (March 1966), p. II. |
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1966 |
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Review of exhibition at Schoelkopf Gallery, Arts Magazine, 40 (May 1966), p. 65. |
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1964 |
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Review of exhibition at Schoelkopf Gallery, Art News, 63 (April 1964), p. 12. |
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1964 |
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Stuart Preston, Review of exhibition at Schoelkopf Gallery, The New York Times (April 19, 1964). |
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1964 |
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John Gruen, Review of exhibition at Schoelkopf Gallery, New York Herald Tribune Sunday Magazine (April 26, 1964). |
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1964 |
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Review of exhibition at Schoelkopf Gallery, Arts Magazine, 38 (September 1964), p. 70. |
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1964 |
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Leland Bell, “Hélion Paints the Impossible,” Art News, 63 (November 1964), pp. 36-37. |
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1963 |
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Lawrence Campbell, “Five Americans Face Reality,” Art News, 62 (September 1963), pp. 25-27. |
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1963 |
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Martica Sawin, “Good Painting - No Label,” Arts Magazine, 37 (September 1963), pp. 37-41. |
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1963 |
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Leonard Horowitz, “Five Americans,” The New York Times (September 22, 1963). |
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1961 |
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Review of exhibition at Zabriskie Gallery, Art News, 59 (February 1961), pp. 11-12. |
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1961 |
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Sidney Tillim, Review of exhibition at Zabriskie Gallery, Arts Magazine, 35 (February 1961), pp. 47-48. |
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1960 |
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Leland Bell, “The Case for Derain as an Immortal,” Art News, 59 (May 1960), pp. 25-27. |
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1959 |
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Review of exhibition at Zabriskie Gallery, Arts Magazine, 33 (April 1959), p. 51. |
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1959 |
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Review of exhibition at Zabriskie Gallery, Art News, 58 (May 1959), p. 16. |
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1958 |
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James Schuyler, “Bell Paints a Picture,” Art News, 57 (September 1958), pp. 42-45. |
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1957 |
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Review of exhibition at Poindexter Gallery, Art News, 56 (April 1957), p. 14. |
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1957 |
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Review of exhibition at Poindexter Gallery, Arts Magazine, 31 (April 1957), p. 59. |
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1956 |
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Thomas B. Hess, “U.S. Painting: Some Recent Directions,” Art News Annual, 25 (1956), p. 76+. |
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1955 |
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Review of “Portraits and Figure Studies” at Hansa Gallery, Arts Digest, 29 (April 1955), p. 19. |
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1955 |
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Review of “Portraits and Figure Studies” at Hansa Gallery, Art News, 54 (April 1955), p. 46. |
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