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Thomas Downing    (American, 1928)

 Thomas Downing - Fahrenheit (Paintings) h: 90.5 x w: 87 in / h: 229.9 x w: 221 cm
Thomas Downing
Fahrenheit circa 1961
 
 Thomas Downing - Fold Seven (Paintings) h: 108 x w: 109 in / h: 274.3 x w: 276.9 cm
Thomas Downing
Fold Seven 1969
 
 Thomas Downing - Red Fours (Paintings) h: 85 x w: 87 in / h: 215.9 x w: 221 cm
Thomas Downing
Red Fours 1962
 
 Thomas Downing - Red Shade #9 (Paintings) h: 84 x w: 87 in / h: 213.4 x w: 221 cm
Thomas Downing
Red Shade #9 1963
 
 Thomas Downing - Rivet Lilt (Paintings) h: 91 x w: 90 in / h: 231.1 x w: 228.6 cm
Thomas Downing
Rivet Lilt 1962
 
 Thomas Downing - Summer (Paintings) h: 88 x w: 83 in / h: 223.5 x w: 210.8 cm
Thomas Downing
Summer 1960
 

Biography
1928 Born, Suffolk, Virginia
1965 - 1968 Teaching Position, Corcoran School of Art, Washington, D.C.
1970 Teaching Position, New School of Visual Art, New York City, New York
1975 Teaching Position, University of Houston, Houston, Texas
1985 Died, Provincetown, Massachusetts

Exhibitions
2007 NERVE: Perceptual Art of the 1960s, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
2007 Lyrical Color: Morris Louis, Gene Davis, Kenneth Noland and the Washington Color School, The Phillips Collection, Washington DC
2007 Washington Color School: Selections from the Artery Collection, International Arts & Artists’ Hillyer Art Space
2007 Generations of the Washington Color School Revisited, The George Washington University Luther W. Brady Art Gallery, Washington DC
2007 Thomas Downing: 1963-1976, Addison Ripley Fine Art, Warner Office Building, Washington DC (solo)
2002 Origin of the Dot, Conner Contemporary Art, Washington DC (solo)
1994 Selected Paintings: 1971-1975, Addison/Ripley Gallery, Ltd., Washington, D.C. (solo)
1990 - 1991 Washington Color: The First Generation Painters. Orlando Museum of Art
1989 Tom Downing: 1965-1970, Addison Ripley Gallery, Ltd., Washington, D.C. (solo)
1985 Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. (solo)
1985 Addison/Ripley Gallery, Ltd., Washington, D.C. (solo)
1985 Harm Bouckaert Gallery, New York (solo)
1982 Salander O’Reilly Gallery New York (solo)
1980 Washington Color Painters, Fendrick Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1980 Osuna Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1979 - 1980 Osuna Gallery, Washington, D.C. (solo)
1975 Tibor de Nagy Gallery, Houston (solo)
1975 Modern Painting: 1900 to the Present. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
1975 Tibor de Nagy Gallery, Houston
1974 - 1975 Selections from the Permanent Collection. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Literature
1973 Bourdon, David. “Washington Letter.” Art International 17(February 1973):22.
1967 Campbell, Lawrence. “Reviews and Previews: Thomas W. Downing.” ARTnews 66 (Summer 1967 ):14.
1967 “Art: Neck & Neck,” Time 90(22 December 1967): 46.
1967 Baro, Gene. “Washington and Detroit.” Studio International 174(July-August 1967):50-51
1966 Alloway, Lawrence. “Background to Systemic,” ARTnews 65(October 1966): 31.
1966 Ashton, Dore. “Exhibition of Systemic Painting at the Guggenheim Museum.” Arts and Architecture 83 (November 1966): 7
1964 Coplans, John. “Post Painterly Abstraction.” Art International 8 (Summer 1964): 5-9.
1962 Ahlander, Leslie Judd. “An Artist Speaks: Tom Downing.” The Washington Post, 9 September 1962, sec. G, p. 4.
1962 “The Emerging Art of Washington.” Art International 6 (November 1962): 30-33.
1956 Edgar, Natalie. “Reviews and Previews: Thomas Downing.” ARTnews 63(February 1965):16.
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