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Jack Beal (American, 1931)
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Jack Beal
Daffodils with Corot's "Narni" 2001
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Jack Beal
Daffodils with Corot's 'Narni' 2001
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Jack Beal
Envy (Self Portrait) 1977
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Jack Beal
Self Portrait with Rudbeckieas and Daylilies 1988
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Jack Beal
Still-Life with Chair and Overcoat 1964
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Jack Beal
Study for 'The Return of Spring' (MTA Times Square Mural) 1997
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Biography |
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Lives NYC |
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Art Institute of Chicago Illinois |
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Born in Richmond, Virginia |
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College of William and Mary Norfolk Division |
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University of Chicago Illinois |
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Exhibitions |
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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
'Jack Beal: The Times Square Subway Mural and Other Works,' George Adams Gallery, New York, September 2001
' Abstract Expressionism and the New American Realism: Paintings by Jack Beal and Philip Pearlstein.' The Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia, 2001. Travels to the Yager Museum, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY 1/2002*
“Mosaico a New York City—“The Return of Spring.” Galleria d’Arte Moderne di Udine. Udine, Italy, 1999-2000. (To be installed in Times Square subway station.)
“Jack Beal: A Survey from 1963-1994.” Oglethorpe University Museum. Atlanta, 1998.*
“Jack Beal: A Survey of Prints and Drawings.” George Adams Gallery. New York City, 1996.
“Jack Beal: Paintings and Works on Paper.” Art Museum of Western Virginia. Roanoke, 1996.
“Visiting Artist’s Program.” Art Institute of Southern California. Laguna Beach, 1994-95.*
“Jack Beal: Paintings and Drawings, 1963-1993.” Frumkin/Adams Gallery. New York City, 1993.
“Jack Beal: Focus on Painting.” The Savannah College of Art and Design. Savannah, Georgia, 1990.
“Jack Beal: Images On Paper.” Roberson Center for the Arts and Sciences. Binghamton, New York, 1987 -88.*
Frumkin/Adams Gallery. New York City, 1988.
“Jack Beal/Joan Brown: The Early Sixties.” Allan Frumkin Gallery. New York City, 1984.*
Reynolds/Minor Gallery. Richmond, 1980.
“Jack Beal: Prints and Related Drawings.” Madison Art Center, Wisconsin; Boston University, Massachusetts; Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois: 1977.*
'Jack Beal: Retrospective'. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; Boston University, Massachusetts; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago: 1973-74.*
Galerie Claude Bernard. Paris, France, 1973*, 1981.
Miami-Dade Community College. Miami, Florida, 1972. |
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
'The Perception of Appearances: A Decade of Contemporary Figurative Drawing.' Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, June 29-Septeber 22, 2002 *
'Doors: Image and Metaphor in Contemporary Art.' New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, 2002
'Me. Myself & I.' George Adams Gallery, New York, NY 2002
' Real (ist) Men.' Selby Gallery, Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL. 2001-2002.
'Spectrum 2001' Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN, 2001
'20th Century American Landscapes from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.' New York State Museum, Albany, NY, 2001.
'A Century of American Woodcuts.' Jane Haslem Fine Arts, Washington DC, 2001.
'2000 Collector's Show.' Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, 2000.
'The Art of Collecting.' Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan, 2000.
'Realism Today.' John Pence Gallery (through American Artist magazine), San Francisco, 2000.
'The Virginia Landscapes.' Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, 2000-2001.
'The Figure: Another Side of Modernism.' Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY, 2000-2001.
“Green Woods & Crystal Waters: The American Landscape Tradition.” The Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma; the John and Mabel Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida; the Davenport Museum of Art, Iowa, 1999-2000.*
“25 Works for 25 Years: A Quarter Century of Art at 3M.” Concourse Gallery, 3M, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1999.
“Contemporary American Realist Drawings from the Jalane and Richard Davidson Collection.” The Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, 1999.*
“American Abstraction/American Realism: The Great Debate.” Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1999.
“Twentieth Century American Drawings from the Arkansas Arts Center Foundation Collection.” The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock; Sunrise Museum, Charleston, West Virginia; Philharmonic Center for the Arts, Naples, Florida; Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Indiana; Knoxville Museum of Art, Tennessee; Boise Art Museum, Idaho; Mobile Museum of Art, Alabama; Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont; Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska; Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan, 1998-2000.*
“Art About Art.” George Adams Gallery, New York, 1999.
“Illumination.” George Adams Gallery. New York City, 1998. |
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“Extensions: Aspects of the Figure.” Joseloff Gallery, Hartford Art School, Hartford, Connecticut, 1998
“Annual Collector’s Show.” Arkansas Arts Center. Little Rock, 1998.
“Shattering the Southern Stereotype.” Longwood Center for the Visual Arts. Farmville, Virginia, 1998.
“1997 Collector’s Show.” Arkansas Arts Center. Little Rock, 1997-98.
“Dramatic Realism: The New Baroque.” Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art. Loretto, Pennsylvania, 1997.*
“A Show of Hands.” George Adams Gallery. New York City, 1997.
“Mixing Business with Pleasure.” Sawhill Gallery, James Madison University. Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1997.
“1996 Collector’s Show.” Arkansas Arts Center. Little Rock, 1996.
“ It Figures.” SFA Gallery. Nacogdoches, Texas, 1996.
“Going Places.” George Adams Gallery. New York City, Summer Group Show, 1996.
“Health, Happiness, and Wholeness in Twentieth Century Art.” New York Academy of Sciences, New York City; University Art Museum, SUNY. Binghamton, New York: 1996.*
“American Academy Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture.” American Academy of Arts and Letters. New York City, 1995, 1996.
“Contemporary Virginia Realism.” Second Street Gallery. Virginia, 1995.*
“Meysa McMein Purchase Awards.” The Whitney Museum of American Art. New York City, 1966.
“American Realism & Figurative Painting.” Cline Fine Art Gallery. Santa Fe, 1994.*
“Around the House.” Frumkin/Adams Gallery. New York City, 1994.
“Self-Portrait: The Changing Self.” New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts. Summit, New Jersey, 1993.
“Large Scale Drawings.” Frumkin/Adams Gallery. New York City, 1992.
“New American Figure Painting.” Contemporary Realist Gallery. San Francisco, 1992.
“40th Anniversary Exhibition.” Frumkin/Adams Gallery. New York City, 1992.*
“Contemporary American Realism.” Broden Gallery. Madison, Wisconsin, 1992.
“I, Myself & Me: Twentieth Century and Contemporary Self Portraits.” Midtown Payson Galleries. New York City, 1992.
“American Realism and Figurative Art: 1955-1990.” Myagi Museum; Sogo Museum of Art, Yokohama; Tokushima Modern Art Museum; Museum of Modern Art, Shiba, Otsu; Kochi Prefectural Museum of Folk Art, Japan, 1991-1992.
“Common Objects.” Museum of Modern Art. New York City, 1991.
“Images in American Art, 1960-1990.” Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art. Loretto, Pennsylvania, 1991.
“Intimate Interiors.” First Street Gallery. New York City, 1991. |
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“Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture.” American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. New York City, 1991.
“20th Century Flower Painting.” Museum of Art. Fort Lauderdale, 1991. “Landscape on Paper.” Graham Modern. New York, New York: 1990.
“Objects Observed: Contemporary Still-Life.” Gallery Henoch. New York City, 1990.
“American Figuration: The 1950's and 1960's.” Rena Bransten Gallery. San Francisco, 1989.
“Food for Thought.” Lintas: Worldwide at One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza. New York City, 1989.
“Made In America.” Virginia Beach Arts Center. Virginia, 1989.
“Realist Drawings.” Frumkin/Adams Gallery (Drawing Gallery). New York City, 1989.
“Portraits and Self-Portraits.” Alice Simsar Gallery. Ann Arbor, 1989.
“Small Works by Gallery Artists.” Frumkin/Adams Gallery (Drawing Gallery). New York City, 1989.
“The Figure.” Arkansas Arts Center. Little Rock, 1989.*
“Realism Now.” Judy Youens Gallery. Houston, 1988.
“Contemporary Interpretive Landscape.” Sewall Art Gallery, Rice University. Houston, 1988.*
“Frivolity and Mortality: The Tradition of Vanitas In Contemporary Painting.” Sherry French Gallery. New York City, 1987.
“Looking Ahead.” University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Art. Lincoln, Nebraska, 1987-88.
“Realism Today: American Drawings from the Rita Rich Collection.” National Academy of Design. New York City, 1987-88.*
“Contemporary Still Life.” Vault Gallery, The Boston Company. Boston, 1987-88.
“Landscape, Seascape, Cityscape.” Contemporary Arts Center. New Orleans, 1986.
“A Feast For the Eyes.” Allentown Art Museum. Pennsylvania, 1986.
“Accurate Depictions? Figurative Realist Paintings.” Art Gallery, Bowling Green State University. Ohio, 1986.*
“20th Century American Drawings: The Figure in Context.” International Exhibitions Foundation. Washington, D.C., 1986.*
“Interiors in Paint: Works by Thirty-three Artists.” One Penn Plaza. New York City, 1986.
“Drawings.” Reynolds/Minor Gallery. Richmond, Virginia, 1985.
“Contemporary American Still-Life: Works by Forty-six Artists.” One Penn Plaza. New York City, 1985.
“American Realism: The Precise Image.” Isetan Museum. Tokyo, 1985.*
“American Realism: Twentieth-Century Drawings and Watercolors in the Glenn C. Janss Collection.” San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California; DeCordova and Dana Museum and Park, Lincoln, Massachusetts; Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, University of Texas, Austin; Mary & Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois; Wichita Art Museum, Kansas: 1985-86.*
“Holiday Fare: Contemporary artists portray food.” G.W. Einstein Company, Inc. New York City, 1985. |
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“Artists Choosing Artist.” Artists’ Choice Museum. New York City, 1985.
“Pastels.” Nohra Haime Gallery. New York City, 1985.
“Fortissimo! Thirty Years from the Richard Brown Baker Collection of Contemporary Art.” Art Museum, Rhode Island School of Design. Providence, 1985.*
“American Art Today: Still Life.” Art Museum, Florida International University. Miami, 1985.*
“Recent American Portraiture.” Robert Schoelkopf Gallery. New York City, 1985.
“Images and Imagery: Works on Paper.” Art Gallery, Pace University. New York City, 1984.
“New Realism: Behind the Scenes, Small Paintings and Preliminary Sketches.” College of the Mainland. Texas City, Texas, 1984.*
“The Artist's Studio in American Painting.” Allentown Art Museum. Pennsylvania, 1984.*
“American Realism, 1930's/1980's: A Comparative Perspective.” Summit Art Center. Summit, New Jersey, 1983.*
“New Portraits: Behind Faces.” The Dayton Art Institute. Ohio, 1983.*
“Perspectives on Contemporary American Realism: Works of Art on Paper from the Collection of Jalane and Richard Davidson.” Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia; The Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois: 1983.*
“New York, New Art: Contemporary Paintings from New York Galleries.” Delaware Art Museum. Wilmington, 1983.
“An Appreciation of Realism.” Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute. Utica, New York, 1982.*
“The Human Figure.” Contemporary Arts Center. New Orleans, 1982.*
“Focus on the Figure: Twenty Years.” The Whitney Museum of American Art. New York City, 1982.*
“The American Landscape: New Developments.” The Whitney Museum of American Art. Stamford, Connecticut, 1981.*
“Inside Out: The Self Beyond Likeness.” Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport, California; Portland Art Museum, Oregon; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska: 1981-82.*
“Real/Really Real/Super Real.” San Antonio Museum of Art, Texas; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana; Tucson Museum of Art, Arizona; Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh: 1981-82.*
“Contemporary American Realism Since 1960.” Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; Oakland Museum, California: 1981-82.*
“A Feast for the Eyes.” Heckscher Museum. New York City, 1981.*
“Aspects of the 70's: Directions in Realism.” Danforth Museum. Framingham, Massachusetts, 1980.*
“Realism and Metaphor.” College of Fine Arts. University of South Florida, Tampa, 1980.*
“Realism/Photorealism,” Philbrook Art Center. Tulsa, 1980.*
“American Realism of the 20th Century.” Morris Museum of Arts and Sciences. Morristown, New Jersey, 1980.
“Late 20th Century Art from the Sydney and Frances Lewis Foundation.” Madison Art Center. Wisconsin, 1980.* |
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“American Figure Painting, 1950-1980.” The Chrysler Museum. Norfolk, 1980.
“American Drawings in Black and White.” Brooklyn Museum. New York, 1980-81.
“Artists’ Choice Museum Prospectus and Benefit Exhibition.” Artists' Choice Museum. New York, 1979.*
“Pictura Noua in American Deceniului al Optulea.” The New Museum of Contemporary Art. New York City, 1979.*
“The Pastel in America.” Odyssia Gallery, New York City; Grand Rapids Art Museum, Michigan: 1979.
“Works on Paper.” Allan Frumkin Gallery. New York City, 1979.
“The Big Still-Life.” Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York City; University of Virginia, Richmond; Art Gallery, Boston University: 1979.*
“The Opposite Sex: A Realist Viewpoint.” Art Gallery, University of Missouri. Kansas City, 1979.
“American Tradition and the Image of Post-Modern Man in Contemporary Painting, Drawing and Sculpture.” University of Virginia Art Museum. Charlottesville, 1979
“Seven on the Figure.” Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Philadelphia, 1979.*
“Figurative/Realist Art.” Artists' Choice Museum, New York City; Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York City; Terry Dintenfass Gallery, New York City; Fischbach Gallery, New York City; Kornblee Gallery; Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York City; Marlborough Gallery, New York City: 1979*
“An Invitational Drawing Show.” The DePauw University Art Center. Greencastle, Indiana, 1978.*
“Artists Choice, Figurative Art in New York.” Green Mountain Gallery, Bowery Gallery, New York City; Prince Street Gallery, New York City; First Street Gallery, New York City; SoHo Center for Visual Artists, New York City: 1976-77.*
“American Drawing: 1927-1977.” Minnesota Museum of Art. St. Paul, 1977.*
“The Figure in Drawing Now.” Bennington College. Vermont, 1976.
“Visions: Painting and Sculpture, Distinguished Alumni 1945 to the Present.” The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Illinois, 1976.*
“30 Years of American Printmaking.” Brooklyn Museum. New York City, 1976-77.
“America '76.” (organized by U.S. Department of the Interior) Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C.; Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; The Brooklyn Museum, New York: 1976- 78.*
“American Realists: Watercolors and Drawings.” Meisel Gallery. New York City, 1975.
“Drawings: Techniques and Types,' Benton Museum, University of Connecticut, Storrs, 1975*
“Portrait Painting, 1970 - 1975.” Allan Frumkin Gallery. New York City, 1975.*
“Candid Painting: American Genre, 1950 - 1975.” DeCordova Museum. Lincoln, Massachusetts, 1975.*
“Selected Drawings from the Private Collection of Arnold and Mona Root.” Miami-Dade Community College, Florida, 1975.* |
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“Aspects of the Figure.” The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, 1974.*
“Living American Artists and the Figure.” Pennsylvania State University Museum of Art. College Park, 1974.
“New Images: Figuration in American Painting.” Queens County Museum. New York City, 1974.
“American Drawings 1963 - 1973.” Whitney Museum of American Art. New York City, 1973*
“American Realism: Post Pop.” Art Gallery, Oakland University. Rochester, Michigan, 1973.
“The Richard Brown Baker Collection.” San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. California, 1973.
“Drawings by Seven American Realists.” Harcus-Krakow Gallery. Boston, 1973.
“Drawings.” Galerie Smith-Andersen. Palo Alto, California, 1973.*
“Hand-Colored Prints.” Brooke Alexander Gallery. New York, 1973.*
“The American Landscape/1972.” Boston University School of Fine and Applied Arts Gallery. Massachusetts, 1972.
“Painting and Sculpture Today: 1972.” Indianapolis Museum of Art. Indiana, 1972.*
“Drawings by Living American Artists.” International Exhibitions Foundation. Washington, D.C., 1972.“70th American Exhibition.” Art Institute of Chicago. Illinois, 1972.*
“Realist Revival.” American Federation of the Arts. New York City, 1972.
“American Exhibition of Contemporary Painting and Sculpture.” National Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. New York City, 1971.*
“American Drawing, 1971.” Iowa State University. Ames, 1971.
“Drawing by Representational Painters.” Art Center Gallery. Menomonie, Wisconsin, 1971.* |
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“New Realism.” State University of New York, Potsdam; Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, 1971.
“Phases of New Realism.” Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami. Coral Gables, 1971.
“Two Directions in American Painting.” Purdue University. West Lafayette, Indiana, 1971.*
“National Drawing Exhibition.” San Francisco Museum of Art. California, 1970.*
“Report On the Sixties.” Denver Art Museum. Colorado, 1969.
“22 Realists.” The Whitney Museum of American Art. New York City, 1970.*
“Works On Paper,.” Virginia Museum. Richmond, 1970.
Whitney Annual, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1968*, 1969.*
Group Show, San Francisco Museum of Art, 1968-69.
“Aspects of New Realism.” Milwaukee Art Center; Museum of Contemporary Art, Houston; Akron Art Institute, 1968-69.*
“National Invitational Exhibition.” San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. California, 1968.
“Environment.” Dintenfass Gallery. New York City, 1967.
“Contemporary American Drawings.” Art Museum. University of Colorado, 1967.
“The Nude Now.” Allan Frumkin Gallery. New York City, 1967.
“Recent Figurative Art.” Bennington College. Vermont, 1967.
“Realism Now.” Vassar College. Poughkeepsie, New York City, 1967.
“Contemporary Art, U.S.A.” Norfolk Museum. Virginia, 1966.
“The Media of Art Now.” Art Museum, University of Kentucky. Louisville, 1966.
Group Show. Galerie Claude Bernard. Paris, 1966.
University of Nebraska Annual, 1965.*J.B. Speed Museum. Louisville, 1965.
“68th Annual Exhibition.” Art Institute of Chicago. Illinois, 1965.*
“Young America.” The Whitney Museum of American Art. New York City, 1965.*
“Modern Realism and Surrealism.” American Federation of the Arts. New York City, 1965.
“The Figure International.” American Federation of the Arts. New York City, 1965.
“Recent Still-Life.” Art Museum, Rhode Island School of Design. Providence, 1965.
Allan Frumkin Gallery. Chicago, 1966, 1969, 1974.
Allan Frumkin Gallery. New York City: 1965 (twice), 1967, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975*, 1978, 1980, 1985.*Catalogue |
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SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
Art Institute of Chicago
Arkansas Arts Center
Bayly Art Museum of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Christian A. Johnson Memorial Gallery, Middlebury College, Vermont
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, GA
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington
Fine Arts Center/Cheekwood, Nashville, Tennessee
Flint Institute of Arts
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga
Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Michigan
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Metropolitan Transit Authority Arts for Transit, IRT Mezzanine
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Mt. Holyoke Museum of Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Neuberger Museum
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts
Toledo Art Museum
University of Virginia Art Museum
Valparaiso University
Virginia Museum of the Fine Arts
Walker Art Center
Washington and Lee University, Lewis School of Law
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Whitney Museum of American Art |
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