Alexander Archipenko (Ukrainian/American), 1887-1964 - Featured artist works, exhibitions and biography fromAdler & Conkright Fine Art / Rachel Adler Fine Art
Alexander Archipenko (Ukrainian/American, 1887-1964)
Alexander Archipenko Au Cirque 1915
Biography
1887
Born: Kiev, Ukraine
1902 - 1905
Studied painting and sculpture at the Kiev art school, Kiev, Ukraine
1910
Opened art school, Paris, France
1912
Founding member of " La Section d'Or"
1921
Opened art school, Berlin, Germany
1923
Moved to the United States, opened art school, New York, NY
1924
Taught summer art school , Woodstock, NY
1929
Became American citizen
1929
Established “Arko,” a school of ceramics, New York, NY
1933
Taught at Mills College, Oakland, CA and at the Chouinard School, Los Angeles, CA
1935 - 1936
Taught summer sessions at University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1937
Taught at New Bauhaus, Chicago, IL
1938
Opened the Modern School of Fine Arts and Practical Design, Chicago, IL
1956
Taught at University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
1964
Died: in New York, NY
Exhibitions
2008
Alexander Archipenko, Saarland Museum, Saabrücken, Germany (solo)
2006
Alexander Archipenko: Vision and Continuity, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA (solo) Archipenko 2D/3D: Prints and Sculpture, Musuem of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL (solo)
2005
Alexander Archipenko: Vision and Continuity, The Ukrainian Museum, New York, NY (solo)
2004
Refashioning the Figure: The Sketchbooks of Archipenko, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, UK (solo) Alexander Archipenko: Unknown Works, Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne, Germany (solo)
2002
Process and Exploration: Recurring Motifs in the Work of Alexander Archipenko, Eaton Fine Art, Palm Beach, FL (solo)
2001
Alexander Archipenko: Terra Cotta Sculptures, Zabriskie Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1993
Rachel Adler Gallery, New York, NY
1991
Alexander Archipenko: The Sculptor As Printmaker, Zabriskie Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1987
Alexander Archipenko: The Last Decade 1954 - 64, Zabriskie Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1986
Alexander Archipenko: A Centennial Tribute, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C (solo)
1985
Archipenko: Drawings, Reliefs and Constructions, Edith C. Blum Institute, Bard College, Annandale-on Hudson, NY (solo)
1984
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
1982
Archipenko: Naturalism of the 1920s and 1930s, Zabriskie Gallery, New York, NY (solo) Archipenko, The Early Works: 1910 - 1921, The Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel (solo)
1979
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY Alexander Archipenko 1887 - 1964: The Late Experimental Years, Zabriskie Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1976
Archipenko –Polychrome Sculptures, Zabriskie Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1974
Alexander Archipenko – A Pioneer of Modern Sculpture, Fuji Television Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
1973
Hayward Gallery, London, UK
1969 - 1970
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
1969
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
1967
Alexander Archipenko: A Memorial Exhibition, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, TX; Fine Arts Gallery, San Diego, CA; Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY; National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL (solo)
1964
Galerie Stangl, Munich, Germany (solo)
1963
Centro Culturale S. Fedele, Milan, Italy (solo)
1962
Retrospective, Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada (solo) Perls Galleries, New York, NY (solo) Drawings and watercolors, Kunsthalle, Mannheim, Germany (solo) Galerie Wilhelm Grosshennig, Düsseldorf, Germany (solo)
110th Exhibition, Fifty Years Production, Associated American Artists Galleries, New York, NY
1953
Le Cubisme, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris, France Works on paper, El Instituto Guatemalteco-Americano, Guatemala City, Guatemala (solo)
1952
Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY L’Oeuvre du XXe siècle, Peintures, Sculptures, Musée National D’Art Moderne, Paris, France; The Tate Gallery, London, UK Sculpture of the Twentieth Century, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA; The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
1951
Museum of Modern Art, Sao Paulo, Brazil American Sculpture, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
1950
Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Drawings, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
1949
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA; Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA (solo)
1948
New plexiglas works, Associated American Artists Galleries, New York, NY (solo)
1947
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1944
Nierendorf Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1942
Katherine Kuh Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
1941
Katherine Kuh Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
1940
We like Modern Art, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
1939
Katherine Kuh Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
1938
Katherine Kuh Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
1937
Katherine Kuh Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
1932
John Levy Galleries, New York, NY (solo)
1931
The Archipenko Exhibition, Braxton Gallery, Hollywood, CA (solo) Renaissance Gallery, Montecito, CA (solo)
1929
The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL (solo) Contemporary American Sculpture, The California Palace of The Legion Of Honor, San Francisco, CA Braxton Gallery, Hollywood, CA (solo)
1928
The Anderson Galleries, New York, NY
1924
Kingore Gallery, Societe Anonyme, New York, NY (solo)
1923
Leipziger Kunstverein, Leipzig, Germany (solo)
1922
Galerie van Diemen, Berlin, Germany Galerie Fritz Gurlitt, Berlin, Germany Kunstsalon Ludwig Schames, Frankfurt, Germany
1921
Potsdam Museum, Potsdam, Germany Société Anonyme, New York, NY (solo)
1920
Ukranian Pavillon, Venice Biennal, Venice, Italy (solo) Salon des Indépendants, Paris, France
1919
Exhibition of French Art 1914 - 1919, Mansard Gallery, Heal & Son, Ltd., London, UK
1914
Salon des Indépendants, Paris, France Salon des Indépendants, Brussels, Belgium
1913
Armory Show, New York, NY Salon des Indépendants, Paris, France Galerie Der Sturm, Berlin, Germany (solo)
1912
Folkwang Museum, Hagen, Germany Salon des Indépendants XXVIII, Paris, France Salon d’Automne X, Paris, France Galerie La Boétie, Paris, France
1911
Salon des Indépendants XXVII, Paris, France Salon d’Automne IX, Paris, France
1910
Salon des Indépendants XXVI, Paris, France
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
Auckland City Art Gallery, New Zealand, Australia Centre Pompidou, Musée Nationale d’Art Moderne, Paris, France Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. Kunsthalle, Mannheim, Germany Kunstmuseum, Bern, Switzerland Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA Phoenix Museum of Art, Phoenix, AZ Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY Tate Gallery, London, UK Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Literature
2008
Melcher, Ralph (Ed.). Alexander Archipenko. Saabrücken: Saarland Museum, 2008 (catalogue)
2005
Leshko, Jaroslaw. Alexander Archipenko: Vision and Continuity. New York and Kyiv: The Ukrainian Museum with cooperation of Rodovid Press, 2005 (catalogue)
