Earl Kerkam
Earl Kerkam | |
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| Born | October 7, 1891 |
| Died | January 12, 1965 (aged 73) |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Abstract expressionism; New York Figurative Expressionism |
Earl Cavis Kerkam, (1891– 1965) according to Willem de Kooning, Philip Guston, Mark Rothko, George Spaventa and Esteban Vicente “was one of the finest painters to come out of America.”[1] Gerald Norland wrote at the Earl Kerkam Memorial Exhibition in 1966:[2]
- ”A painter of enormous poetic awareness, self-directed, almost totally without direct influence, he stands as an original American artist in the best sense.”
Earl Kerkam died on January 12, 1965 in New York City.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
- 1933 (first) and the 1930s: Contemporary Arts Gallery, New York City; Babcock Gallery, New York City; J.B. Newmann Gallery, NY;
- 1940, 1942, 1943, 1944: Bonestell Gallery, NY;
- 1946, 1948, 1952, 1953, 1955: Charles Egan Gallery, New York City
- 1947-1949: Harld Wacker’s Chinese Gallery;
- 1955, 1956: Poindexter Gallery, New York City;
- 1960, 1961, 1963: World House Gallery, New York City;
- 1964: B.C. Holland Gallery, Chicago, Illinois;
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 1951, 1953-1957: Ninth Street Show, and Stable Gallery Annuals, New York City;
- 1949, 1955: The Whitney Museum of American Art, Annuals and Biennials, New York City.
Works in Museums and Public Collections
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, New York
- Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
- Kresge Art Museum at Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), San Francisco, California
- Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM), Washington, D.C.
- Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina
- Museum of Art and Archaeology at University of Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
References
- Smithsonian Institution Research Information System; Archival, Manuscript and Photographic Collections, Earl Kerkam
- Marika Herskovic, American Abstract and Figurative Expressionism: Style Is Timely Art Is Timeless (New York School Press, 2009.) ISBN 978-0-9677994-2-1. p. 136-139 p. 140-143
- Marika Herskovic, New York School Abstract Expressionists Artists Choice by Artists, (New York School Press, 2000.) ISBN 0-9677994-0-6. p. 16; p. 37; p. 198-201
External links
- Earl Kerkam paintings from the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum
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