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Richard Diebenkorn

Born in Portland, Oregon (1922). Family moved to San Francisco Bay Area (1924). Attended Stanford University (1940 – 43; BA, 1949) Studied at University of California, Berkeley (1943) while serving in the U. S. Marine Corps (1943 – 45). Attended California School of Fine Arts (1946). Lived in Sausalito, CA and taught at California School of Fine Arts (1947 – 50). Studied at University of New Mexico, (MFA, 1951). Began Berkeley series of abstract expressionist paintings (1953). Began still lifes, then landscapes as a prelude to figurative paintings (1955). Taught at California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland (1955 – 59). Taught at San Francisco Art Institute (1959 – 63). Lived in Santa Monica and taught at University of California, Los Angeles (1966 – 73). Began Ocean Park series (1967). Died in Berkeley, CA (1993). Museum Exhibitions include: The Drawings of Richard Diebenkorn, organized by the Museum of Modern Art, New York (1988); major traveling retrospective, The Whitney Museum of American Art (1988); Elected to The Royal Academy, London (1992). Blue Surround, Evolution of Print, MH de Young Memorial Museum, The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco (1994); The Art of Richard Diebenkorn, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (1997-1998). Clubs and Spades, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California Palace Legion of Honors, San Francisco, CA (2002). The Ocean Park Series, Modern Art Museum of Forth Worth, Fort Worth, TX; traveling to Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (2011-2012).


SELECTED ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2011
The Ocean Park Series, Modern Art Museum of Forth Worth, Fort Worth, TX; traveling to Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

2010
Richard Diebenkorn: Paintings and Drawings 1949-1955, Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue)
Richard Diebenkorn: The Ocean Park Series, The Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA, April 11, 2010 – September 5, 2010

2008
Diebenkorn in New Mexico, NYU Grey Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue)
Richard Diebenkorn, Artist, and Carey Stanton, Collector: Their Stanford Connection, Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University, CA
Richard Diebenkorn: Abstractions on Paper, Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University, CA
Richard Diebenkorn: Ocean Park Monotypes and Drawings, Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York (catalogue)

2007
The Female Form, Thomas Gibson Fine Art Ltd, London, England (catalogue)
Diebenkorn in New Mexico, 1950-1952, Harwood Museum of Art, University of New Mexico, Taos, NM. Traveled to the San Jose Museum of Art, CA; the Grey Art Gallery, New York University, NY; The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. (catalogue)

2006
Paintings and Drawings on Paper, Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue)

2005
Richard Diebenkorn: Unseen Santa Barbara Works, Santa Cruz Island Foundation (producer), Reynolds Gallery, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA

2004
Richard Diebenkorn: Prints 1948 - 1993, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York (catalogue)
Picasso to Thiebaud: Modern and Contemporary Art from the Collections of Stanford University Alumni and Friends, Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University, California (catalogue).
Richard Diebenkorn Works on Paper: Ocean Park, Clubs and Spades, Artemis Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York (catalogue)

2003
Richard Diebenkorn Figurative Works on Paper, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco (catalogue)

2002
Clubs and Spades, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California Palace Legion of Honors, San Francisco
Figurative Drawings, Gouaches, and Oil Paintings, Artemis Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York (catalogue)

2000
Early Abstractions, Lawrence Rubin Greenberg Van Doren Fine Art, New York (catalogue)
Representational Drawings, Galleria Lawrence Rubin, Milan, Italy (catalogue)

1999
Ocean Park Paintings, Lawrence Rubin Greenberg Van Doren Fine Art, New York (catalogue)
From Nature to Abstraction, Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco (catalogue)

1997-98
Richard Diebenkorn, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Traveled to Modern Art of Fort Worth, TX; The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA (catalogue)
The Ocean Park Series: A Selection of Original Prints, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco

1996
Richard Diebenkorn Figure Drawings, Acquavella Contemporary Art, Inc., New York (catalogue)
Selected Works from 1949-1991, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco
Richard Diebenkorn: Drawing from the Model 1954-1967, L.A. Louver, Venice, California (catalogue)

1995
Abstractions, Galerie Lawrence Rubin, Zurich (catalogue)
41 Etchings/ Drypoints, 1965, and Selected Rare Prints from 1961-62, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco
The Ocean Park Image, Paintings on Paper and Important Prints, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco
Works on Paper from the Henry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson Collection, Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles (catalogue)

1994
Blue Surround, Evolution of a Print, M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (catalogue)
Ocean Park Paintings on Paper Never Before Exhibited, M. Knoedler & Co., New York (catalogue)
Small Format Oil on Canvas Figures, Still Lifes and Landscapes, M. Knoedler & Co., New York (catalogue)

1993
Works on Paper from the Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson Collection, Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles (catalogue)

1992
Ocean Park Paintings, Gagosian Gallery, New York (catalogue)

1991
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, Traveled to the Fundacion Juan March, Madrid, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (catalogue)

1989
Graphics 1981-1988, Yellowstone Art Center Billings Montana. Traveled to the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth; Tacoma Art Museum, Washington; The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock (catalogue)

1988
The Drawings, The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Traveled to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. (catalogue)
Monotypes, Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York (catalogue)

1987
Recent Work, M. Knoedler & Co., New York (catalogue)

1986
1981-1986, Crown Point Press, New York

1985
Recent Work, M. Knoedler & Co., New York (catalogue)
Small Paintings from Ocean Park, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Traveled to the Brooklyn Museum, New York (catalogue)

1984
A Portfolio of 41 Etchings and Drypoints Published in 1965, L. A. Louver Gallery, Venice, California
Recent Work, M. Knoedler & Co., New York (catalogue)

1983
Paintings 1948-1983, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (catalogue)
Works on Paper, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco

1982
Etchings, Crown Point Gallery, Oakland, California (catalogue)
Intaglio 1961-1980, The Brooklyn Museum, New York
M. Knoedler & Co., New York (catalogue)

1981
Etchings and Drypoints, 1949-1980, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Traveled to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri; The Saint Louis Art Museum; The Baltimore Museum of Art; Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh; The Brooklyn Museum, New York; Flint Institute of Arts, Michigan; Springfield Art Museum, Missouri; University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City; Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston; Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, California; San Francisco Museum of Art (catalogue)
Matrix/ Berkeley 40, University Art Museum University of California, Berkeley (catalogue)

1980
M. Knoedler & Co., New York (catalogue)

1979
M. Knoedler & Co., New York (catalogue)

Richard Diebenkorn: Intaglio Prints 1961-1978, University of California at Santa Barbara Art Museum, CA (catalogue)

1978
From Nature to Art, from Art to Nature, (Richard Diebenkorn), American Pavilion, XXXVIIIth Venice Biennale (catalogue)
M. Knoedler & Co., New York (catalogue)

1977
M. Knoedler & Co., New York (catalogue)
Paintings and Drawings, 1943-1976, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (catalogue)

1976
Monotypes, Frederick S. Wight Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles (catalogue)
Paintings and Drawings 1943-1976, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York. Traveled to the Cincinnati Art Museum; The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; The Oakland Museum, California (catalogue)

1975
Early Abstract Works, 1948-1955, James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles. Traveled to the John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco (catalogue)
The Ocean Park Series; Recent Work, Marlborough Gallery, New York

1974
Drawings, 1944-1975, Mary Porter Sesnon Gallery, University of California, Santa Cruz (catalogue)

1973
Robert Mondavi Gallery, Oakville, California
The Ocean Park Series: Recent Work, Marlborough Fine Art, London, and Marlborough Galerie, Zurich (catalogue)

1972
Lithographs, Gerard John Hayes Gallery, Los Angeles (catalogue)
Paintings from the Ocean Park Series, San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco (catalogue)

1971
Irving Blum Gallery, Los Angeles
Ocean Park Series: Recent Work, Marlborough Gallery, New York (catalogue)
Poindexter Gallery, New York
Smith Anderson Gallery, Palo Alto, California

1969
Drawings, Poindexter Gallery, New York (catalogue)
New Paintings, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (catalogue)

1968
Drawings, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Missouri
Poindexter Gallery, New York
Richmond Art Center, Virginia (catalogue)

1964
Drawings, Stanford University Art Gallery, Palo Alto, California (catalogue)
Washington Gallery of Modern Art, Washington, D.C. Traveled to The Jewish Museum, New York; Pavilion Gallery; Newport Beach, California (catalogue)

1963
Paintings 1961-1963, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco
Poindexter Gallery, New York

1962
National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York

1961
The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. (catalogue)
Poindexter Gallery, New York

1960
Pasadena Art Museum, California (catalogue)
Recent Paintings, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco (catalogue)

1957
Swetzoff Gallery, Boston

1956
Oakland Art Museum, California
Poindexter Gallery, New York

1954
Allan Frumkin Gallery, Chicago
Paul Kantor Gallery, Los Angeles
San Francisco Museum of Art

1952
Paul Kantor Gallery, Los Angeles
Oakland Art Museum, California

1951
Master's Degree Exhibition, University Art Museum of New Mexico, Albuquerque

1948
California Palace of the Legion of the Honor, San Francisco

Museum Exhibitions include: The Drawings of Richard Diebenkorn, organized by the Museum of Modern Art, New York (1988); major traveling retrospective, The Whitney Museum of American Art (1988); Blue Surround, Evolution of Print, MH de Young Memorial Museum, The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco (1994); The Art of Richard Diebenkorn, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (1997-1998), The Ocean Park Series, Modern Art Museum of Forth Worth, Fort Worth, TX; traveling to Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (forthcoming)

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