BIBLIOGRAPHY - Frank Lobdell (American, 1921–2013)
ARTISTS’ BOOKS
Duncan, Robert. The Structure of Rime. Etchings by Frank Lobdell. San Francisco, CA: Arion Press, 2008
Sawyer, Kenneth, and Frank Lobdell. Poems of Kenneth Sawyer. San Francisco: Bern Porter, 1949. Illustrations by Frank Lobdell.
Tournier, Michel. The Music of the Spheres. Berkeley, CA: Okeanos Press, 1992. Frontispiece etching by Frank Lobdell
Eric de Chassey. Donner à voir, Images de Birkenau, du Sonderkommando à Gerhard Richter. Collection: Art Et Artistes. 2024
BOOKS
Albright, Thomas. Art in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945–1980: An Illustrated History. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1985.
On Art and Artists: Essays by Thomas Albright San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1989. Cover illus.: Spring 1982.
Bayl, Freiedrich; Luigi Moretti, and Michael Tapié. MUSÉE-MANIFESTE Structures et Styles Autres, Collezione Diretta da Ezio Gribaudo: Edizioni D’Arte Fratelli Pozzo, 1955. Illus.: April 1954, Number 1; March 1954-I.
Bullis, Douglas. 100 Artists of the West Coast. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2007. Illus.: 3.3.96–12.17.96 Bleeker; 31 December 1948; May 1949; 5.23.94 Bleeker.
De Chassey, Éric. L’abstraction avec ou sans raisons. Paris: Éditions Gallimard, 2017. Illus.: 31 December, 1948
Dupont, Diana; and Holland, Katherine Church. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: The Painting and Sculpture Collection. San Francisco, CA: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1985.
Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts Cinquante Ans de Dessins Americainsm 1930–1980. Paris, France: Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts, 1985.
Eitner, Lorenz, et al. The Drawing Collection. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Art Museum,
1993.
Hayakawa, S I , ed The Use and Misuse of Language Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications, Inc , 1962 Illustrations by William H Schneider and Frank Lobdell
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BOOKS: Continued
Herskovic, Marika, ed. American Abstract Expressionism of the 1950s: An Illustrated Survey. New York, NY: New York School Press, 2003.
Jones, Caroline A Bay Area Figurative Art: 1950–1965 Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press; San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1990.
Landauer, Susan. “Painting Under the Shadow: California Modernism and the Second World War” in On the Edge of America: California Modernist Art, 1900–1950. Paul J. Karlstrom, ed Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1996.
. The San Francisco School of Abstract Expressionism. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1996. Illus.: Untitled, 1948; Ascent (Red), 1962; Poster for 5 Young Moderns, 1948; photo of Lobdell, c. 1949; November 1947; September 3, 1948; Untitled, c. 1948; April 1954, Number 1; Black Edge III, 1962; January 1955; April 1957.
Landauer, Susan, ed.; JoAnne Northrup; Ann M. Wolfe; Lindsey M. Wylie. Selections: The San Jose Museum of Art Permanent Collection. San Jose, CA: San Jose Museum of Art, 2004. Illus.: February 1963.
Lucie-Smith, Edward American Art Now New York, NY: Harper Collins, 1985.
Motherwell, Robert, and Ad Reinhardt, eds. Modern Artists in America. New York, NY: Wittenborn Schultz, 1951.
Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall Califoria Art: 450 Years of Painting and Other Media Los Angeles, CA: Dustin Publications, 1998
Natsoulas, John, et al. The Beat Generation Galleries and Beyond. Davis, CA: John Natsoulas Press, 1996.
Northwestern University Printmaking in America: Collaborative Prints and Presses, 1960–1990 New York, NY: Abrams, and Chicago, IL: Northwestern University; pp. 34-6, 44.
Orr-Cahall, Christina. The Art of California. Oakland, CA: The Oakland Museum, 1984.
Plagens, Peter Sunshine Muse New York, NY: Praeger, 1974.
Williams, Thomas. The Bay Area School: Californian Artists of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. London: Lund Humphries, 2013 Illus
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CATALOGUES
Albright, Thomas, and Peter Boswell. Frank Lobdell: Paintings and Monotypes, 1955–1981. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1983.
Allentown Art Museum The James A Michener Foundation Collection Allentown, PA: Allentown Art Museum, 1963. Illus.: February 1961.
Arnason, H. H. 60 American Painters. Minneapolis, MN: Walker Art Center, 1960.
Art Center in La Jolla Fourth Art Center Annual of California Painting and Sculpture La Jolla, CA: Art Center in La Jolla, 1963 Illus.: 15 April
Bauersfeld, Erik. Frank Lobdell: Catalogue of Paintings, 1953–1959. New York: Martha Jackson Gallery, 1960. Illus.: August 1959; December 1955; Drawing in Black and White (1953); Drawing in Red, Black and Yellow, 1953; June 1959; April 1959.
Beneke, Daphne Lane. Fifteen Profiles: Distinguished California Modernists. Fresno, CA: Fresno Art Museum, 1995. Illus.: March 1954; November 1961; 2.19.94 (green); Dance III, 1970.
Boas, Nancy As I Am: Painting the Figure in Post-War San Francisco San Francisco, CA: Hackett|Mill, 2016 Illus p 24
Boynton, James, ed. San Francisco 9. Houston, TX: Contemporary Arts Museum, 1962.
Burgard, Timothy Anglin Bay Area Art from the Morgan Flagg Collection San Francisco, CA: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1997
Burgard, Timothy Anglin; Bruce Guenther; Walter Hopps; Bruce Nixon; Anthony Torres; Diane Roby. Frank Lobdell: The Art of Making and Meaning. San Francisco: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 2003.
California Palace of the Legion of Honor Second Annual Exhibition of Painting Foreword by Thomas Carr Howe, Jr.; introduction by Jermayne MacAgy. San Francisco: California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1947.
Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery Twenty-five Treasures Exhibition San Francisco: Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, 1996 Illus.: December 1955.
. Twenty-five Treasures. San Francisco: Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, 2000. Illus.: May 1949.
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Corcoran Gallery of Art. Thirty-Second Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting. Washington, DC: The Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1971.
E B Crocker Art Gallery West Coast 72 Painters & Sculptors Sacramento, CA: E B Crocker Art Gallery, 1972.
Faberman, Hillarie, et al. Picasso to Thiebaud: Modern and Contemporary Art from the Collections of Stanford University Alumni and Friends. Stanford, CA: Leland Stanford, Jr. University, 2004
Freeman, Richard B. (foreword). 67th Annual Exhibition: Oil, Tempera, and Sculpture of the San Francisco Art Association. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Art, 1948.
Galerie Anderson-Mayer Frank Lobdell Paris: Galerie Anderson-Mayer, 1965.
Guenther, Bruce. Frank Lobdell: Three Phases, 1947–2001. San Francisco: Hackett-Freedman Gallery, 2002.
Frank Lobdell: Recent Work 1990–2004 San Francisco: Hackett-Freedman Gallery, 2004.
. Frank Lobdell: Works from 1980 to 2008. Novato, CA: Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, 2008. Illus.
Holland, Katherine Church The Art Collection: Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. San Francisco, CA: Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, 1986. Illus.
, et al. A Bay Area Connection: Works from the Anderson Collection, 1954–1984. Santa Clara, CA: Triton Museum of Art, 1995. Illus.: Fall 1971; January 1971; Untitled 1971; Untitled 1975; Untitled 1980; Spring 1982.
Hoos, Judith, and Mark Lassiter. Selections from the Martha Jackson Collection. Minneapolis, MN: Walker Art Center, 1975.
Hopps, Walter [Group Exhibition] Los Angeles: Ferus Gallery, 1963.
. Frank Lobdell: Paintings and Graphics from 1948 to 1965. Pasadena, CA: Pasadena Art Museum, 1966. Cover illus.: Fall 1958.
. Thirty-Second Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting. Washington, DC: The Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1971
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Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Museum Intaglio Printing in the 1980s Newark, NJ: Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Museum, Rutgers University, 1990.
Johnson, Robert Flynn, and Bruce Guenther. Frank Lobdell: Figure Drawings. Stanford, CA: Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University, 2009.
Jones, Caroline A. Frank Lobdell: Works, 1947–1992. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Museum of Art, 1993. Illus.: Front cover, October 1962; back cover, April 1991.
Karlstrom, Paul J., et al. San Francisco Art Institute: Illustrious History, 1871–Present. San Francisco: San Francisco Art Institute, 1996. Illus.: Untitled, January 1969; Untitled (lithograph), 1966.
Krannert Art Museum. Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture. Champaign, IL: Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, 1974.
Landauer, Susan Paper Trails: Abstract Expressionist Prints Santa Cruz, CA: Art Museum of Santa Cruz County, 1993.
. San Francisco Abstract Expressionism: Selected Works, 1948–1982. San Francisco: Hackett-Freedman Gallery, 2001. Illus.: 1 January 1949.
LaPlante, John D., ed. San Francisco Bay Area Painting and Sculpture: Some Points of View–1962. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Art Gallery, 1962.
Leering, Jan, et al. Kompas 4: West Coast U.S.A. Eindhoven, The Netherlands: Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, 1969 Illus : November 1953; March 1954; May 1955.
Long Beach Municipal Art Center. California Painting: 40 Painters. Long Beach, CA: Municipal Art Center, 1956.
Mayfield, Signe. Directions in Bay Area Printmaking: Three Decades. Palo Alto, CA: Palo Alto Cultural Center, 1992 Illus
McChesney, Mary. Period of Exploration: San Francisco 1945-1950. Oakland, CA: Oakland Museum, 1973.
Monte, James Late Fifties at the Ferus Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1968
Morley, Grace McCann. Pacific Coast Art: United States’ Representation at the IIIrd Biennial of Sao Paulo. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Art, 1956.
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Moss, Stacey. The Abstract Expressionist Years and After: Jack Jefferson, Frank Lobdell, Alvin Light. Belmont, CA: Wiegand Gallery, College of Notre Dame, 1989. Illus.: Untitled, October 1988; Untitled, August 1988
Natsoulas/Novelozo Gallery. Foreword by John Allen Ryan. Lyrical Vision: The '6' Gallery 1954–1957. Davis, CA: Natsoulas/Novelozo Gallery Press, 1989.
Neubert, George. Drawings 1964-1974: Frank Lobdell. San Francisco: Charles Campbell Gallery, 1988
Oakland Art Gallery. Oakland Art Gallery’s Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Sculpture. Oakland, CA: Oakland Art Gallery, 1948.
Pasadena Art Museum West Coast 1945–1969 Pasadena, CA: Pasadena Art Museum, 1969.
. The Betty and Monte Factor Family Collection. Pasadena, CA: Pasadena Art Museum, 1973.
Perl, Jed. "A Tale of Two Cities" in A Culture in the Making: New York and San Francisco in the 1950s and '60s San Francisco: Hackett-Freedman Gallery, 2006.
Salow, David. Pairings II: Discovered Dialogues in Postwar Abstraction. San Francisco: Hackett-Freedman Gallery, 2005. Illus.: 30 April 1949; 2 October 1947–II.
San Francisco Museum of Art Annual Exhibition San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Art, 1947
. 67th Annual Oil, Tempera, and Sculpture Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Art, 1948.
Twelfth Annual Drawing and Print Exhibition, San Francisco Art Association San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Art, 1948
. Fourteenth Annual Drawing and Print Exhibition, San Francisco Art Association. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Art, 1950.
69th Annual Oil, Tempera, and Sculpture Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Art, 1950. Illus.: Untitled (oil painting).
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CATALOGUES: Continued
San Francisco Museum of Art. Painting and Sculpture Now: 76th Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Art, 1957.
82nd Annual Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Institute San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Art, 1963.
. Collectors Collecting: American Abstract Art Since 1945. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1971.
San Francisco Museum of Art and Los Angeles County Museum of Art Fifty California Artists San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Art, and Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1962.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the National Collection of Fine Arts Painting and Sculpture in California: The Modern Era San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Washington, DC: National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, 1977.
Selz, Peter. Visual Politics: The Art of Engagement. Introduction by Susan Landauer. San Jose and Berkeley, CA: San Jose Museum of Art and University of California Press, 2005. Illus
Selz, Peter, and Bruce Guenther. Frank Lobdell: The Dance Series 1969–1972. San Francisco: Hackett-Freedman Gallery, 2008. Illus.
Smithsonian Institution. New American Monotypes. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1977.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. American Drawings. New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1964.
Suffolk, Randall, and Catherine Whitney. Collective Future: Gifts in Honor of Philbrook’s 75th Anniversary Tulsa, OK: Philbrook Museum of Art, 2016. Illus : Figure Drawing No 2, 1964; Kelso No 42, 7 20 91, 1991
Tanner, Marcia. Frank Lobdell: Master Artist V. Moraga, CA: Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary’s College, 1998. Illus.: Summer 1959; December 1964; 4.10.95; Dance IV, 1970; August 1988; 2 16 98; 3 19 94; 4 8 93; 1 15.87
Tapiè, Michel. Introduction to Frank Lobdell. Geneva, Switzerland: Galerie D. Benador, 1964.
. Frank Lobdell. Paris: Galerie David Anderson, 1965. Illus.: August 1957; Black Edge IV, 1962; Dark Presence, 1963; #22, 1962; Air Series I, 1964; #5, 1961; #6, 1961; #8, 1961.
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Thiebaud, Paul LeBaron. Frank Lobdell: New Work. San Francisco: Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, 1992. Illus.: 10/23/91 (cover); Untitled 4/91; Untitled 11/91; 12/4/91; Untitled 4/91; 8/15/91 I (monotype); 8/11/91 II (monotype); 3/23/92; 1/22/92; 3/26/92 (etching); 5/1/92 (etching); 4 27 92
Third Biennial of Sao Paulo. Sao Paulo, Brazil: United States Pavilion, 1955.
Turk, R. H. Bay Area Art: Then and Now. Scottsdale, AZ: The Suzanne Brown Gallery, 1980.
Turnbull, Betty The Last Time I Saw Ferus Newport Beach, CA: Newport Harbor Art Museum, 1976. Illus.: February 1959.
University of Maryland Art Gallery The Private Collection of Martha Jackson College Park, MD: University of Maryland Art Gallery, 1973.
University of Texas Art Museum. Painting as Painting. Austin: University of Texas, 1968.
Van Proyen, Mark Dissonant Abstractions San Jose, CA: San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, 1986 Illus
Whitney Museum of American Art. Fifty California Artists. Foreword by Lloyd Goodrich. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1962. Illus.: Untitled 1959.
32nd Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1972.
Wiegand Gallery. Frank Lobdell: Summer Mural and Preparatory Drawings. Belmont, CA: Wiegand Gallery, College of Notre Dame, 1981.
Wight, Frederick S The Artist’s Environment: West Coast Fort Worth, TX: Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, 1962.
Worcester Art Museum. The Stamp of Impulse: Abstract Expressionist Prints. Worcester, MA: Worcester Art Museum, 2001
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BROCHURES
California Palace of the Legion of Honor. Young Artists of the Bay Area. San Francisco: California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 1948.
Cohen, Ronny. Frank Lobdell: Paintings and Gouaches, 1958–1972. New York: Oscarsson-Hood Gallery, 1985.
Dean, Charles R., and Jeanette M. Toohey. Expressive Impressions Three Decades of American Abstract Prints from the Collection of Charles R Dean Jacksonville, FL: Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, 2003
Hirsch, Faye. California Abstract Expressionists: Prints from the Charles R. Dean Collection. New York: International Print Center, 2003.
Hopkins, Henry T , et al American Abstract Art Since 1945 San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1977.
M. H. de Young Memorial Museum. Frank Lobdell: An Exhibition of Paintings. San Francisco, CA: M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, 1960.
made in California Frank Lobdell: 10 Etchings and Aquatints, 1987 Oakland: made in California, 1987. Illus.: 10.23.86; 6.2.87; 10.21.86.
. Frank Lobdell: 1992 Intaglio Editions. Oakland: made in California, 1992. Illus.: 5.1.92; 8 7 92; 3 26 92; 4 2 92; 4 26 92; 4 27 92; 3.7.92; 8.29.90
Martha Jackson Gallery. Frank Lobdell, Paintings 1969–1971. New York: Martha Jackson Gallery, 1972. Illus.: Dance VII, 1970.
. Frank Lobdell, Paintings and Drawings, 1955–1973. New York: Martha Jackson Gallery, 1974 Illus : Fall 1973; Spring 1972
Nash, Steven A. Viewpoints XVIII: Frank Lobdell. San Francisco: The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1992. Illus.: Spring 1989; Untitled 1958; April 1957; Summer 1967 (In Memory of James Budd Dixon); Dance VI, 1970; Untitled 10.23.91; Untitled 4.91.
Nordland, Gerald Frank Lobdell: Twenty-Seven Lithographs and A Large Painting San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Art, 1969. Illus.: 1742 (9/20), 1966; Summer 1967 (In Memory of James Budd Dixon)
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Office of the Mayor, City of San Francisco. Exhibition of Bay Area Fine Art Presses. San Francisco: Office of the Mayor, City Hall, 1993.
Oscarsson-Hood Gallery Frank Lobdell: Recent Paintings and Monotypes New York: Oscarsson-Hood Gallery, 1983. Illus.: 9.10.83, State 1 (monotype), 1983; July 1983.
Wechsler, James M. Abstract Expressionist Prints: An Overview. East Hampton, NY: Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, 2006.
Visceral Processes: Jay DeFeo, Frank Lobdell, Manuel Neri Saint Mary’s College Museum of Art September 28 - December 25, 2024
SELECTED ARTICLES
Albright, Thomas. “Looking Back on Bay Area Art.” San Francisco Chronicle, Aug. 18, 1968, This World, pp 25-6
. “Frank Lobdell Painting Memorial and Milestone.” San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 24, 1969, p. 43.
Albright, Thomas. “Hanging His Hopes on a Single Work.” San Francisco Chronicle, Mar. 12, 1981, Datebook, p 60 Illus : Summer Mural 1961
. “Corporation’s First-Rate Art.” San Francisco Chronicle, Jun. 13, 1970.
. “San Francisco: Different and Indifferent Drummers.” Artnews, Jan. 1982, pp. 86-90. Illus : Summer 1980
. “On the Lighter Side of Frank Lobdell.” San Francisco Chronicle, Mar. 15, 1982, Datebook. Illus.: Dance Series, 1971.
. “San Francisco: Coming Up from Underground.” Artnews, Jan. 1983, pp. 76-9. Illus.: Spring, 1982.
. “Lobdell’s Monastic Commitment.” San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 30, 1983, Review, p. 12. Illus.: Summer 1968.
. “The Value of a ‘Bad’ Painting to an Artist.” San Francisco Chronicle, Mar. 3, 1983, p.
“The
New Image of Rothenberg ” San Francisco Chronicle, Nov 19, 1983, p. 38.
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“Album: Frank Lobdell.” Arts, Mar. 1985, p. 44. Illus.: Summer 1967 (In Memory of James Budd Dixon), 1967; Untitled, 1958; Spring 1972; Fall 1964.
Aldinger, Charlie “TCM Awarded NEA Grant ” Honolulu Advertiser, May 7, 2009.
A[nderson], L[aurie]. “Reviews and Previews.” Artnews, vol. 71, no. 1, Mar. 1972, p. 18.
“Art Show for UC Students.” San Francisco Chronicle, Dec. 23, 1964.
“Artist-in-Residence: Frank Lobdell ” The Committee for Art at Stanford Newsletter, Oct 1965, pp. 3-5. Illus.: November 1960; Photo of Frank Lobdell.
Ashton, Dore. “Galleries Join in Benefit Show.” New York Times, Jun. 8, 1958, part II, p. 13.
“Art: Master Drawings Estes Gallery Show Spans 5 Centuries; Frank Lobdell’s Work on View.” New York Times, Apr. 19, 1960, p. 34.
. “Art.” Arts & Architecture, vol. 77, no. 7, Jul. 1960, p. 9. Illus.
“West Coast Artists Score in Painting: New York Commentary” Studio, vol 165, no. 838, Feb 1963, pp 65-6 Illus
. “Objective Painting with the personal touch: New York Commentary.” Studio, vol. 166, no. 844, Aug. 1963, pp. 80-1. Illus.
Baker, Kenneth “Imaginative Freedom of Lobdell’s New Paintings ” San Francisco Chronicle, Mar. 27, 1987.
. “30-Year Panorama of Art at the Triton.” San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 28, 1995, p. E1.
“Legion Show Paints a Faceted Lobdell ” San Francisco Chronicle, May 13, 2003, p. D2.
. “Two works by two artists what would they say to each other if they met? That’s the idea behind ‘Pairings,’ a twist on the summer group show.” San Francisco Chronicle, Aug. 2, 2003, pp. D1, D10.
“A Beautiful Friendship ” San Francisco Chronicle, Jul 26, 2008, p. E1, 10 Illus : 2 21 94–3 1 94–3 19 94 (Pier 70)
. “Frank Lobdell's work dances to the times.” San Francisco Chronicle, Sep. 20, 2008.
Illus.: Dance I, 1969.
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Baker, Kenneth. “Walter Kuhlman abstract expressionist, teacher.” San Francisco Chronicle, Mar. 30, 2009, p. B3.
“Lobdell talks of comrades, techniques ” San Francisco Chronicle, Ovation, Nov 13-5, 2009, p. 2. Illus.
. “Cantor Center acquires key bronze sculpture by Noguchi.” San Francisco Chronicle, Dec. 22, 2009, p. E1. Illus.
"2009 in Review: Top Ten " San Francisco Chronicle, Dec 27, 2009, Datebook, p. 18.
Barrio, Raymond. “Lobdell Exhibit Tiresome, Silly.” Palo Alto Times, May 4, 1966, sec. III, p. 27.
Baxter, Kathleen “Nuts & Bolts ” American Artist, May 2003.
“Bella Pacifica: Bay Area Abstraction, 1946-1963: A Symphony in Four Parts (Second & Third Movements; Ecole du Pacifique or a Feeling of Strength in Reserve).” ArtSlant New York, www.artslant.com/ny/events/show/145339-bella-pacifica-bay-area, May 15, 2011.
Bengston, Billy Al. “Late Fifties at the Ferus.” Artforum, vol. 7, no. 5, Jan. 1969, pp. 33-5.
Berkson, Bill “Frank Lobdell: Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery” Artforum International, Jan 1991, p 132 Illus : Spring ‘87, 1987
Berry, Marty. “Painter is a Quiet Maverick.” Fresno Bee, Dec. 19, 2004, pp. J1-2.
Bigelow, Catherine [C.B.]. “Artist’s Dinner at the Legion.” San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, Apr 27, 2003, p 25
Bloomfield, Arthur. “Lobdell’s Canvases Appear Haunted.” San Francisco News-Call Bulletin, Jan. 23, 1960, p. 13TV.
“Lobdell Brute Power and Traumatic Sweep.” San Francisco Examiner, May 7, 1966, Lively Arts, p 14
Blum, Irving. “Letters to the Editor.” Artforum, vol. 1, no. 3, Aug. 1962. [Letter sent in reply to
article “Reviews: Los Angeles” by Larry Rottersman, Jul. 1962.]
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Bogat, Regina. “Fifty California Artists.” Artforum, Dec. 1962, pp. 23-6.
Burrows, Carlyle “Art Acquisitions, Offerings ” New York Herald Tribune, Apr 24, 1960.
C., S. “Frank Lobdell: Oscarsson Hood.” Artnews, Summer 1985, p. 122. Illus.: Summer 1967, In Memory of James Budd Dixon, 1967.
C[ampbell], L[awrence]. “Frank Lobdell.” Artnews, vol. 62, no. 4, Summer 1963, p. 14. Illus.: Black Edge 4.
Carr, Jack. “Beyond Abstract: Art Museum Provides Rare Study of Lobdell’s Work.” Pasadena Star News, Mar. 20, 1960. Illus.
Cascone, Sarah. “Obituaries.” Art in America, vol. 102, no. 3, Feb. 2014, p. 112.
Case, William D. “In the Galleries: New York Art Review.” Arts, Feb. 1972, p. 61.
Cash, Stephanie. "Artworld." Art in America, Mar. 2009, p. 175.
Cebulski, Frank “Frank Lobdell at Hackett-Freedman Gallery” Artweek, vol 36, no. 1, Feb 2005, pp 14-5 Illus : Cover, 10 28.91–12 4.91 (detail); Pier 70 Spring I, 2002.
Chipp, Herschel. “This Summer in San Francisco.” Artnews, vol. 57, no. 4, Summer 1958, p. 48.
Cohen, Ronny. “Frank Lobdell, Oscarsson Hood Gallery.” Artforum International, Apr. 1984, pp. 77-8 Illus : July 1983
Colin, Frank. “Filmmaker Mary Kerr Turns to IndieGoGo Crowdfunding for Her Documentary ‘Swinging in the Shadows’ The Untold Story of the California Beat Era, Straight from the Source.” http://www.benzinga.com/press-releases/11/04/p1000132/, Apr. 13, 2011.
“Come Up and See Their Etchings ” S F Sunday Examiner & Chronicle, California Living, Oct 20, 1968, pp. 14-5.
Conal, Robbie. “Drawings with AE Traditions.” Artweek, Feb. 17, 1979, p. 5.
Coplans, John “Notes from San Francisco.” Art International, May 25, 1963, p 73
. “Circle of Styles on the West Coast.” Art in America, Jun. 1964, pp. 24-40. Illus.: 15 April, 1962.
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Coplans, John. “Art News from Los Angeles.” Artnews, vol. 65, no. 4, Summer 1966, p. 57.
Cutler, Carol “An Attempt to Enliven Big, Boring Biennial Surveys of American Art ” Smithsonian, Mar 1971, pp 60-7 Illus : Dance V, 1970.
D[ennison], G[eorge]. “In the Galleries.” Arts, vol. 34, no. 8, May 1960, p. 56. Illus.: April 1959.
Drath, Viola Herms. “The 32nd Corcoran Biennial: Art as Visual Event.” Art International, vol. 15, no. 5, May 20, 1971, p. 40.
Duncan, Michael “Bay Area Bravura ” Art in America, Sep 1996, pp 45-47. Illus.: September 3, 1948
F[actor], D[on]. “Frank Lobdell: Pasadena Art Museum.” Artforum, vol. 4, no. 9, May 1966, pp. 13-4. Illus.: Black Edge, 1956.
Fischer, Jack “California is a Focus as Collection Grows ” Mercury News (San Jose, CA), Oct 24, 2004.
. "Nurturing a New generation." San Jose Mercury News, Aug. 14, 2005.
“Forum Letters ” Palo Alto Times, May 12, 1966
“Four Painters at Stanford: Keith Boyle, Jim Johnson, Frank Lobdell, Nathan Oliveira.” The Stanford Magazine, Spring-Summer 1976, pp. 64-8. Illus.: Untitled, Fall 1971.
“Frank Lobdell ” Print Collector’s Newsletter, May-Jun. 1982, p. 57
“Frank Lobdell.” Print Collector’s Newsletter, Jan.-Feb. 1984, p. 214.
“Frank Lobdell & Michel Tournier.” Print Collector’s Newsletter, Mar.-Apr. 1993, p. 22.
“Frank Lobdell: Four Drawings ” Artforum, vol 1, no. 12, Jun. 1963, pp 26-7. Illus.: Ink Drawing, 1958; Ink Drawing, 1961; Ink Drawing, 1961; Untitled, 1961; Photo of Frank Lobdell.
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“Frank Lobdell: Making and Meaning.” Portland Art Museum Magazine, Winter 2004, p. 13. Illus.: 11.17.98 Pier 70; Pier 70, Spring I 2002.
“Frank Lobdell, San Francisco Artist, Honored at Stanford.” Vallejo Times-Herald (Vallejo, CA), May 15, 1966. Illus.: October 1965.
“Frank Lobdell: The Art of Making and Meaning.” Achenbach Graphic Arts Council Newsletter (Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco), vol. 10, no. 2, Spring 2003, pp. 1-3. Ill.: Untitled (Reclining Model), 1965
Frankenstein, Alfred. “The Legion’s Huge and Diverse Invitational.” San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 7, 1962, This World, pp. 21-2.
“Big Group Shows Emphasize the Experienced ” San Francisco Chronicle, Mar 24, 1963, pp 23-4
. “The Depth and Radiance of Lobdell.” San Francisco Chronicle, May 8, 1966, This World, pp. 25-6. Illus.: Summer 1965.
“Two Bay Area Masters ” San Francisco Chronicle, May 20, 1971, p 44
Fried, Alexander. “Forceful View of Life in Baskin Prints.” San Francisco Examiner, Oct. 13, 1963.
Fulton, Jack “Flirting with Abstraction ” Marin Independent Journal, Jul 20, 1996, p. E1 Illus : April 1957; Ascent; Black Edge III.
Gant, Michael. “Three by Three.” San Jose Metro, Aug. 3, 2005.
Gibson, Ann, ed. “Frank Lobdell.” Issue 4, Fall 1985, pp. 30-2. Illus.: Summer 1967 (In Memory of James Budd Dixon).
Glueck, Grace. “The Artists’ Artists.” Artnews, Nov. 1982, pp. 90-100. Illus.: Fall, 1980.
“Frank Lobdell ” New York Times, Dec 23, 1983
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Grothaus, Molly. “Lobdell Prints at Marylhurst.” Oregon Journal (Portland, OR), Oct. 20, 1966.
Guilbert, Gladys E “Three-Part Show Opens Friday” Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA), Feb 7, 1971
Hamlin, Jesse. “Frank Lobdell Left Mark with Intense Art.” San Francisco Chronicle, Dec. 19, 2013, p. C2. Illus.: Photo of the artist; Figure Drawing No. 41, 1963.
Hirsch, Faye “Rare Gestures ” Art in America, Mar 2003.
. “Bella Pacifica.” Art in America, Mar. 2011. Illus.: Fall 1957.
“Jurors for S.F. Art Exhibition.” San Francisco Chronicle, Oct. 11, 1962.
Kadvany, Elena “Frank Lobdell, Artist and Former Stanford Professor, dies at 92 ” Palo Alto Weekly, Dec. 18, 2013. Photo of the artist.
Kelso, David. “Frank Lobdell: Proofing for Prints.” Print Collector’s Newsletter, vol. 19, no. 5, Nov.–Dec. 1988, pp. 173-6. Illus.: 10.30.86; 10.30.86; 1.12.87; 1.12.87, State 1; 5.23.87.
“Consuming Art ” Zyzzyva, vol 15, no 2, Summer 1999, pp. 103-4
Kramer, Hilton. “Wiley of the West: ‘Dude Ranch Dada.’” New York Times, May 16, 1971, part II, p. 19.
“Art ” New York Times, Oct 26, 1974, p. 25
Kumeh, Titania. “Working in the Nude: The Life of an Artists’ Model.” The Bay Citizen (San Francisco) for The New York Times, Aug. 18, 2011.
Le, Anh-Minh “Details, Details ” San Francisco Chronicle, May 1, 2011, p. N1 Illus
Lease, Betty. “Cultural Cruise: Artfully Good Deal.” Record Searchlight (Redding, CA), Jan. 20, 2011.
Leider, Philip “California After the Figure ” Art in America, vol 51, no 5, Oct 1963, pp 73-83. Illus : Ink drawing, 1961
Leider, Philip, and John Coplans. “West Coast Art: Three Images.” Artforum, vol. 1, no. 12, Oct.
1963, p. 25.
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Levy, Mark. “Frank Lobdell at John Berggruen.” Art in America, Sep. 1987, p. 185. Illus.: Winter, 1985.
Littlejohn, David “The New York School’s Cross-country Rival ” Wall Street Journal, Sep 10, 1996.
Lloyd, Frank. “Los Angeles Artists, Everywhere.” http://franklloydgallery.wordpress.com, Jul. 10, 2012.
“Lobdell Honored ” Nob Hill Gazette (San Francisco), Apr 2003, p. 47
“Lobdell Keeps Reinventing Himself.” Art Newsletter, vol. 27, no. 19, May 14, 2002, p. 6.
Malone, Molly. “Emotive Color and Line” Artweek, vol. 13, no. 11, May 20, 1982, p. 4. Illus.: Dance Series, 1971
Martin, Fred. “Painting and Sculpture in California: The Modern Era.” Art International, Oct.-Nov. 1976, pp. 48-53. Illus.: Black Edge II, 1962.
Matiosz, Felicia Cousart "Art museum turns its eye to winter with shows." The Fresno Bee, Nov 19, 2008
McCollum, Charlie, and Modenessi, Jennifer. "Fall's best visual arts bets." Mercury News (San Jose, CA), Aug. 27, 2009.
McCombie, Mel “Artists’ Bay Area Reflections Now on Exhibit in Texas ” Austin American-Statesman, Apr. 5, 1985, p. J11. Illus.: Untitled work on paper.
Mellow, James R. “Bolotowsky: An Old Style Gets New Life.” New York Times, Mar. 12, 1972, part II, p. 23.
Menzies, Neal “Painterly Summation ” Artweek, Nov 14, 1981, p. 3.
Michos, Dare. “A Legacy of Abstraction.” Artweek, Feb. 25, 1989, p. 7
Monte, James. “Reviews: San Francisco.” Artforum, vol. 2, no. 1, July 1963, pp. 7-8. Illus.
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Monte, James. “Reviews: Drawings by Elmer Bischoff, Richard Diebenkorn and Frank Lobdell.” Artforum, Jan. 1975, pp. 7-8. Illus.: Standing Nude with Hand Mirror.
“Month in Review” Arts, Oct 1960, p 54.
Morley, Grace McCann. “The Pacific Coast Artists Brought Their Climate to Sao Paolo.” San Francisco Chronicle, Oct. 2, 1955.
Morris, Barbara “Frank Lobdell: 1948-1949 at Hackett|Mill ” Art Ltd., Mar.-Apr 2011, p. 28 Illus : 5 October 1949
Moss, Stacey. “Frank Lobdell Explores the Monotype.” Artweek, Apr. 16, 1977, p. 3.
“Museum gotta see ‘um ” Daily Journal (San Mateo, CA), Nov 27, 2009. Illus
“Night & Day.” SF Weekly, Mar. 5-11, 2003, p. 32.
Nixon, Bruce. “Lobdell’s Burden.” Artweek, Apr. 8, 1993, pp. 4-5. Illus.: 3 October 1962; April 1991.
Nordland, Gerald “Frank Lobdell: Process & Conclusion ” Newsletter of the Committee for Art at Stanford, Winter 1969. Illus.: 1713, State II, 1966; Summer 1967 (In Memory of James Budd Dixon), 1967; 1708 A, 1966.
“One-Man Show at Stanford.” San Jose Mercury News, May 1, 1966.
Paskin, Murray. “A Showcase of S.F. Mid-century Masters.” San Francisco Examiner, Mar. 21, 2012.
Peillex, Georges. “Ausstellungen.” Werk (Switzerland), vol. 52, no. 1, Jan. 1965, p. 18.
“People in the Arts ” Arts, vol 34, no 6, Mar 1960, p. 10 Illus : Photo of Frank Lobdell
Plagens, Peter. “70 Years of California Modernism in 340 Works by 200 Artists.” Art in America, May 1977, pp. 65-9. Illus.: November 1953, No. 1.
“The San Francisco School of Abstract Expressionism ” Artforum International, Nov 1996, pp. 91, 127. Illus.: Black Edge III, 1962.
Plasse, Sabina Dana. “Making Sense of a Complex World.” Express (Ketchum, ID), Aug. 1,
2007, p. C2. Illus.: Pier 70 Spring III, 2002.
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Prado, Mark. "Famed Sausalito abstract artist Walter Kuhlman dies." Contra Costa Times, Mar. 24, 2009.
“Professor Shows 32 Lithographs ” Valley News & Green Sheet (Van Nuys, CA), Nov 10, 1966.
Program Folio (KPFA Radio, Berkeley, CA), vol. 17, no. 3, May 16–Jun. 12, 1966. Cover illus.: Air Series N.
“Pulse ” Art Ltd , Jan -Feb 2011, p 83 Illus : 5 October 1949
Rangarajan, Raj S. “Lobdell Keeps Reinventing Himself.” Artnewsletter, vol. 27, no. 19, May 14, 2002, p. 6.
Ratcliff, Carter. “New York Letter.” Art International, May 1972, p. 46.
R[ottersman], L[arry]. “Reviews: Los Angeles.” Artforum, vol. 1, no. 2, Jul. 1962, p. 7. [See Irving Blum reply, Aug. 1962.]
Row, D. K. “Currents of Abstraction.” The Oregonian (Portland), May 21, 2004, A&E section, cover & pp 11-3 Illus : Pier 70 Spring I 2002 (cover); 17 October 1947; 11.17.1998 (Pier 70)
. “Q&A: 'There's Always Something New'” [interview with Frank Lobdell]. The Oregonian (Portland), May 21, 2004, A&E section, p. 12.
“Abstract Artist Frank Lobdell’s Exhibit in the Bay Area ” The Oregonian (Portland), Jan. 11, 2011. Illus.
Rufus, Anneli. “The Long-Distance Runner.” Artnews, vol. 102, no. 6, Jun. 2003, pp. 90-3. Illus.: Photo of the artist; Pier 70 Spring III, 2002; Untitled, 8.27.83 (monotype); Untitled, 1965; 31 December 1948; 6 26 92–11 6 92 Bleeker
. “City Focus: San Francisco Reaching Out.” Artnews, vol. 102, no. 6, Jun. 2003, pp. 62-8.
Ryce, Walter. “Carmel’s Gallery North Looks to an Exciting Past for Inspiration.” Monterey County Weekly (montereycountyweekly com), Sep 11, 2014 Illus
Sandler, Irving H. “Reviews and previews: New Names this Month.” Artnews, vol. 59, no. 3, May 1960, p. 19.
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Sardar, Zahid. "S.F. Decorator Showcase Spotlights Art." San Francisco Chronicle, May 10, 2009. Illus.
Sawyer, Kenneth B “Review of New York Season.” The Sun (Baltimore, MD), Apr 1960. Illus
Schenck, Marvin A. "Prints from made in California." A&E (Mendocino, CA), Jan.-Feb. 1999, p. 6.
Schneider, Greg “Frank Lobdell at Hearst Art Gallery” Artweek, Jan 1999, pp. 17-8. Illus : 4.10.95.
Seed, John. “Frank Lobdell: ‘Nothing Worth Anything is Easy’.” Huffington Post, (huffingtonpost.com/john-seed/frank-lobdell-nothing-wor_b_819149.html #s235742&title=Frank Lobdell 19481949), Feb. 10, 2011.
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“A Conversation with Frank Lobdell ” Artweek, Apr 8, 1993, pp 5, 31 Illus.: Photo of Frank Lobdell; Fall 1980
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“The Galleries: Sculpture and Representational Art.” San Francisco Chronicle, Feb. 14, 1960, “This World,” p. 24.
Threepenny Review (Berkeley, CA), no 90, Summer 2002. Illustrations by Frank Lobdell
Tillim, Sidney. “New York Exhibitions: Month in Review.” Arts, Dec. 1962, pp. 38-41. Illus.: January, 1962.
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van der Marck, Ted. “The Californians.” Art International, May 25, 1963, pp. 28-31.
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