FRANKLOBDELL
August21,1921,KansasCity,MO December14,2013,PaloAlto,CA
EDUCATION
1939-40 St.PaulSchoolofFineArts,St.Paul,MN
1947-50 CaliforniaSchoolofFineArts,SanFrancisco(nowSanFranciscoArtInstitute)
1950-51 L’AcademiedelaGrandeChaumiere,Paris
TEACHING
1957-65 CaliforniaSchoolofFineArts(SanFranciscoArtInstitute)
1966-91 StanfordUniversity,Stanford,CA. ProfessorofArt;appointedPaulL.andPhyllis WattisProfessorofArt,1989
VISITINGARTIST/ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE
1948 CollegeofthePacific,Stockton,CA. Instructor,summersession
1948-49 CaliforniaPalaceoftheLegionofHonor,SanFrancisco.Paintinginstructor
1964 Artist-in-Residence,StanfordUniversity,Stanford,CA
1966 Fellow,TamarindLithographyWorkshop,LosAngeles,CA
1984 VisitingArtist,SkowheganSchool,Skowhegan,ME
1985 VisitingArtist,TylerSchoolofArt,Philadelphia,PA
1986 Artist-in-Residence,NewYorkStudioSchoolofDrawingandPainting,NewYork, NY,June9–August1
1992 VisitingArtist(withDavidKelso),YaleUniversitySchoolofArt,February
1993 VisitingArtist,TylerSchoolofArt,Philadelphia VisitingArtist,VermontStudioCenter,Johnson
GRANTSANDAWARDS
1947 FirstPrize(oilpainting),MinnesotaStateFair
1948 Artists’CouncilPrize, Twelfth Annual Drawing and Print Exhibition, San FranciscoArtAssociation
1950 SanFranciscoBankPrize, 69th Annual Oil, Tempera, and Sculpture Exhibition, SanFranciscoArtAssociation PurchasePrize, 14th Annual Drawing and Paint Exhibition,SanFranciscoArt Association
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GRANTSANDAWARDS:Continued
1960 NealieSullivanAnnualAwardforaCaliforniaArtist,SanFranciscoArt Association
1986 PewFoundationGrant,awardedthroughStanfordUniversity
1988 MedalforDistinguishedAchievementinPainting,AmericanAcademyand InstituteofArtsandLetters,NewYork
1992 AcademyPurchaseAward,AmericanAcademyandInstituteofArtsandLetters, NY
1994 AcademyPurchaseAward,AmericanAcademyandInstituteofArtsandLetters, NY
1998 ElectedtoNationalAcademyofDesign
SOLOEXHIBITIONS
1948 CollegeofthePacific,Stockton,CA
1958 MarthaJacksonGallery,NewYork,June
1960 M.H.deYoungMemorialMuseum,SanFrancisco, Frank Lobdell: An Exhibition of Paintings,January19–February18.Brochure
MarthaJacksonGallery,NewYork, Frank Lobdell: Catalogue of Paintings 1953–1959,April19–May7.Catalogue
1962 FerusGallery,LosAngeles,April16–May5
1963 MarthaJacksonGallery,NewYork, Frank Lobdell: Paintings and Drawings,April 30–May21
1964 GalerieD.Benador,Geneva,Switzerland, Frank Lobdell: Peintures, Gouaches, Dessins,November–December
1965 GalerieAnderson-Mayer,Paris,April7–May.Catalogue
1966 PasadenaArtMuseum,Pasadena,CA, Frank Lobdell: Paintings and Graphics from 1948 to 1965 (organizedbyWalterHopps),March15–April10. Travel: StanfordArtMuseum,Stanford,CA,May1–31.Catalogue StanfordArtGallery,Stanford,CA,November5–December4 SanJoseCityCollege,SanJose,CA,December5–19
1967 MarylhurstCollege,Portland,OR, Lithographs by Frank Lobdell,October–December
1969 SanFranciscoMuseumofArt, Frank Lobdell: Twenty-Seven Lithographs and A Large Painting,January21–February16.Brochure
1971 CheneyCowlesMuseum,EasternWashingtonUniversity,Spokane St.Mary’sCollegeArtGallery,Moraga,CA, Frank Lobdell: Paintings–Drawings, May1–28.
1972
MarthaJacksonGallery,NewYork, Frank Lobdell: Paintings, 1969–1971,March 1–25. Brochure
1974 MarthaJacksonGallery,NewYork, Frank Lobdell, Paintings and Drawings, 1955–1973, October17–November16. Brochure
1975 MarthaJacksonGallery,NewYork
SOLOEXHIBITIONS:Continued
1977
1978
1981
1982
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SmithAndersenGallery,PaloAlto,CA, Monotypes
SmithAndersenGallery,PaloAlto,CA
WiegandGallery,CollegeofNotreDame,Belmont,CA. Frank Lobdell: Summer Mural and Preparatory Drawings.Travel:PepperdineUniversityArt Gallery,Malibu,CA,October25–November25;ReedCollegeArtGallery, Portland,OR. Catalogue
SmithAndersenGallery,PaloAlto,CA, Drawings and Prints
SmithAndersenGallery,2140BushStreet,SanFrancisco,February27–March27
Oscarsson-HoodGallery,NewYork,December1982–January1983
1983 SanFranciscoMuseumofModernArt, Frank Lobdell: Paintings and Monotypes, January20–March27. Catalogue
Oscarsson-HoodGallery,NewYork, Frank Lobdell: Recent Paintings and Monotypes,December7,1983–January7,1984. Brochure
1985
Oscarsson-HoodGallery,NewYork, Frank Lobdell: Paintings and Gouaches, 1958–1972,February27–March30. Brochure
TylerGallery,TempleUniversity,Philadelphia,November15–December12
TylerSchoolofArt,TempleUniversity,Philadelphia,November20–December14
1987 JohnBerggruenGallery,SanFrancisco,March10–April4
1988 CharlesCampbellGallery,SanFrancisco, Frank Lobdell: Figure Drawings 1964–1974,September27–October29. Catalogue
StanfordUniversityMuseumofArt, Frank Lobdell: Recent Etchings and Aquatints,September27–November27
1990 Campbell-ThiebaudGallery,SanFrancisco, Frank Lobdell: Recent Paintings, Drawings, Prints,September4–October13
1991 SmithAndersenGallery,PaloAlto,CA, Frank Lobdell: Recent Monotypes, November22,1991–January4,1992
Campbell-ThiebaudGallery,SanFrancisco
1992 M.H.deYoungMemorialMuseum,FineArtsMuseumsofSanFrancisco, Viewpoints XVIII: Frank Lobdell. Brochure
Campbell-ThiebaudGallery,SanFrancisco, Frank Lobdell: New Work,September 1–October10. Catalogue
1993 StanfordUniversityMuseumofArt, Frank Lobdell: Works, 1947–1992,January 12–April25. Catalogue
1995 Campbell-ThiebaudGallery,SanFrancisco
Printworks,Chicago, Frank Lobdell, Aquatint Etchings
1998 WesternMichiganUniversity,Kalamazoo, Etchings by Frank Lobdell
Campbell-ThiebaudGallery,SanFrancisco
ShorensteinBuilding,425MarketStreet,SanFrancisco
HearstArtGallery,St.Mary’sCollege,Moraga,CA, Frank Lobdell: Master Artist V,October11–December20. Catalogue
Printworks,Chicago, Frank Lobdell, Recent Prints,November17–January6
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SOLOEXHIBITIONS:Continued
2000 Campbell-ThiebaudGallery,SanFrancisco, Frank Lobdell: Recent Paintings and Drawings,May2–June3
TheArtExchange,SanFrancisco, Frank Lobdell: A Decade of Etchings, September
2002
Hackett-FreedmanGallery,SanFrancisco, Frank Lobdell: Three Phases, 1947–2001,March7–30. Catalogue
CharlesCowlesGallery,NewYork, Frank Lobdell: Early Works,November23− December21
2003 FineArtsMuseumsofSanFrancisco,PalaceoftheLegionofHonor,San Francisco, Frank Lobdell: The Art of Making and Meaning,March1−May 25. Catalogue
Hackett-FreedmanGallery,SanFrancisco, Frank Lobdell: Early Figurative Drawings,March6−29
B.SakataGaro,Sacramento,CA, Frank Lobdell: Etchings & Aquatints,May6−31
2004 PortlandArtMuseum,Portland,OR, Frank Lobdell: Making and Meaning,May 22–August29
Hackett-FreedmanGallery,SanFrancisco, Frank Lobdell, Recent Work: 1990–2004,October14–November27.Catalogue FresnoArtMuseum,Fresno,CA, Frank Lobdell: The Art of Making and Meaning, November16,2004–January16,2005
2007 AnneReedGallery,Ketchum,ID, Frank Lobdell, July31–August30
2008 Hackett-FreedmanGallery,SanFrancisco, Frank Lobdell: The Dance Series 1969–1972, September12–November1.Catalogue MarinMuseumofContemporaryArt,Novato,CA, Frank Lobdell: Works from 1980 to 2008,September27–October26.Catalogue ArionPress,SanFrancisco,CA, Frank Lobdell: Color Etchings,exhibitionin conjunctionwiththepublicationofRobertDuncan’s The Structure of Rime, withetchingsbyFrankLobdell,November19,2008–April11,2009
2009 Iris&B.GeraldCantorCenterforVisualArts,StanfordUniversity,Stanford,CA, Frank Lobdell: Figure Drawings,November11,2009–February14,2010. Catalogue
2010 ChristianPetersenArtMuseum,IowaStateUniversity,Ames, Thursday Night Sessions: Figure Drawings by Frank Lobdell,August23-December10. Catalogue
2011 Hackett|Mill,SanFrancisco, Frank Lobdell 1948-1949,January7–April1
2012 SanJoseMuseumofArt,SanJose,CA, Frank Lobdell: Wonderland,March10–August5
2014 DeSaissetMuseum,SantaClara,CA, Frank Lobdell 1921-2013,January 24–March16,andApril10–June15
Hackett|Mill,SanFrancisco, Frank Lobdell,September-December RichmondArtCenter,Richmond,CA, Frank Lobdell: Tamarind Prints,September 14-November16
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SOLOEXHIBITIONS:Continued
2019 FindlayGalleries-NewYork, Frank Lobdell: Beyond Words,April2019
SELECTEDGROUPEXHIBITIONS
1947 MinnesotaStateFair,Minneapolis.Award
SanFranciscoMuseumofArt,SanFrancisco,CA, Annual Exhibition Catalogue RexArtTheatre,SanFrancisco, Frank Lobdell and John Hultberg,October
CaliforniaPalaceoftheLegionofHonor,SanFrancisco, Second Annual Exhibition of Painting, November19,1947–January4,1948. Catalogue
1948 SanFranciscoMuseumofArt, Sixty-seventh Annual Exhibition: Oil, Tempera, and Sculpture of the San Francisco Art Association,February4–29. Catalogue
CaliforniaPalaceoftheLegionofHonor,SanFrancisco, Young Artists of the Bay Area Brochure
SanFranciscoMuseumofArt, Twelfth Annual Drawing and Print Exhibition, San Francisco Art Association Award. Catalogue
ReedCollege,Portland,OR(exhibitionorganizedbyKennethSawyer)
CaliforniaCollegeofArts&Crafts,Oakland, Current Trends in Bay Region Art
SeashoreGalleryofModernArt,Sausalito,CA, Five Young Moderns,May9–June15
ContemporaryGallery,Sausalito,CA
NorthBeachStudioGallery,SanFrancisco
Schillerhaus,Sausalito,CA
LawsonGalleries,SanFrancisco, Group Show, Sixteen Lithographs
OaklandArtGallery,Oakland,CA, Oakland Art Gallery’s Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Sculpture Catalogue
CaliforniaPalaceoftheLegionofHonor,SanFrancisco, Third Annual Exhibition of Painting
1949 MinneapolisInstituteofArt,Minneapolis,MN
LucienLabaudtGallery,SanFrancisco, Frank Lobdell and George Stillman
AltaMiraHotel,Sausalito,CA
SanFranciscoMuseumofArtRentalGallery
CaliforniaSchoolofFineArts,SanFrancisco, Museum of Unknown and Little Known Objects
1950 SanFranciscoMuseumofArt, 69th Annual Oil, Tempera, and Sculpture
Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association,February10–March12. Award. Catalogue
SanFranciscoMuseumofArt, 14th Annual Drawing and Print Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association. Award. Catalogue
SanFranciscoMuseumofArt, New Bay Region Artists (Fifteenth Anniversary) FRANKLOBDELL–6
SELECTEDGROUPEXHIBITIONS:Continued
1950 SanFranciscoMuseumofArtRentalGallery
1951 PetitPalais,Paris, 6éme Salon des Rèalitès Nouvelles
1952 SanFranciscoMuseumofArt, Bay Region Painting and Sculpture
1953 FelixLandauGallery,LosAngeles, Six San Francisco Painters
1954
DilexiGallery,SanFrancisco, Drawings and the Like
1955 UnitedStatesPavilion,SaoPaulo,Brazil, Third Biennial of Sao Paulo—Pacific Coast Art,July–October. Catalogue
1956
SantaBarbaraMuseumofArt,SantaBarbara,CA, California Artists
MunicipalArtCenter,LongBeach,CA,incollaborationwiththeSanFrancisco MuseumofArt, California Painting: 40 Painters. Catalogue
OaklandArtMuseum,Oakland,CA, California School, Yes or No?
SanFranciscoMuseumofArt, Pacific Coast Art: United States’ Representation at the Third Biennial of Sao Paulo. Travel:CincinnatiArtMuseum,Cincinnati, OH;ColoradoSpringsFineArtsCenter,ColoradoSprings,CO;andWalker ArtCenter,Minneapolis,MN. Catalogue
1957 SanFranciscoMuseumofArt, Painting and Sculpture Now: 76th Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association. Catalogue
FerusGallery,LosAngeles, Objects on the New Landscape Demanding of the Eye (Inauguralexhibition),March15–April11
FerusGallery,LosAngeles,December6,1957–January4,1958
1958 FerusGallery,LosAngeles,May9–31(withJayDeFeo,HasselSmith,Julius Wasserstein,others)
OsakaInternationalFestival,Osaka,Japan, International Art of a New Era
FerusGallery,LosAngeles,November–December(withRichardDiebenkorn, SoniaGechtoff,DavidPark,HasselSmith,JuliusWasserstein,others)
MarthaJacksonGallery,NewYork
1959 DilexiGallery,SanFrancisco, First Anniversary Group Show (withJayDeFeo, RichardDiebenkorn,PhilipRoeder,HasselSmith,JoelBarletta,Robert Morris)
FerusGallery,LosAngeles,July20–August15(withJayDeFeo,SoniaGechtoff, RobertIrwin,EdMoses,HasselSmith,others)
1960 WalkerArtCenter,Minneapolis, 60 American Painters: Abstract Expressionist Painting of the Fifties,April3–May8. Catalogue
FerusGallery,LosAngeles,June20–July16
TriangleGallery,SanFrancisco,drawingexhibitionwithRichardDiebenkorn
1961 FerusGallery,LosAngeles, Group Exhibit,April3–29(withJohnAltoon,BillyAl Bengston,SoniaGechtoff,JayDeFeo,RobertIrwin,EdKienholz,John Mason,KennethPrice,RichardsRuben,HasselSmith)
SanFranciscoArtInstitute, Faculty Exhibition (withElmerBischoff,Richard Diebenkorn,JackJefferson)
DilexiGallery,SanFrancisco, A Selection of Drawings
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SELECTEDGROUPEXHIBITIONS:Continued
1961 PasadenaArtMuseum,Pasadena,CA, Drawings by Richard Diebenkorn and Frank Lobdell,December5,1961–January17,1962
1962 MarthaJacksonGallery,NewYork
SanFranciscoMuseumofArtandLosAngelesCountyMuseumofArt, Fifty California Artists. Catalogue
WhitneyMuseumofAmericanArt,NewYork, Fifty California Artists, October23 –December2. Travel:WalkerArtCenter,Minneapolis,February17–March 17,1963;Albright-KnoxArtGallery,Buffalo,NY,April10–May8,1963; DesMoinesArtCenter,DesMoines,IA,May24–June23,1963. Catalogue
StanfordUniversityArtGallery, Some Points of View—'62: San Francisco Bay Area Painting and Sculpture,October30–November20. Catalogue
AmonCarterMuseumofWesternArt,FortWorth,TX, The Artist’s Environment: West Coast,November6–December23. Travel:UCLAArtGallery,Los Angeles,andTheOaklandMuseum. Catalogue
ContemporaryArtsMuseum,Houston,TX, San Francisco 9,November29–December29. Catalogue
1963
AllentownArtMuseum,Allentown,PA, The James A. Michener Foundation Collection,February2–March20. Catalogue
FerusGallery,LosAngeles,June–July
SanFranciscoMuseumofArt, 82nd Annual Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association,March21–April. Catalogue
AchenbachFoundationfortheGraphicArts,CaliforniaPalaceoftheLegionof Honor,SanFrancisco, Drawings by Elmer Bischoff, Richard Diebenkorn, and Frank Lobdell
InternationalCenterofAestheticResearch,Turin,Italy CaliforniaPalaceoftheLegionofHonor,SanFrancisco,September ArtCenterinLaJolla,LaJolla,CA, Fourth Art Center Annual of California Painting and Sculpture,November17–December15. Catalogue
IsaacDelgadoMuseumofArt,NewOrleans,LA, The Michener Foundation Collection,December8,1963–January12,1964
1964 SolomonR.GuggenheimMuseum,NewYork, American Drawings,September17 –October27. Travel:DallasMuseumofFineArts;SeattleArtMuseum; UniversityofMichiganMuseumofArt,GrandRapids;KrannertArt Museum,UniversityofIllinois. Catalogue BerkeleyGallery,Berkeley,CA, 100 Artists for Free Speech, December22,1964–January3,1965
1965 MarthaJacksonGallery,NewYork,NY, Figuration,February9–March6
M.H.deYoungMemorialMuseum,SanFrancisco, The San Francisco Collector EverhartMuseum,Scranton,PA, Non-Objective Paintings from the Michener Foundation,May1–30
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SELECTEDGROUPEXHIBITIONS:Continued
1965 KutztownStateCollege,Kutztown,PA, American Painting Since 1950, from the Michener Collection,October1–31
1967 TheWhiteHouse,WashingtonD.C.,groupexhibitionfromtheNationalCollection ofFineArts,SmithsonianInstitution
1968 LosAngelesCountyMuseumofArt, Late Fifties at Ferus,November12–December17. Catalogue
ArtMuseum,UniversityofTexas,Austin, Painting as Painting. Catalogue
1969 BollesGallery,SanFrancisco,exhibitionofartistsfromMarthaJacksonGallery, July31–August
PasadenaArtMuseum,Pasadena,CA, West Coast 1945–1969 Catalogue
VanAbbemuseum,Eindhoven,TheNetherlands, Kompas 4: West Coast USA, November21,1969–January4,1970. Catalogue
1970 KunsthalleBern,Bern,Switzerland, Kompass: American Art of the West Coast
1971 TheCorcoranGalleryofArt,Washington,D.C., Thirty-Second Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting Catalogue
HearstArtGallery,St.Mary’sCollege,Moraga,CA
SpringfieldArtMuseum,Springfield,MO, The Sixties, from the Michener Collection, University of Texas at Austin,September19–October18
1972 WhitneyMuseumofAmericanArt,NewYork, 32nd Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting Catalogue
E.B.CrockerArtGallery,Sacramento,CA, West Coast—72 Painters and Sculptors Catalogue
MichenerGalleries,UniversityofTexas,Austin, The Michener Collection: American Paintings of the Twentieth Century,November22–March1,1973
1973 TheOaklandMuseum,Oakland,CA, A Period of Exploration: San Francisco 1945–1950. Catalogue
PasadenaArtMuseum,Pasadena,CA, The Betty and Monte Factor Family Collection. Catalogue
1973 UniversityofMarylandArtGallery,CollegePark, The Private Collection of Martha Jackson. Travel:Albright-KnoxArtGallery,Buffalo,NY;Finch CollegeMuseumofArt,NewYork. Catalogue
1974
SmithAndersenGallery,PaloAlto,CA(withKeithBoyleandNathanOliveira)
KrannertArtMuseum,UniversityofIllinois,Champaign, Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture Catalogue
1975 WalkerArtCenter,Minneapolis, Selections from the Martha Jackson Collection, February16–March30. Catalogue
1976 SanFranciscoMuseumofModernArt, Painting and Sculpture in California: The Modern Era, September3,1976–January2,1977. Travel:TheNational CollectionofFineArts,SmithsonianInstitution,Washington,D.C.,May20–September11,1977. Catalogue
NewportHarborArtMuseum,NewportBeach,CA, The Last Time I Saw Ferus, 1957–1966,March7–April17. Catalogue
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SELECTEDGROUPEXHIBITIONS:Continued
1977 SmithsonianInstitutionTravelingExhibitionService,Washington,D.C., New American Monotypes. TraveltoU.S.Museums. Catalogue
SanFranciscoMuseumofModernArt, Collectors Collecting: American Abstract Art Since 1945,April22–June5. Catalogue
1980 SuzanneBrownGallery,Scottsdale,AZ, Bay Area Art: Then and Now,March20–April17. Catalogue
1983 BluxomeGallery,SanFrancisco
1984 TheGrolierClub,NewYork,NY, Selections from the Rutgers Archives
1985 RichardHansonFineArts,Fresno,CA, Art of the Bay Area ECHOGallery,Austin,TX
1986 RichmondArtCenter,Richmond,CA, Process/Prints
1987 TheAllportGallery,SanFrancisco, Recent Etchings from made in California
1989 FacultyClub,StanfordUniversity, made in California WiegandGallery,CollegeofNotreDame,Belmont,CA, The Abstract
Expressionist Years & After: Jack Jefferson, Frank Lobdell, Alvin Light, April2–June3.Catalogue
1990 VillaMontalvoCenterfortheArts,Saratoga,CA, made in California: A Ten-Year Survey
JaneVoorheesZimmerliMuseum,RutgersUniversity,NJ, Intaglio Printing in the 1980s Catalogue
1991 FacultyClub,StanfordUniversity, made in California OlgaDollarGallery,SanFrancisco, Recent Etchings from made in California, December5,1991–January5,1992
1992 PaloAltoCulturalCenter,PaloAlto,CA, Directions in Bay Area Printmaking: Three Decades,September20,1992–January3,1993.Catalogue IPAGallery,Boston
1993 ArtMuseumofSantaCruzCounty,SantaCruz,CA, Paper Trails: Abstract Expressionist Prints. Catalogue
OfficeoftheMayor,CityHall,SanFrancisco, Exhibition of Bay Area Fine Art Presses. Brochure.
1994 OfficeoftheMayor,CityHall,Berkeley,CA
AmericanAcademyandInstituteofArtsandLetters,NewYork,NY, Purchase Exhibition
1995 Mulligan-ShanoskiGallery,SanFrancisco, made in California Intaglio Editions— A Fifteen-Year Survey,May1–31
JaneVoorheesZimmerliMuseum,RutgersUniversity, California Abstractions
TritonMuseumofArt,SantaClara,CA, Bay Area Connection: Works from the Anderson Collection, 1954–1984,November1,1995–January28,1996. Catalogue
FresnoArtMuseum,Fresno,CA, Fifteen Profiles: Distinguished California Modernists. Catalogue
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SELECTEDGROUPEXHIBITIONS:Continued
1996 LagunaArtMuseum,LagunaBeach,CA, The San Francisco School of Abstract Expressionism,January27–April21. Travel:SanFranciscoMuseumof ModernArt,July18–September29. Catalogue
SanFranciscoMuseumofModernArtRentalGallery, made in California
Campbell-ThiebaudGallery,SanFrancisco, Bay Area Abstract Expressionism, June18–July27
Salander-O’ReillyGallery,NewYork, San Francisco Art Institute: Illustrious History 1871–1996,September5–28. Travel:MontgomeryGalleryandJohn BerggruenGallery,SanFrancisco,November12–December11.Catalogue
1997 EmmieSmockGallery,SanFrancisco
PortlandArtMuseum,Portland,OR, International Print Exhibition
SmithAndersenEditionsatTheDrawingCenter,NewYork, The 1997 New Editions Fair,November6–9
1999 MendocinoArtCenter,Mendocino,CA, Prints from made in California,February
2000 SpokaneFallsCommunityCollegeFineArtsDepartment,Spokane,WA, made in California: Limited Edition Intaglio Prints
Campbell-ThiebaudGallery,SanFrancisco, Twenty-Five Treasures,September5–October7. Catalogue
WorcesterAtMuseum,Worcester,MA, The Stamp of Impulse: Abstract Expressionist Prints Catalogue
2001 GregoryKondosGallery,SacramentoCityCollege,Sacramento,CA, made in California
Hackett-FreedmanGallery,SanFrancisco, San Francisco Abstract Expressionism: Selected Works, 1948–1982,September6–October27. Catalogue
2002 TheContemporaryMuseum,Honolulu, Escape from the Vault: The Contemporary Museum’s Collection Breaks Out
SanFranciscoMuseumofModernArtRentalGallery, made in California
CharlesCowlesGallery,NewYork, Richard Diebenkorn and Frank Lobdell: Figurative Drawings,November23−December21
2003 CummerMuseumofArt,Jacksonville,FL, Expressive Impressions: Three Decades of American Abstract Prints from the Collection of Charles R. Dean,May15–August17. Brochure
InternationalPrintCenter,NewYork,NY, California Abstract Expressionists: Prints from the Charles R. Dean Collection,September11–October25. Brochure
JaneVoorheesZimmerliArtMuseum,RutgersUniversity,NewBrunswick,NJ, Newer Genres: Twenty Years of the Rutgers Archives for Printmaking Studios,December7,2003–March21,2004
2004 Iris&B.GeraldCantorCenterforVisualArts,StanfordUniversity,PaloAlto,CA, Picasso to Thiebaud: Modern and Contemporary Art from the Collections of Stanford University Alumni and Friends,January14–May2
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SELECTEDGROUPEXHIBITIONS:Continued
2004 B.SakataGaroGallery,Sacramento,CA, made in California: Intaglio Editions, March2–April3
HackettFreedmanGallery,SanFrancisco, Select Works—A Changing Exhibition, August5–October2
SanJoseMuseumofArt,SanJose,CA, It's About Time: Celebrating 35 Years, October2,2004–February13,2005.Catalogue
DolbyChadwickGallery,SanFrancisco, Intaglio Editions from made in California Press,December2,2004–January22,2005
2005 CharlesCampbellGallery,SanFrancisco, Looking Back and Seeing Forward: A 90th Anniversary Exhibition,January11–February19
SacramentoStateUniversityLibraryGallery,Sacramento,CA, Bay Area Figuration,March7–May21
SanJoseInstituteofContemporaryArt,SanJose,CA, NextNew,July 22–September17
PortlandArtMuseum,Portland,OR, Inaugural Exhibition, Jubitz Center for Modern and Contemporary Art
Hackett-FreedmanGallery,SanFrancisco, Pairings II: Discovered Dialogues in Postwar Abstraction,November3–December31.Catalogue
SanJoseMuseumofArt,SanJose,CA, Visual Politics: The Art of Engagement, November20,2005-March5,2006.Travel:KatzenMuseumatAmerican University,Washington,DC,April19-July30,2006.Catalogue
2006 Pollock-KrasnerHouseandStudyCenter,EastHampton,NY, Abstract Expressionist Prints from the Charles Randall Dean Collection,May4–July 30.Brochure
GeorgiaMuseumofArt,Athens,GA, Suitcase Paintings: Small Scale Works by Abstract Expressionists,May19-July22
2007 Hackett-FreedmanGallery,SanFrancisco, A Culture in the Making, January 11–March3.Catalogue
Hackett-FreedmanGalleryatARCOArtFair,Madrid,Spain,February14–19
BallStateUniversityMuseumofArt,Muncie,IN, 70th Anniversary Exhibition, March16-August12
GeorgiaMuseumofArt,Athens,GA, Suitcase Paintings: Small Scale Abstract Expressionism,May19–July22.Travel:BallStateUniversityMuseumof Art,Muncie,IN,September8–December2;UtahMuseumofFineArt,Salt LakeCity,January19–March29,2008;SydneyMishkinGallery,Baruch College,NewYork,NY,May3–June4,2008;GreenvilleCountyMuseumof Art,Greenville,SC,June28–August24,2008;LoyolaUniversityMuseum ofArt,Chicago,IL,September19–October26,2008
Hackett-FreedmanGallery,SanFrancisco, The Passionate Gesture, July12–August31
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SELECTEDGROUPEXHIBITIONS:Continued
2007 Hackett-FreedmanGalleryatArt20,NewYork,November9–12
Hackett-FreedmanGalleryatArtMiami,Miami,FL,December5–9
2008 DeYoungMuseum,FineArtsMuseumsofSanFrancisco,SanFrancisco,CA, Contemporary American Monotypes: Selections from the Anderson Graphic Arts Collection,January26–April20.Brochure
ArionPressatOakKnollFest,NewCastle,DE,October4–5
MuséedesBeaux-ArtsdeLyon,France, 1945-1949: Repartir à Zéro, comme si la peinture n'avait jamais existé,October24,2008–February2,2009
ArionPressatParkAvenueArmory,NewYork,NY,October30–November2
SanJoseMuseumofArt,SanJose,CA, Culture of Spontaneity: San Francisco
Abstract Expressionism from the Permanent Collection,November8,2008–July5,2009
FresnoArtMuseum,Fresno,CA, Every Thursday Evening: The Drawings of Frank Lobdell, Elmer Bischoff, Richard Diebenkorn, Nathan Oliveira, Paul Wonner and Theophilus Brown,November21,2008–February1,2009
GeorgeKrevskyGallery,SanFrancisco,CA, A Modern Day Drawings Cabinet, December4,2008–January29,2009
2009 ArionPressattheInternationalFinePrintDealersAssociationLosAngelesFine PrintFair,January22–25
Hackett-FreedmanGallery,SanFrancisco, Synchronies,January8–February28
Iris&B.GeraldCantorCenterforVisualArts,StanfordUniversity,Stanford,CA, Pop to Present: Passion for Collecting,March18–August16
HoodMuseumofArt,DartmouthCollege,Hanover,NH, Modern and Contemporary Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, September26,2009–March15,2010.Catalogue
Hackett-FreedmanGalleryatArtMiami,Miami,FL,December3–7
2010 Iris&B.GeraldCantorCenterforVisualArts,StanfordUniversity,Stanford, CA, Extreme Makeover: A Fresh Look at the Cantor Arts Center's Contemporary Collection, December15,2010–August5,2012
2011 ShastaCountyArtsCouncilatOldCityHall,Redding,CA, Selections from Collector’s Press Lithographs,January7–February5
LeslieFeelyFineArtandNyehaus,NewYork,NY, 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),January 21-March12
CODEXBookFair,Berkeley,CA,February6-11
VanderbiltUniversityFineArtsGallery,Nashville,TN, Ten West Coast Artists, June16-August13
DavidRichardContemporary,SantaFe,NM, Bay Area Abstraction: 1945–1965, November11–December31
FRANKLOBDELL–13
SELECTEDGROUPEXHIBITIONS:Continued
2012 Hackett|Mill,SanFrancisco, Momentum of a Movement,January6–March30
RobischonGallery,Denver,CO, Frank Lobdell, Charles Strong and Jack Jefferson, January26–March10
2013 ThomasWilliamsFineArt,London, The Bay Area School: Paintings,May14–June20.Catalogue
SanJoseInstituteofContemporaryArtatArtMarket,SanFrancisco,May16–19
ThomasWilliamsFineArt,London, The Bay Area School: Drawings, June25–July6
Hackett|Mill,SanFranciscoatExpoChicago,September19–23
SanJoseInstituteofContemporaryArt,SanJose,CA, Connect & Collect, September28–October26
AccessionGallery,SanFrancisco, Lasting Impressions: Thirty Years of Printmaking by made in California,November7–December
2014
Hackett|Mill,SanFrancisco, Brown, Diebenkorn, De Niro Sr., Lobdell, Neri, Oliveira, Park, Weeks,June17–August29
Iris&B.GeraldCantorCenterforVisualArts,StanfordUniversity,Stanford,CA, The Bay Area and Beyond: Selections from the Museum’s Collection,August 13–October26
GalleryNorth,Carmel,CA, West Coast Abstract,September RichmondArtCenter,Richmond,CA, Closely Considered: Diebenkorn in Berkeley,September14–November16
SanJoseInstituteofContemporaryArt,SanJose,CA, Connect & Collect, September27–October25
2015 RacineArtMuseum,Racine,WI, Body Language: New Acquisitions of Figurative Work,January18–May3
MuseumofFineArts,Houston,TX, Defining the Body: Contemporary Figuration on Paper,August1–November1
SanJoseInstituteofContemporaryArt,SanJose,CA, Connect & Collect, September26–October24
MetropolitanMuseumofArt,NewYork, Drawings and Prints: Selections from the Permanent Collection,September29,2015–January4,2016
SanJoseMuseumofArt,SanJose,CA, Diebenkorn in the Bedroom, DeFeo in the Den: Generous Gifts from the Dixon and Barbara Farley Collection,October 3,2015–February7,2016
CrockerArtMuseum,Sacramento,CA, Back to Life: Bay Area Figurative Drawings, October11,2015–May1,2016
2016 Hackett|MillatNewYorkStudioSchool,NewYork,NY, As I Am: Painting the Figure in Post-War San Francisco,February4–March13
RacineArtMuseum,Racine,WI, California Dreamin’: Mark Adams and Frank Lobdell,February21–June5
Hackett|Mill,SanFrancisco, As I Am: Painting the Figure in Post-War San Francisco,April7–May27
FRANKLOBDELL–14
SELECTEDGROUPEXHIBITIONS:Continued
2016 SanJoseInstituteofContemporaryArt,SanJose,CA, Connect & Collect, September24–October22
2017 RacineArtMuseum,Racine,WI, Wustum Generations,January22–April30
RacineArtMuseum,Racine,WI, 75 at 75: Significant Works from RAM’s Collection, September17–December30
SanJoseInstituteofContemporaryArt,SanJose,CA, Connect & Collect,September 23–October21
HackettMill,SanFrancisco,CA, Decades in the Making,October21, 2017–2018
2018 PalmSpringsArtMuseum,PalmSpringsCa.Eighty@Eighty:RecentGifts tothePermanentCollection.June16-September16,2018.
HeatherJamesFineArt,SanFrancisco,CA, California North and South, June16-September30,2018
AndersonCollectionatStanfordUniversity,SalonStyleII:CollectedMarks onPaper,September20,2018-February18,2019.
2019 TheLandingGallery,DilexiGallery:DisparateOntologies,June22–August 22,2019
2021 LyricalAbstraction.Agroupexhibition.FindlayGalleriesNewYork.
2022 AlternativeRealities:Alton,Diebenkorn,Lobdell,Wolfer May2022,Norton SimonMuseum,Pasadena,CA
2023-2025 FindlayGalleries6GroupExhibitions.
3-5/2025 InheritedForms.PamelaWalshGallery,PaloAlto,CA.
5/22-6/25 ConcentricCircles:TracingtheRadianceofBayAreaFiguration,Pamela WalshGallery,PaloAlto,CA.