Paul Burlin - Absolute Conviction

PAUL BURLIN

Absolute Conviction OCTOBER 3-31, 2014

Chicago II, 1960

Oil on canvas 60 x 54 inches Signed at lower right Exhibited: Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, NY

Scorpion, 1959

Oil on canvas 44 x 50 inches Signed and dated 1959 at lower right

Black T, 1959

Oil on canvas 54 x 60 inches Signed and dated ‘59 at lower right Exhibited: American Federation of Arts Retrospective, 1962-64 Philadelphia Art Alliance Whitney Museum of Art, New York Boston College of Art Gallery Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, NY

Paul Burlin, Said Couldn’t Be Done, 1959, oil on canvas, 84 x 66 inches Herbert Bayer, Memorial Structure, 1961/2007, bronze with patina, edition 2/6, 48 x 22 x 24 inches Paul Burlin, Happy, Happy, Carlee Ho, 1964, oil on canvas, 60 x 54 inches

It Is, 1959

Oil on canvas 84 x 66 inches Signed lower center

Said Couldn’t Be Done, 1959

Oil on canvas 84 x 66 inches Signed and dated ‘59 at lower right

Bitter Orange, 1967-68

Oil on canvas 54 x 60 inches Signed and dated ‘64 at lower left Provenance: Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, NY The Estate of the Artist

Scepter, 1959

Oil on canvas 54 x 60 inches Signed at lower right Exhibited: American Federation of Arts Retrospective, 1962-64 Philadelphia Art Alliance Whitney Museum of Art, New York Boston College of Art Gallery Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, NY

Happy, Happy, Carlee Ho, 1964 Oil on canvas 54 x 60 inches Signed and dated ‘64 at lower left

Exhibited: University of Texas Gallery, 1964 Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, NY

Look - No Fish c. 1949

Oil on canvas 54 x 60 inches Signed lower right Provenance: Fine Arts Collection of the Williams Companies Exhibited: Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, NY

Still Life with Tea Leaves, 1951 Oil on canvas 54 x 60 inches Signed lower right

Paul (Harry Paul) Burlin

(American Painter, 1886-1969) CHRONOLOGY 1886 Born September 10, in New York, son of a German mother and English father.

1903 Worked as an illustrator for Delineator when Theodore Dreiser was the editor.

1913 Exhibited in the Armory Show.

1914 Married Natalie Curtis, musician and ethnologist (died, 1921, in Paris).

1913-20 Lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Exhibited periodically in the Daniel Gallery, New York.

1921-32 Lived, worked, and exhibited in Paris, France. Traveled in England, Belgium, Holland,

Germany, Spain, and North Africa.

1922 Married Margot Koop in Paris. (Later divorced); one daughter, Barbara (Mrs. Walter Benson of Sausalito, California).

1932 Returned to the United States.

1944 Exhibited in the Art in Progress Show at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

1945 Won first prize of $25,000 in the “Portrait of America” competition sponsored by the Pepsi-Cola

Company and the Artists for Victory, Inc., for “The Soda Jerker.”

1947 Married Margaret Timmerman from Batesburg, South Carolina.

1949 Visiting artist at the University of Minnesota.

1949-54 Artist in residence at Washington University, St. Louis.

1951 Visiting artist at the University of Colorado (summer).

1952 Visiting artist at the University of Wyoming (summer).

1954 Visiting artist at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles (summer).

1954-55 John Hay Whitney Foundation Visiting Professor at Union College, Schenectady, New York.

Founded Department of Art. 1959 One of three first prize winners of $1,000, Art: U.S.A.:59, New York, for Rose, White Upright.

1960 Visiting artist in residence, School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Won the Watson F. Blair

award of $2,000 for It Is, Art Institute of Chicago.

1960 Revisited London, Paris, and traveled throughout Spain.

1961 Lived in New York City, summered in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Work handled by Gallery

Mayer, New York City.

1969 Died.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 1913-20 1926-27 1927

Daniel Gallery, New York City Kraushaar Art Galleries, New York Westheim Gallery, Berlin, Germany

1928 1942/43 1944 1946 1949 1949 1950 1952 1952 1953 1954

1958

1959

1960

1961

De Hauke Gallery, New York Associated American Artists Vincent Price Gallery, Los Angeles Downtown Gallery, New York Downtown Gallery, New York University of Minnesota University of Southern Illinois University of Wyoming Downtown Gallery, New York Downtown Gallery, New York Washington University, St. Louis University of Southern California, Los Angeles Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco The Fine Arts Gallery, San Diego The Schweig Gallery, St. Louis Union College Gallery, Schenectady Louisiana State University Gallery, Baton Rouge The Stable Gallery, New York Poindexter Gallery, New York University of Mississippi State University College of Education, New Paltz, New York Poindexter Gallery, New York Alan Gallery, New York The Art Institute of Chicago Southern Illinois University Holland Goldowsky Gallery, Chicago Retrospective Exhibition, The American Federation of the Arts, The Philadelphia Art Alliance

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY References are arranged alphabetically by author or title, with exhibition catalogs listed under the name of the city in which the museum or gallery is located. The place of publication of books is New York unless otherwise noted.

Abbreviations: Ag August, Ap April, D December, F February, il illustration(s), Ja January, Je June, Jl July, Mr March, My May, N November, O October, p page(s), per portrait, S September.

WRITINGS BY BURLIN The Artist’s Point of View. College Art Journal 9:49-51 1949 The Artist as Teacher. College Art Journal 9:265-7 1950 Two Addresses: “On Amateurism.”

“On the Teaching of Painting.” Perspectives (Washington University, St. Louis) Spring 1954. 4 il.

BOOKS GENAUER, EMILY: KOOTZ, SAMUEL: MYERS, BERNARD: PEARSON, RALPH:

Best of Art, 1948, p. 151 New Frontiers in American Painting, 1943, p. 55 Modern Art in the Making, 1950, p. 391 Experiencing American Pictures, 1943, p. 175-181 The Modern Renaissance in American Art, 1943

PERIODICALS American Artists at Paris. Formes (Paris-Philadelphia) 22:225-227 F 1932. 1 il.

BRACE, ERNEST: Woodstock Annual. Magazine of Art 31:536 S 1938. 1 il.

CHEW, PAUL A.: Paul Burlin. Perspectives (Washington University, St. Louis), Spring 1954 CLEMENTS, G.: Exhibition, Beverly Hills. Arts and Architecture 61:14 Mr 1944.

Document: On Amateurism. Arts Digest 29:14 D 15, 1954. Por. H.L.F: Exhibition, Downtown Gallery. Art News 48:49 Ap 1949.

FARBER, MANNY: Exhibition, Associated American Artists Gallery. Magazine of Art 36:109 Mr 1943. 1 il.

FIELD, HAMILTON EASTER: Decorations by Burlin in Residence of George A. Harris. Arts 1:30-31 F-Mr 1921. 4 il.

S.G.: Exhibition at Poindexeter Gallery. Arts 32:53 F 1958. 1 il.

GOODRICH, LLOYD: New York Exhibitions. Arts 15:124 F 1929. 1 il.

B.D.H.: Recent Drawings at Alan. Arts

33-65 Ja 1959.

HARTT, FEDERICK: Die Neueren Werke von Paul Burlin. Werk (Zurich) 39:27-32 Ja 1952.

HEWETT, EDGAR L.: Opening of the Art Galleries in Santa Fe. Art and Archaeology 7:66 Ja-F 1918. 1 il.

F.P.: Abstractions at Downtown Gallery. Art News 52:37 Mr 1953.

MYERS, BERNARD: The Painting of Paul Burlin, Perspectives (Washington University, St. Louis), Spring 1954.

PEARSON, RALPH: Burlin-Pioneer American Modern. Forum P 37:367 Je 1938.

PEMBERTON, MURDOCK: Exhibition at De Hauke Galleries. Creative Art 4:52-54 F 1929. 1 il.

Prize Winners—The Big Shows. American Artist 10:16 Ja 1946. 1 il.

Reviews and Previews. Art News 45:54 Ap 1946. 1 il.

I.H.S.: Armory Show Veteran at Alan Gallery. Art News 57:11 F 1959.

Recent Canvases at Poindexter. Art News 56:11 F 1958.

SCHULZE, FRANZ: Art News from Chicago. Art News 59:46 My 1960.

SCHNAKENBERG, H.E.: New York Exhibitions. Arts 7:173, 174 Mr 1925. 2 il.

SECKLER, DOROTHY GEES: Problems of Portraiture. Art in America 46:35, Winter 1958.

Statement. Chain of Generations; Contrast and Continuity. Art in America 48:97 Spring 1960.

WALTER, PAUL A.F.: Art in War Service. Art and Archaeology 7:398 N-D 1918. 1 il.

EXHIBITION CATALOGS Minneapolis, The University of Minnesota Paul Burlin. Ja 7-28 1949. 20pp. Por. Statement.

New York, The Downtown Gallery Paul Burlin. Mr 26-Ap 13, 1946. 4pp. 1 il. Statement.

Paul Burlin, Chicago II, 1960, Oil on canvas, 60 x 54 inches Nok Culture, 1000 BCE - 300 CE, Male Figure, terra cotta 12.7 x 7 x 11.5 inches

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