Edward Avedisian
Edward Avedisian | |
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| Born | June 15, 1936 |
| Died | August 17, 2007(aged 71) |
| Education | School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
| Known for | Painting |
Edward Avedisian(June 15, 1936 – August 17, 2007) was an American abstract painter who came into prominence during the 1960s. His work was initially associated withColor field paintingand in the late 1960s withLyrical Abstraction.
Early career
[edit]He studied art at theSchool of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.By the late 1950s he moved to New York City. Between 1958 and 1963 Avedisian had six solo shows in New York. In 1958 he initially showed at the Hansa Gallery, then he had three shows at theTibor de Nagy Galleryand in 1962 and 1963 at the Robert Elkon Gallery. He continued to show at the Robert Elkon Gallery almost every year until 1975.[1]
During the 1960s his work was broadly visible in the contemporary art world. One of his paintings appeared on the cover ofArtforum,in 1969, his work was included in the 1965Op ArtThe Responsive Eyeexhibition at theMuseum of Modern Art[2]and in four annuals at theWhitney Museum of American Art.His paintings were widely sought after by collectors and acquired by major museums in New York and elsewhere.[3]
Collections
[edit]Museum of Modern Art,Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum,Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art,Berkshire Museum,Pittsfield, Massachusetts,theWadsworth Atheneum,Hartford, Connecticut, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum,Ridgefield, Connecticut,Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts,Los Angeles County Museum of Art,Pasadena Art Museum, The Chrysler Museum,Provincetown, MA,the Neuberger Museum of Art,Purchase, NY,Minneapolis Institute of Arts,TheAlbright-Knox Art Gallery,Buffalo, NY,The Stamford Museum & Nature CenterStamford, CT,The Art Museum of South TexasCorpus Christi, TX.
He has also been exhibited in galleries, such as theAnita Shapolsky Galleryand theBerry Campbell Galleryin New York City.[4][5]
Recent years
[edit]In 1996 Avedisian showed his paintings from the 1960s at the Mitchell Algus Gallery, then in SoHo. His last show, dominated by recent landscapes, was in 2003 at the Algus gallery, now inChelsea.
Edward Avedisian's only marriage ended in divorce. His partner, Judson Baldwin, died in 2006.[6]Avedisian died from unspecified causes following a period of declining health at his home inPhilmont, New York,aged 71.
Avedisian was survived by his son, Joseph, ofBrooklyn, New York,and a grandson.
References
[edit]- ^"Edward Avedisian",CarrieHaddadGallery.com,retrievedAugust 27,2007
- ^Orensten, Evan,"MoMA 1965: The Responsive Eye",CoolHunting.com,archived fromthe originalon September 28, 2009,retrievedAugust 27,2007
- ^[1]ArchivedJuly 16, 2011, at theWayback MachineRetrieved December 17, 2009
- ^"Avedisian, Edward".anitashapolskygallery.com.
- ^"Edward Avedisian 1936, US".ArtFacts.net.
- ^Smith, Roberta (August 23, 2007),"Edward Avedisian, Artist Who Painted Bold and Bright, Dies at 71",The New York Times,retrievedSeptember 20,2007
External links
[edit]- Edward Avedisian collectionat the Israel Museum. Retrieved September 2016.
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- 1936 births
- 2007 deaths
- American LGBT painters
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- LGBT people from Massachusetts
- 20th-century American LGBT people
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