Ernest Briggs studied at the Rudolph Schaeffer School of Design, San Francisco, 1946-1947 and the California School of Fine Arts, 1947-1951. Briggs co-founded Metart Galleries in San Francisco, 1949... Read full biography
Ernest Briggs studied at the Rudolph Schaeffer School of Design, San Francisco, 1946-1947 and the California School of Fine Arts, 1947-1951. Briggs co-founded Metart Galleries in San Francisco, 1949 and then in 1953 moved to New York. Taught at the University of Florida, Gainesville, 1958; Pratt... Read full biography
Ernest Briggs studied at the Rudolph Schaeffer School of Design, San Francisco, 1946-1947 and the California School of Fine Arts, 1947-1951. Briggs co-founded Metart Galleries in San Francisco, 1949 and then in 1953 moved to New York. Taught at the University of Florida, Gainesville, 1958; Pratt Institute, New York, 1961-1984; and Yale University Graduate School of Art and Architecture, 1967-1968. Solo Exhibitions: Metart Galleries, 1949; Stable Gallery, New York, 1954, 1955; California School... Read full biography
Ernest Briggs studied at the Rudolph Schaeffer School of Design, San Francisco, 1946-1947 and the California School of Fine Arts, 1947-1951. Briggs co-founded Metart Galleries in San Francisco, 1949 and then in 1953 moved to New York. Taught at the University of Florida, Gainesville, 1958; Pratt Institute, New York, 1961-1984; and Yale University Graduate School of Art and Architecture, 1967-1968. Solo Exhibitions: Metart Galleries, 1949; Stable Gallery, New York, 1954, 1955; California School of Fine Arts, 1956; Howard Wise Gallery, New York, 1960, 1962, 1963; Yale University Art Gallery, 1968; Green Mountain Gallery, New York, 1973; Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York, 1975; Gruenebaum Gallery, New York, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984. Selected... Read full biography
Ernest Briggs studied at the Rudolph Schaeffer School of Design, San Francisco, 1946-1947 and the California School of Fine Arts, 1947-1951. Briggs co-founded Metart Galleries in San Francisco, 1949 and then in 1953 moved to New York. Taught at the University of Florida, Gainesville, 1958; Pratt Institute, New York, 1961-1984; and Yale University Graduate School of Art and Architecture, 1967-1968. Solo Exhibitions: Metart Galleries, 1949; Stable Gallery, New York, 1954, 1955; California School of Fine Arts, 1956; Howard Wise Gallery, New York, 1960, 1962, 1963; Yale University Art Gallery, 1968; Green Mountain Gallery, New York, 1973; Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York, 1975; Gruenebaum Gallery, New York, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984. Selected Group Exhibitions: 68th Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association at the San Francisco Museum of Art, 194... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (21)
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American Abstract and Figurative Expressionism Style is Timely Art is Timeless
2009
Herskovic, Marika
252 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
San Francisco and Second Wave: The Blair Collection of Bay Area Abstract Expressionism
2004
Landauer, Susan
240 pages (color)
American Abstract Expressionism of the 1950s: An Illustrated Survey
2003
Herskovic, Marika (editor)
372 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The San Francisco School of Abstract Expressionism (Exhibition catalog)
1996
Landauer, Susan
271 pages (color)
Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition)
1987
Cummings, Paul
653 pages
Art in the San Francisco Bay Area 1945-1980/An Illustrated History
1985
Albright, Thomas
349 pages (color)
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Paintings and Sculpture Collection
1985
DuPont, Diana, K Holland
402 pages (color)
The Art of California Selected Works/ Oakland Museum
1984
Orr-Cahill, Christina
199 pages (color)
American Paintings at Yale University: An illustrated Checklist (Exhibition catalog)
1982
Stebbins, Theodore/G Gorokhoff
213 pages
American Paintings/Brooklyn Museum Complete Illustrated Listing of Works
1979
Brooklyn Museum
133 pages (color)
The New York School The Painters & Sculptors of the Fifties
1978
Sandler, Irving
366 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976
Jaques Cattell Press
756 pages
Painting & Sculpture in California The Modern Era
1976
San Francisco Mus Modern Art
272 pages (color)
Whitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection
1974
Baur, John I H
235 pages (color)
Sunshine Muse Contemporary Art on the West Coast
1974
Plagens, Peter
200 pages (color)
Catalogue of Painting Collection Museum of Art
1973
Carnegie Institute
196 pages (color)
A Period of Exploration San Francisco 1945-1950
1973
McChesney, Mary Fuller
91 pages (color)
12 Americans: The Museum of Modern Art, New York (Exhibition catalog)