Leon Berkowitz: JACKSONVILLE ART MUSEUM, October 23 to November 23, 1980. Leon Berkowitz is a painter and philosopher and teacher. Any consideration of his paintings should be informed by awareness... Read full biography
Leon Berkowitz: JACKSONVILLE ART MUSEUM, October 23 to November 23, 1980. Leon Berkowitz is a painter and philosopher and teacher. Any consideration of his paintings should be informed by awareness of the many facets of the artist, for those facets determine the way the paintings work as well as... Read full biography
Leon Berkowitz: JACKSONVILLE ART MUSEUM, October 23 to November 23, 1980. Leon Berkowitz is a painter and philosopher and teacher. Any consideration of his paintings should be informed by awareness of the many facets of the artist, for those facets determine the way the paintings work as well as our reactions to them. Like the man, they are many-layered and obsessed with the search for meaning. Meaning has been out of fashion for quite a while in abstract painting, but it is characteristic of... Read full biography
Leon Berkowitz: JACKSONVILLE ART MUSEUM, October 23 to November 23, 1980. Leon Berkowitz is a painter and philosopher and teacher. Any consideration of his paintings should be informed by awareness of the many facets of the artist, for those facets determine the way the paintings work as well as our reactions to them. Like the man, they are many-layered and obsessed with the search for meaning. Meaning has been out of fashion for quite a while in abstract painting, but it is characteristic of Berkowitz that he has followed his own course, indifferent to the trends and fads of the period. The teacher and philosopher in Berkowitz may have supported the artist in this; the philosopher compelling the quest and the teacher revealing and... Read full biography
Leon Berkowitz: JACKSONVILLE ART MUSEUM, October 23 to November 23, 1980. Leon Berkowitz is a painter and philosopher and teacher. Any consideration of his paintings should be informed by awareness of the many facets of the artist, for those facets determine the way the paintings work as well as our reactions to them. Like the man, they are many-layered and obsessed with the search for meaning. Meaning has been out of fashion for quite a while in abstract painting, but it is characteristic of Berkowitz that he has followed his own course, indifferent to the trends and fads of the period. The teacher and philosopher in Berkowitz may have supported the artist in this; the philosopher compelling the quest and the teacher revealing and interpreting its results. He has also avoided the restriction of vision and thought that result from the pursuit of systems or ideas, looking for... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (5)
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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
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The Art Students League of New York: A History (Students)