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1911 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 1987. Known for: Abstract, non-objective painting.
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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Keywords (21)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Luminous, Luminism
- •Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
Art Subject
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •England, London Great Britain After 1900
- •France After 1900
- •Italy
Art Association
- •Washington Color School, District of Columbia
Art School
- •Academie de la Grand Chaumiere, Paris, Student
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •Corcoran School of Art and Design, Student
- •Corcoran School of Art and Design, Teacher
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
Exhibition of Museum
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC