Akron Art Museum
70 East Market Street
Akron, OH 44308-2084
Akron, OH 44308-2084
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Museums page for Larry Rivers ((1923 - 2002)), known for Modernist pop figure, word image genre painting. Showing 48 museum collections and exhibitions.
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1923 New York City - 2002 Southampton, New York. Known for: Modernist pop figure, word image genre painting.
Figurative* artist Larry Rivers was born in the Bronx in 1923 to Ukrainian Jewish parents, and was named Yitzak Loiza Grossberg. Rivers belonged to the second generation of the New York School* of... Read full biography
Figurative* artist Larry Rivers was born in the Bronx in 1923 to Ukrainian Jewish parents, and was named Yitzak Loiza Grossberg. Rivers belonged to the second generation of the New York School* of painters, although unlike most of his contemporaries he stayed away from abstraction instead... Read full biography
Figurative* artist Larry Rivers was born in the Bronx in 1923 to Ukrainian Jewish parents, and was named Yitzak Loiza Grossberg. Rivers belonged to the second generation of the New York School* of painters, although unlike most of his contemporaries he stayed away from abstraction instead preferring narrative paintings. He began his artistic career playing the jazz saxophone, and when one night his group was introduced as "Larry Rivers and the Mudcats," he decided to keep the name. After a... Read full biography
Figurative* artist Larry Rivers was born in the Bronx in 1923 to Ukrainian Jewish parents, and was named Yitzak Loiza Grossberg. Rivers belonged to the second generation of the New York School* of painters, although unlike most of his contemporaries he stayed away from abstraction instead preferring narrative paintings. He began his artistic career playing the jazz saxophone, and when one night his group was introduced as "Larry Rivers and the Mudcats," he decided to keep the name. After a brief period in the army during World War II, Rivers attended Julliard School of Music for one year before returning to the jazz saxophone. After he met the painter Jane Freilicher, he decided to devote himself to painting. Rivers attended Hans Hofmann's... Read full biography
Figurative* artist Larry Rivers was born in the Bronx in 1923 to Ukrainian Jewish parents, and was named Yitzak Loiza Grossberg. Rivers belonged to the second generation of the New York School* of painters, although unlike most of his contemporaries he stayed away from abstraction instead preferring narrative paintings. He began his artistic career playing the jazz saxophone, and when one night his group was introduced as "Larry Rivers and the Mudcats," he decided to keep the name. After a brief period in the army during World War II, Rivers attended Julliard School of Music for one year before returning to the jazz saxophone. After he met the painter Jane Freilicher, he decided to devote himself to painting. Rivers attended Hans Hofmann's school for nearly two years. In 1949, he had his first solo show at the Jane Street Gallery, an arti... Read full biography
Larry Rivers - Artist Info
About Larry Rivers: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (48)
All MuseumsArkansas Museum of Fine Arts
501 East 9th Street
Po Box 2137
Little Rock, AR 72202Boca Raton Museum of Art
Mizner Park
501 Plaza Real
Boca Raton, FL 33432Buffalo AKG Art Museum
1285 Elmwood Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14222Butler Institute of American Art
524 Wick Avenue
Youngstown, OH 44502Canton Museum of Art
1001 Market Avenue North
Canton, OH 44702Cantor Arts Center, Stanford
Lomita Drive/Museum Way
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA 94305Cheekwood Estate & Gardens
1200 Forrest Park Drive
Nashville, TN 37205-4242Chrysler Museum of Art
245 West Olney Road
Norfolk, VA 23510Dallas Museum of Art
1717 North Harwood Street
Dallas, TX 75201Figge Art Museum
225 West 2nd Street
Davenport, IA 52804-4520Flint Institute of Arts
1120 East Kearsley Street
Flint, MI 48503Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia
The University of Georgia
90 Carlton Street
Athens, GA 30602-6719Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens College, CUNY
450 Klapper Hall,
6530 Kissena Blvd
Flushing, NY 11367Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Smithsonian Institution: 7th Street & Independence Ave. Sw
Mail To: Po Box 37012/Hmsg Mrc 350
Washington, DC 20013-7012Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
4420 Warwick Boulevard
Kansas City, MO 64111-1821Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
University of Miami
1301 Stanford Drive
Coral Gables, FL 33146McNay Art Museum
6000 North New Braunfels Avenue
San Antonio, TX 78209-0069Memorial Art Gallery
University of Rochester
500 University Avenue
Rochester, NY 14607-1415Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10028Michael C Carlos Museum, Emory University
Emory University
571 Kilgo Street
Atlanta, GA 30322-1950Minneapolis Institute of Arts
2400 Third Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55404Museum of Modern Art, New York
11 West 53rd Street
New York City, NY 10019National Museum of American Art-Smithsonian
8th and G Streets NW
Washington, DC 20004National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
750 Ninth Street NW, Suite 410
Washington, DC 20001Neuberger Museum of Art
Suny, Purchase College
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577-1400Oklahoma City Museum of Art, OKCMOA
415 Couch Drive
Oklahoma City, OK 73102Parrish Art Museum
279 Montauk Highway
Water Mill, NY 11968Perez Art Museum Miami (PAMM)
1103 Biscayne Blvd
Miami, FL 33132Phoenix Art Museum
1625 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85004-1685Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University
415 South Street
P.O. Box 9110-Mail Stop 069
Waltham, MA 02454-9110San Diego Museum of Art
Balboa Park, 1450 el Prado
Po 122107
San Diego, CA 92101San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SFMOMA
151 Third Street
San Francisco, CA 94103Seattle Art Museum
1300 First Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101Smith College Museum of Art
20 Elm Street at Bedford Terrace
Northampton, MA 01063Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (SAMA)
Altoona Facility (Brett Building)
1210 11th Ave
Altoona, PA 16601The Brooklyn Museum of Art
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11238-6052The Contemporary Austin Laguna Gloria
3809 West 35th Street
P.O. Box 1847
Austin, TX 78767-1847The Grace Museum
102 Cypress Street
Abilene, TX 79601The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art
5401 Bay Shore Road
Sarasota, FL 34243The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
4525 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO 64111-1873The Newark Museum of Art
49 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102The University of Arizona Museum of Art
1031 N. Olive Road
Tucson, AZ 85721-0002Town Linz Gallery/Wolfgang Gurlitt
Linz, AustriaUniversity of Michigan Museum of Art, UMMA
525 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1354Weisman Art Museum
The University of Minnesota
333 East River Road
Minneapolis, MN 55455Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Ganesvoort Street
New York City, NY 10014Yeshiva University Museum
15 West 16th Street
New York City, NY 10011