Addison Gallery of American Art
Phillips Academy
Andover, MA 01810-4166
Andover, MA 01810-4166
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Museums page for William Baziotes ((1912 - 1963)), known for Biomorphic abstract, early surreal. Showing 26 museum collections and exhibitions.
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1912 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - 1963 New York, New York. Known for: Biomorphic abstract, early surreal.
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and growing up in Reading, Pennsylvania, William Baziotes was an Abstract Expressionist closely aligned with Gestural painting and Surrealism. He painted to express... Read full biography
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and growing up in Reading, Pennsylvania, William Baziotes was an Abstract Expressionist closely aligned with Gestural painting and Surrealism. He painted to express his own emotions about the mysteries of life and used rich colors symbolism. He worked briefly for a... Read full biography
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and growing up in Reading, Pennsylvania, William Baziotes was an Abstract Expressionist closely aligned with Gestural painting and Surrealism. He painted to express his own emotions about the mysteries of life and used rich colors symbolism. He worked briefly for a newspaper and in a stained-glass factory where his friends encouraged his art talent. He moved to New York City in 1933 and studied for the next three years at the National Academy of Design,... Read full biography
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and growing up in Reading, Pennsylvania, William Baziotes was an Abstract Expressionist closely aligned with Gestural painting and Surrealism. He painted to express his own emotions about the mysteries of life and used rich colors symbolism. He worked briefly for a newspaper and in a stained-glass factory where his friends encouraged his art talent. He moved to New York City in 1933 and studied for the next three years at the National Academy of Design, primarily with Leon Kroll. From 1936 to 1941, he was a WPA artist, working as a teacher and in the Easel Painting Division. In the early 1940s, he came under the influence of European Surrealists who were expatriates in New York, and he also experimented... Read full biography
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and growing up in Reading, Pennsylvania, William Baziotes was an Abstract Expressionist closely aligned with Gestural painting and Surrealism. He painted to express his own emotions about the mysteries of life and used rich colors symbolism. He worked briefly for a newspaper and in a stained-glass factory where his friends encouraged his art talent. He moved to New York City in 1933 and studied for the next three years at the National Academy of Design, primarily with Leon Kroll. From 1936 to 1941, he was a WPA artist, working as a teacher and in the Easel Painting Division. In the early 1940s, he came under the influence of European Surrealists who were expatriates in New York, and he also experimented with Automatism. He was also close to Robert Motherwell and Mark Rothko, with whom he founded the Subjects of the Artists School in 1948. The prev... Read full biography
William Baziotes - Artist Info
About William Baziotes: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (26)
All MuseumsAllen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College
Oberlin College
87 North Main Street
Oberlin, OH 44074Art Institute of Chicago, AIC
111 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60603-6110Birmingham Museum of Art
2000 Rev. Abraham Woods, Jr. Blvd.
Birmingham, AL 35203Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas (Austin)
200 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd,
Austin, TX 78712-0338Carnegie Museum of Art
4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-4080Fogg Art Museum: Harvard University Art Museums
Harvard University
32 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138McNay Art Museum
6000 North New Braunfels Avenue
San Antonio, TX 78209-0069Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10028Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum
Sam Fox Arts Center/Washington University
One Brookings Drive, Campus Box 1214
St. Louis, MO 63130-4899Minneapolis Institute of Arts
2400 Third Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55404Munson
310 Genesee Street
Utica, NY 13502Museum of Contemporary Art-Chicago
220 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611-2604Museum 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 20004Neuberger Museum of Art
Suny, Purchase College
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577-1400Orlando Museum of Art
2416 North Mills Avenue
Orlando, FL 32803-1483Peggy Guggenheim Collection
Dorsoduro, 704
Venice, ItalyReading Public Museum
500 Museum Road
Reading, PA 19611-1425Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10128Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (SAMA)
Altoona Facility (Brett Building)
1210 11th Ave
Altoona, PA 16601The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
4525 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO 64111-1873The Newark Museum of Art
49 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102The Toledo Museum of Art
2445 Monroe Street
Box 1013
Toledo, OH 43697University of Michigan Museum of Art, UMMA
525 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1354Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Ganesvoort Street
New York City, NY 10014