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Albert Kotin
White Painting, 1950s
Oil on canvas, 48" x 36" |
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Albert
Kotin
Drumtalk, 1959
Oil on canvas, 50" x 40" |
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| Albert
Kotin
Untitled, 1951
Oil on canvas, 36" x 30" |
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Albert Kotin (1907-1980) was born in Minsk Russia. In the 1950's, Kotin was an integral part of the New York City 10th Street Group which included some of the foremost Abstract Expressionist artists of the day, such as Phillip Guston, Willem de Kooning, Ad Reinhardt, Arshile Gorky, and Harold Rosenberg. Albert Kotin studied at the National Academy, Art Students' League, Charles Hawthorne, Provincetown, Academie Julian,Paris, Academie de la Grande Chaumiere, Paris, Colorossi, Paris, Atelier de Fresque, Paris, and Hans Hoffman School, New York. His works have been exhibited in many shows and galleries in New York City, Mexico, Paris, Pennsylvania, Houston, Illiniios, just to name a few.
| Selected Solo Exhibitions |
| 1951 |
(first) Hacker Gallery, NYC, NY; |
| 1958 |
Grand Central Moderns Gallery, NYC, NY; |
| 1959 |
Tanager Gallery, NYC, NY; 1960: Galerie Iris Clert, Paris, France; |
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Pollock Gallery, Toronto, Canada; |
| 1961 |
Mili-Jay Gallery, Woodstock, NY; |
| 1964, 65 |
Byron Gallery, NYC, NY; |
| 1968 |
"Ten Year Retrospective of Albert Kotin's Work," Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY; |
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"Kotin andCarton," Art Faculty two man show, Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY; |
| 1982 |
"Albert Kotin, 1907-1980," Memorial Exhibition, Barron Arts Center, Woodbridge, NJ. |
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| Selected Group Exhibitions |
| 1935 |
"Exhibition of Oil Paintings," WPA Federal Art Project, Federal Art Gallery, NYC, NY; |
| 1936 |
An American Group, Inc., NYC, NY; |
| 1946 |
"First National Print Competition Exhibit," Associated American Artists, NYC, NY; |
| 1947 |
"J & E.R. Pennell Exhibition of Prints," Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.; |
| 1948 |
"46th Annual Exhibition," The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA; |
| 1949 |
"8 & 2 Exhibition" The New School for Social Research, NYC, NY; |
| 1951 |
"9th St." Show, the first "New York Painting and Sculpture Annual," 60 E. 9th. St. NYC, NY; |
| 1953, 54, 55, 56, 57 |
"New York Painting and Sculpture Annual," Stable Gallery, NYC, NY; |
| 1956 |
"Painters and Sculptors on 10th Street," Tanager Gallery, NYC, NY; |
| 1957 |
"First Spring Annual Exhibition," March Gallery, NYC, NY; |
| 1958 |
"A to Z in American Arts," Provincetown Arts Festival, M. Knoedler & Co., NYC, NY; Camino Gallery, NYC, NY; |
| 1959 |
"10th Street," Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX; |
| 1960 |
"New York Artists: A Drawing Show," Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL; |
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Gallery Iris Clert, Paris; Pollock Gallery, Toronto, Canada; |
| 1960-61 |
Mili-Jay Gallery, Woodstock, NY; |
| 1961 |
Allyn Gallery, St. Louis, MI; |
| 1962, 72 |
Long Island University, NY; |
| 1963 |
"Multiples," Graham Gallery, NYC, NY;Key Gallery, NYC, NY; |
| 1963-64 |
"Hans Hofmann and His Students," circ. by The Museum of Modern Art, NYC, NY; |
| 1963, 64 |
Aegis Gallery, NYC, NY; |
| 1965 |
"79 painters who paint," held simultaneously in: Grace Borgenicht, Graham, Martha Jackson, Kornblee and Poindexter Galleries, NYC, NY; |
| 1966 |
"New York '66," College Museum, Hampton Institute, Hampton, VA; |
| 1971 |
Roko Gallery, NYC, NY; |
| 1994 |
"Reclaiming Artists of the New York School. Toward a More Inclusive View of the 1950s," Baruch College City University, NYC, NY; |
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"New York-Provincetown: A 50s Connection," Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA; |
| 2004 |
"Reuniting an Era Abstract Expressionists of the1950s.," Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL. |
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| Teaching Positions |
| 1947-51 |
City College, NYC, NY; |
| 1952-61 |
Polytechnic Institute, Brooklyn, NY; |
| 1961 |
Visiting Professor in Art,Southern Illinois University; |
| 1964-65 |
Stout State University; Menomonee, WI; |
| 1966-1975 |
Long Island University NY. |
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