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Werk-
Bei diesem Werk von Howard Smith von 1966 handelt es sich um ein seltenes Frühwerk. Der blaue Körper wird durch schwarze und helle Töne unterstützt. Die Platzierung auf der linken Seite des Blattes verleiht diesem Kunstwerk seine Kraft und Radikalität. Es gibt nur wenige solcher Arbeiten auf dem Markt da diese vom Künstler selbst sehr geschätzt sind. In der Ausstellung Howard Smith - No End in Sight, welche gleichzeitig 2019 im Kunstmuseum Villa Zanders in Bergisch Gladbach in Deutschland und im Kunstmuseum Appenzell in der Schweiz stattfand, waren vier Arbeiten dieser Serie ausgestellt. Das gezeigte Werk stammt ursprünglich aus dem privaten Portfolio von Howard Smith. Lange Zeit befand sich diese Arbeit in der privaten Sammlung der Galerie Patrik Fröhlich in Zürich.

Howard Smith-
Howard Smith wurde 1943 in Chicago geboren, lebt und arbeitet in - Poughkeepsie New York. Er unterrichtete unter anderem an verschiedenen Instituten - Pratt Brooklyn Institute, New York - The School of Visual Arts, New York - The University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. In den 1980 Jahren war er Mitglied der Gruppe RADICAL PAINTING. Ein starkes Interesse an der Frage des Formates zeigt sich auch heute noch in seinen späteren Werken. Auch Farbe und Licht bleiben dominierende Themen im Gesamtwerk von Howard Smith. So erforschen seine abstrakten Bilder Variationen in Farbe, Pinselstrich und Komposition. Dies zeigt sich bereits auf eine eindrückliche Art und Weise bei dieser frühen Arbeit.

Neuere Ausstellungen Howard Smith-
2022 - in the year 45 – looking back 2: radical painting
marcia hafif, carmengloria morales, phil sims, howard smith, jerry zeniuk, inge dick, rolf rose, antonio calderara - Galerie Rupert Walser, München

2022 Howard Smith, Marks in Time - Jane Lombard Gallery, New York

2021 Group Exhibition, Drawn Together - Jane Lombard Gallery, New York

2019 Howard Smith - No End in Sight - Kunstmuseum Villa Zanders Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland - Kunstmuseum Appenzell, Schweiz

2018 Howard Smith, 1 + 1 + 1 ... paintings and works on paper - Jane Lombard Gallery, New York

2000 Gemälde und Zeichnungen - Galerie Patrik Fröhlich, Zürich

Ältere Ausstellungen Howard Smith-
1999 One man show at Kunst 99 Zürich - Galerie Rupert Walser, München

1998 Exhibit at The College of Staten Island, New York / Group show at Galerie Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm

1997 Howard Smith, New Paintings - Galerie Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm / Painting at the End of this Century - Galerie Rupert Walser, München

1995 Foundation - Pratt Brooklyn Institute Gallery, New York - Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York

1993 Exhibit - San Antonio Art Museum, Texas

1988 Three Artists - James Bishop, Paul Laster and Howard Smith - Simon / Neuman Gallery, New York

1987 After Twenty Summers - The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs

1986 Howard Smith, Paintings and Drawings - Simon / Neuman Gallery, New York

1984 Radical Painting - Williams College Art Museum, Williamstown

1983 New Abstraction - Didney Janis Gallery, New York

1981 7 New York Painters - Sarah Lawrence College Art Gallery, Bronxville

1978 Drawing - Pratt Brooklyn Institute, New York

1973 Howard Smith, Paintings and Watercolors - Whitney Museum Resources Center, New York

1969 Exhibit - University of Colorado Art Museum, Boulder

1965 Bruce Colvin, Frank Boyden, Howard Smith - The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs

Literatur-
Kunstmuseum Villa Zanders und Kunstmuseum Appenzell, Howard Smith - No End in Sight, 2019 / Diese Publikation bietet einen guten Überblick über das Schaffen von Howard Smith und zeigt unter anderem Werke aus derselben Periode wie das oben präsentierte Werk.

Howard Smith - Catalogue in Occasion of ONE MAN SHOW AT KUNST 99, Zürich - edited by Galerie Rupert Walser, München 1999

Presse Artikel-
OG 12, Amy Sillman Zine, Winter 2018

Chicago Tribune, Review of Howard Smith, Watercolors, Drawings, 2008

The New York Times, Expressionism Meets Minimalism, Grace Glueck, February 18, 1983

Art in America, Getting on with Painting, Marcia Hafif, April 1981

art work-
Four works of these series where presented at the simultaneous exhibition - Howard Smith, No End in Sight - Kunstmuseum Villa Zanders Bergisch Gladbach, Germany - Kunstmuseum Appenzell, Switzerland. This oil on paper painting combines colour (dark and light tones) and composition (radical positioning) of the blue body in the paper, in a calm and intense way. Howard Smith painted Cobalt Blue in 1966 and kept it in his property for a long time. Only a few of those rare early period works exist on the market today.

Howard Smith-
Howard Smith was born 1943 in Chicago. He is still living and working in Poughkeepsie New York. Over the years he was teaching in different institutions such as - Pratt Brooklyn Institute, New York - The School of Visual Arts, New York - The University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. As a member of the painters mouvement group - RADICAL PAINTING in the 1980s, radicality and colour still remain two elementary aspects of his abstract painting work today.

exhibitions, from 2000-
2022 - in the year 45 – looking back 2: radical painting
marcia hafif, carmengloria morales, phil sims, howard smith, jerry zeniuk, inge dick, rolf rose, antonio calderara - Galerie Rupert Walser, Munich

2022 Howard Smith, Marks in Time - Jane Lombard Gallery, New York

2021 Group Exhibition, Drawn Together - Jane Lombard Gallery, New York

2019 Howard Smith - No End in Sight - Kunstmuseum Villa Zanders Bergisch Gladbach, Germany - Kunstmuseum Appenzell, Switzerland

2018 Howard Smith, 1 + 1 + 1 ... paintings and works on paper - Jane Lombard Gallery, New York

2000 Gemälde und Zeichnungen - Galerie Patrik Fröhlich, Zurich

exhibitions, from 1965-
1999 One man show at Kunst 99 Zürich - Galerie Rupert Walser, Munich

1998 Exhibit at The College of Staten Island, New York / Group show at Galerie Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm

1997 Howard Smith, New Paintings - Galerie Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm / Painting at the End of this Century - Galerie Rupert Walser, Munich

1995 Foundation - Pratt Brooklyn Institute Gallery, New York - Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York

1993 Exhibit - San Antonio Art Museum, Texas

1988 Three Artists - James Bishop, Paul Laster and Howard Smith - Simon / Neuman Gallery, New York

1987 After Twenty Summers - The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs

1986 Howard Smith, Paintings and Drawings - Simon / Neuman Gallery, New York

1984 Radical Painting - Williams College Art Museum, Williamstown

1983 New Abstraction - Didney Janis Gallery, New York

1981 7 New York Painters - Sarah Lawrence College Art Gallery, Bronxville

1978 Drawing - Pratt Brooklyn Institute, New York

1973 Howard Smith, Paintings and Watercolors - Whitney Museum Resources Center, New York

1969 Exhibit - University of Colorado Art Museum, Boulder

1965 Bruce Colvin, Frank Boyden, Howard Smith - The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs

literature-
Kunstmuseum Villa Zanders und Kunstmuseum Appenzell, Howard Smith - No End in Sight, 2019 / a good publication presenting an overview on his long career as an artist - including a few early period works such as the one above

Howard Smith - Catalogue in Occasion of ONE MAN SHOW AT KUNST 99, Zurich - edited by Galerie Rupert Walser, Munich 1999

press articles-
OG 12, Amy Sillman Zine, Winter 2018

Chicago Tribune, Review of Howard Smith, Watercolors, Drawings, 2008

The New York Times, Expressionism Meets Minimalism, Grace Glueck, February 18, 1983

Art in America, Getting on with Painting, Marcia Hafif, April 1981