Adolph Gottlieb
Adolph Gottlieb was an American painter, sculptor, draftsperson and graphic artist (1903–1974). He was born at New York City.
Also recorded as Adolf Goṭlib; Adolf Gottlieb.
Adolph Gottlieb in brief
- Born
- 1903
- Died
- 1974
- Known for
- painter, sculptor, draftsperson and graphic artist
- Place of birth
- New York City
Contents
Formation and teaching
Adolph Gottlieb studied at Parsons School of Design, Art Students League of New York, Académie de la Grande Chaumière and Cooper Union.
Career and activity
Adolph Gottlieb worked in painting and art of sculpture. His work is associated with abstract expressionism.
He belonged to American Academy of Arts and Letters. He worked at Tucson and East Hampton.
Recognition and collections
Adolph Gottlieb received Golden Plate Award. Work by Adolph Gottlieb is held by Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Minneapolis Institute of Art, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and Museum of Modern Art.
Catalogued works
52 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago and The Cleveland Museum of Art. Their recorded dates run from 1714 to 1972.
Blast, dated 1960, held by Victoria and Albert Museum, inventory P.24-1966. Yellow Jacket, dated 1972, held by Tamagawa University Museum of Education, inventory B482. Above and Below, dated 1970, held by Tamagawa University Museum of Education, inventory B481. Two Black Discs, dated 1970, held by Tamagawa University Museum of Education, inventory B480. The Sea Chest, dated 1942, held by Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, inventory 48.1172.510. The Red Bird, dated 1944, held by Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, inventory 48.1172.515. Augury, dated 1945, held by Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, inventory 48.1172.516. Floating, dated 1945, held by Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, inventory 2011.1. W, dated 1954, held by Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, inventory 54.1401. Mist, dated 1961, held by Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, inventory 78.2401. Voyager's Return, dated 1946, held by Museum of Modern Art, inventory 175.1946. Man Looking at Woman, dated 1949, held by Museum of Modern Art, inventory 1088.1969. Tournament, dated 1951, held by Museum of Modern Art, inventory 532.1984. Flotsam at Noon, dated 1952, held by Museum of Modern Art, inventory 378.1961. Unstill Life III, held by Museum of Modern Art, inventory 415.1960. Composition, dated 1955, held by Museum of Modern Art, inventory 1086.1969. Descending Arrow, dated 1956, held by Museum of Modern Art, inventory 1087.1969. Blast I, dated 1957, held by Museum of Modern Art, inventory 6.1958. Above and Below I, held by Museum of Modern Art, inventory 1085.1969. Thrust, dated 1959, held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 59.164. Cool Note, dated 1965, held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 1975.189.4. Signs for Magic, dated 1946, held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 67.225. Pictograph, dated 1948, held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 1994.416. T, dated 1950, held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 52.213. Solitary, dated 1957, held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 1981.420. Primeval, dated 1962, held by Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1962.774. Pictograph-Symbol, dated 1942, held by Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2003.181. Blues, dated 1962, held by Smithsonian American Art Museum, inventory 1977.128. Sun Deck, dated 1936, held by Smithsonian American Art Museum, inventory 1974.28.17. Three Discs, dated 1960, held by Smithsonian American Art Museum, inventory 1969.47.14. Untitled, dated 1967, held by Museum of Fine Arts Boston, inventory 1998.573. Alkahest of Paracelsus, dated 1945, held by Museum of Fine Arts Boston, inventory 1973.599. The Cadmium Sound, dated 1954, held by Philadelphia Museum of Art, inventory 1980-60-1. E, dated 1949, held by Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, inventory 2005.2. Expectation of Evil, held by Los Angeles County Museum of Art, inventory M.89.4. Rolling II, held by Los Angeles County Museum of Art, inventory M.67.25.23. Totem, held by Los Angeles County Museum of Art, inventory M.2005.70.35. The Seer, dated 1950, held by The Phillips Collection, inventory 0803. Equinox, dated 1963, held by The Phillips Collection, inventory 0802. Eclipse, dated 1952, held by Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, inventory AD01557. Petaloid-Negative, dated 1968, corten steel, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 1991.283. Sea and Tide, dated 1956, black ink on paper, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 1994.415. Crypt, dated 1945–47, gouache on cream wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1990.446. Lemon Yellow Ground, dated 1966, color screenprint, held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 1967.112. Red Ground Maroon Disc, dated 1966, color screenprint, held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 1967.111. Green Halo, dated 1966, lithograph, held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 1998.246. Propempticon inaugurale de foco furnorum chimicorum bene parando / [Johann Adolph Wedel]., dated [1745], held by Wellcome Collection. Dissertatio physiologica de circulatione sanguinis / [Johann Gottlieb Budaeus]., dated [1714], held by Wellcome Collection. Dissertatio inauguralis medica de gangraena et sphacelo / [Carl Gottlieb Heermann]., dated [1719], held by Wellcome Collection. Dissertatio inauguralis medica de deliriis in genere / [Johann Gottlieb Sommerfeldt]., dated [1744], held by Wellcome Collection. Dissertatio inauguralis medica de abortu habituali / [Johann Gottlieb Thau]., dated [1772], held by Wellcome Collection. The science of rights / by J.G. Fichte ; translated from the German by A.E. Kroeger ; with a preface by William T. Harris., dated 1889, held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 14 named public collections.
Museum of Modern Art: 9 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Q214867: 9 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum: 6 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Metropolitan Museum of Art: 6 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Whitney Museum of American Art: 6 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Buffalo AKG Art Museum: 5 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Tamagawa University Museum of Education: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Smithsonian American Art Museum: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Los Angeles County Museum of Art: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 17 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Art Institute of Chicago: 7 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Cleveland Museum of Art: 5 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 6 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Gottlieb, Adolph, Oxford Art Online, 2003. Gottlieb, Adolph, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Gottlieb, Adolph (1903-1974), artist, American National Biography Online, 2000. Schachmann, Karl Adolph Gottlieb von, or Carl Gottlob, or Gottfried (Baron), Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Gottlieb, Adolph (1903–1974)., Historical Dictionary of Contemporary Art, 2017.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 21 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 7 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 7 means 7 genuinely separate publishers of record. 12 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
In detail
Adolph Gottlieb studied at Parsons School of Design, Art Students League of New York and Académie de la Grande Chaumière. the recorded working language is English.
The field of work recorded is painting and art of sculpture. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are abstract art. The authority associates the name with abstract expressionism.
Places of work recorded in the authority are Tucson and East Hampton. Membership is recorded of American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Work by Adolph Gottlieb is recorded in the collections of Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Minneapolis Institute of Art, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art and Tate.
Distinctions recorded are Golden Plate Award.
Chronology
- 1903Adolph Gottlieb born at New York City.
- 1942The Sea Chest (Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum).
- 1944The Red Bird (Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum).
- 1960Blast (Victoria and Albert Museum).
- 1970Above and Below (Tamagawa University Museum of Education).
- 1970Two Black Discs (Tamagawa University Museum of Education).
- 1972Yellow Jacket (Tamagawa University Museum of Education).
- 1974Adolph Gottlieb died at New York City.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
Gottlieb, Adolph (1903-1974), artist, American National Biography Online, 2000
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 2.
Gottlieb, Adolph (1903–1974)., Historical Dictionary of Contemporary Art, 2017
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 3.
Gottlieb, Adolph, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 4.
- 5.
Schachmann, Karl Adolph Gottlieb von, or Carl Gottlob, or Gottfried (Baron), Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 6.
Gemeinsame Normdatei 130845817, Dornblüth, Adolph Gottlieb.
authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Consult the source - 7.
The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Adolph Gottlieb.
museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago
Consult the source - 8.
The Cleveland Museum of Art, open access collection records associated with Adolph Gottlieb.
museum collection · Unverified · The Cleveland Museum of Art
Consult the source - 9.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with Adolph Gottlieb (17 objects).
museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Consult the source - 10.
Wellcome Collection catalogue records 6 works naming Adolph Gottlieb.
museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection
Consult the source - 11.
Wikidata, structured authority record Q365388: Adolph Gottlieb
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation
Consult the source - 12.
“Adolph Gottlieb”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
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