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Biografie Stanton MacDonald-Wright
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1890
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Born July 8, 1890, in Charlottesville, Virginia
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1900
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Moved to Santa Monica, CA
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1906
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Began study at Art Students League of Los Angeles, meets Rex Slinkard
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1907
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Expelled from Harard Military School, Los Angeles
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1909
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Goes to Europe; becomes close friend of T. H. Benton and Henri Focillon, who introduces him to Asian art and thought; attends Academy Julian and others
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1911
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Tours Europe; meets Morgan Russell; together they study color theory leading to founding of Synchromism
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1913
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Moves to New York, NY
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1919
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Moves to Los Angeles, California
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1922
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Lectures at Chouinard Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA
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1923
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Teaches at Chouinard Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA
Teaches and directs Arts Students League, Los Angeles, CA
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1924
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Writes and published 'A Treatise on Color' regarding synchromist theory
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1936
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Teaches at University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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1935 - 1942
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Director of the Southern California division of the federal Works Project Administration
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1942 - 1954
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Teaches at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
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1973
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Died August 22, 1873 in Pacific Palisades, California
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Ausgewählte Ausstellungen |
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2009 |
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The Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ |
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2008 |
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"A Seed of Modernism: The Art Students League of Los Angeles," Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA |
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2006 |
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"Summer Selections," Forum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"California Modern," Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA |
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2005 |
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"Villa America: American Moderns, 1900-1950," Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
"A Window on the West: California Art from the Permanent Collection," Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
"Body Language," George Adams Gallery, New York, NY
"Visual Music," MOCA Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA |
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2003 |
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"Musical Analogies: Kandinski and His Contemporaries," Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid |
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2002 |
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"Routes Toward Modernism: American Painting, 1870-1950," Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX |
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2001 - 2002 |
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"Color, Myth, and Music: Stanton MacDonald-Wright and Synchromism," The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX (solo) |
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2001 |
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"Stanton MacDonald-Wright and Synchromism," North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC (solo)
"One Minute of Your Time: A Brief Survey of Southern California Art," Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA |
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1999 |
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"Synchromism: Morgan Russell and Stanton MacDonald-Wright," Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York, NY |
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1990 |
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"Turning the Tide: Early Los Angeles Modernists 1920-1956," Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA |
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1986 |
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"Aspects of California Modernism 1920-1950" Federal Reseve System, Washington, DC |
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1983 |
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"The Forum Exhibition: Selections and Additions," Whitney Museum at Philip Morris, New York, NY |
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1982 |
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"Stanton Macdonald-Wright," Forum Gallery, New York, NY |
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1981 |
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"An American Place," The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY |
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1979 |
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"Stanton MacDonald-Wright: Paintings 1903-1973," ARCO Center, Los Angeles, CA |
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1978 |
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"Synchromism and American Color Abstraction 1910-1925," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY |
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1977 |
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"Paris-New York," Centre National d'Art Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
"Perceptions of Spirit in 20th Century American Art," Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN |
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1976 |
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"Painting and Sculpture in California: The Modern Era," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Foster Harmon Gallery, Naples, Florida (solo) |
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1972 |
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"Color & Form 1909-1914," Fine Arts Gallery, San Diego, CA |
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1970 |
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"Stanton MacDonald-Wright: A Retrospective," UCLA Art Galleries/Grunwald Graphic Arts Foundation, Los Angeles, CA (retrospective)
Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (solo) |
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1967 |
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"The Art of Stanton MacDonald-Wright," National Collection of Fine Arts, Washington, DC (retrospective) |
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1965 |
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"Stanton MacDonald-Wright," Rose Fried Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
"Synchromism and Color Principles in American painting 1910-1930," M. Knoedler Gallery, New York, NY
'The Works of Stanton MacDonald-Wright," Esther Robles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo) |
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1964 |
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"Evocation, Gods, Places, Things," Esther Robles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo) |
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1963 |
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"The Decade of the Armory Show," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY |
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1961 |
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"Directions in 20th Century American Painting," Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, TX |
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1960 |
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"Fifty Paintisn by Thirty-Seven Painters of Los Angeles," San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA |
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1958 |
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Galleria Schneider, Rome, Italy (solo) |
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1956 |
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Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA (retrospective)
Galerie Arnaud, Paris, France (solo)
Duveen-Graham Gallery, New York, NY |
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1955 |
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"Stanton MacDonald Wright," Rose Fried Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1953 |
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"Ten American Abstract Painters, 1912-1952," Rose Fried Gallery, New York, NY |
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1950 |
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"Three American Pioneers," Rose Fried Gallery, New York, NY |
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1948 |
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"35 Years of Creative Paintings," Art Center School, Los Angeles, CA (retrospective) |
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1946 |
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"Pioneers of Modern Art in America," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY |
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1945 |
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Stendahl Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA |
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1944 |
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San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA |
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1942 - 1943 |
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Stendahl Galleries, Los Angeles, CA |
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1939 |
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"Southern California Art Project," Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA |
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1937 |
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"Federal Art Project: Paintings, Prints," Stendahl Galleries, Los Angeles, CA |
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1936 |
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"Ten Pacific Coast Painters," Fischer Gallery, New York, NY |
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1935 |
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"Abstract Painting in America," Whitney Museum of American Art, NY |
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1934 |
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Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, CA |
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1932 |
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Stendahl Art Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA
"S. MacDonald-Wright: 13 New Paintings," An American Place, New York, NY (solo) |
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1931 |
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California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA |
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1930 |
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Santa Monica Public Library, Santa Monica, CA |
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1927 |
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"Synchromism," Los Angeles, County Museum, Los Angeles, CA; Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA |
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1923 |
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"The First Exhibition of the Group of Independent Artists of Los Angeles," Taos Building, Los Angeles, CA |
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