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William ClutzEarly Morning St. AM 1987 (Impressionist Figurative City Scene by William Clutz)1987
1987
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Early Morning St. AM 1987 (Impressionist Figurative City Scene by William Clutz)
Impressionist Painting of A Man Crossing a Street in Manhattan in the Early Morning Sunlight Colorful
Painted by William Clutz in 1987
50" X 40" x 2", oil on canvas
This figurative oil on canvas was painted in 1987 by William Clutz as part of a series of works called "Crossings". These paintings were a study of NYC dwellers engaging in the simple, daily activity of crossing the street. Clutz discovers the extraordinary in the ordinary, simply by studying how the sunlight bounces and reflects off the human form.
In New York in the early 50's and 60's,, abstract expressionism was the orthodox approach to art at the time. However, Clutz was committed to his personal style that focused on abstracted human figures within urban tableaux. Working in a context of artists who challenged abstract expressionism's popularity in New York, Clutz established himself as a significant proponent of abstract figuration. His paintings focus on human figures within the urban environment, often exposing the transfiguration of his subjects as they travel through the complex light of city streets or summer parks, as shown in two of his early works.
Clutz's interest in working from direct observation of urban life was influenced by a long-standing interest in German Expressionism, as well as artists like Henri Matisse, Arshile Gorky, and Nicholas De Stael, and also Albert Ryder's series of reductive seascapes.
About the Artist:
Renowned as the “impressionist of the contemporary metropolis”, William Clutz uses the city, in its entirety, as his subject. Pedestrians crossing streets become stars of the stage; the hustle and bustle of traffic and surrounding buildings are the chorus; each play their part in the overall composition. Lighting and color shift this observation of the everyday into a remarkable wonder. “It is surely Clutz”, wrote Gerrit Henry in Art News, 1979, “an artist who has rejected the niceties of representation in favor of the quintessence.” The young artist moved to New York City in 1955 and just four years later had his first solo exhibit at the Condon Riley Gallery. Clutz went on to show in major uptown galleries such as David Herbert, where, notably in 1962 he received a NYTimes review titled, Return of the Figure. That same year, his role in the revival of figuration was further solidified with inclusion in the MoMA group show, Recent Painting USA, The Figure. This was a pivotal turning point from which emerged a 50-year exhibiting career.
Resume
Born: Gettysburg, PA 1933
Mercersburg, PA 1933-1951
New York City 1955-1996
Education
Painting: Thomas Danaher(WPA artist) 1944-51
Mercersburg Academy, PA 1947-51
University of Iowa, B.A. 1951-55
Arts Student League, NYC 1957
Solo Exhibitions
Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, NY 2008, 2005, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999
New York Stock Exchange, NY 2002
Nicholas Davies Gallery, NY Retrospect 1955-1973 1997
Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson NY 2013, 2008, 1993
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts Hagerstown, MD Retropective 1991
Tatistcheff Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1992, 1998
P.B. van Voorst van Beest Gallery, The Hague 1984
John Stoller Gallery, Minneapolis, MN 1987, 1983, 1980
Gallery 333, Dayton, OH 1980
Alonzo Gallery, NY 1979, 1978, 1977
Mellon Art Center, Choate Rosemary Hall Wallingford, CT 1979
Walther-Rathenau-Saal, Berlin, West Germany 1978
Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA 1977
Mercersburg Academy, Mercersburg, PA 1976
Brooke Alexander, NY 1973
Lamont Gallery, Exeter, NH 1973
Addison Gallery, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA 1973
Graham Gallery, NY 1972
Bertha Schaefer Gallery, NY 1969, 1966, 1964, 1963
Brooklyn College, NY 1969
Triangle Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1967
David Herbert Gallery, NY 1962
Condon Riley, NY 1959
Selected Group Exhibitions
Albright Know, Museum, Members Gallery, Buffalo, NY 2002, 2001
Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL, Collector Series 2001
Tatistcheff Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1995, 1994, 1988
Metropolitan Museum of Arts, NYC Revivals and Revitalization: American
Pastels in the Metropolitan 1990-1989
Montclair Art Museum, NJ Art of the 80’s 1989
Kornbluth Gallery, Fair Lawn, NJ 1989
Christian A. Johnson Memorial Art Gallery, Middlebury, VT 1988
Tatistcheff & Co., MY 1987, 1985
Chemical Bank Gallery, MY 1987
Selected Group Exhibitions (cont’d.)
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA American Realism 1985
Schoelkopf Gallery, NY 1985
Art and the Law, West Publishing Co. MN 1985
Squibb Gallery, Princeton NJ 1985
Rahr-West Gallery, St. Paul, MN Traveling Exhibit 1984
Brooklyn Museum, NY The Great East River Bridge 1983
Robert R. Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta GA 1983
Collegiate School, NY 1982
Of Time and Place, American Figurative Art from The Corcoran
Collection, Traveling Exhibit
Smithsonian Institution, Wash. DC 1981
Hirschl & Adler, NY 1980
Westmoreland County Museum, Greensburg, PA
The New American Still Life 1978
Smithsonian Inst., Wash., DC American Drawings, 1976, Traveling 1977
Brooke Alexander, NY 1973
Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, OH 1970
Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL 1969
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 1968
Tweed Gallery, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN 1968
University of Wisconsin Madison, WI 1967
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA Annual 1966,1965,1964
Hunter Gallery of Art, Chattanooga, TN 1966
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 1966
Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY 1966
Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences, VA Annual 1966
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI 1965
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Annual 1965
Ontario East Gallery, Chicago, IL 1965
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha NE 1964
The American Federation of Arts, Traveling Exhibition: The
Figure International 1963
Museum of Modern Art, NY Recent Painting USA: The Figure 1962
Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX The Emerging Figure 1961
Museum of Modern Art, NY Recent Drawings USA 1956
Des Moines Art Center, Iowa Annual: Honorable Mention 1954
Cumberland Valley Artists, First Prize, MD 1952
Selected Collections: Museums, Universities
Museum of Modern Art, NY
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY
Metropolitan Museum, NY
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
Museum of the City of New York
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA
The Newark Museum, NJ
Telfair Museum, Savannah, GA
Huntsville Museum, AL
Hudson River Museum, NY
Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, NY
Dutchess County Community College, Poughkeepsie, NY
Sheldon Memorial Museum, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD
University of Massachusetts Art Collection, Amherst, MD
Minnesota Museum, St. Paul MN
New York University Collection, NY
Tweed Museum, Duluth, MN
Dayton Art Institute, OH
Miles College, Atlanta, GA
Phillips Exeter Academy, NH
Mercersburg Academy, PA
Boise Art Museum, ID
Selected Collections: Corporations
AT & T, NY Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance, St. Paul, MI
Chase Manhattan Bank, NY Donaldson, Lufkin, Jenrette, NY
Third National Bank and Trust, Dayton, OH Solomon Brothers, NY
Schroeder Bank, NY Wausau Insurance Company, WI
Bradley Family Foundation, New Orleans, LA Simpson, Thatcher and Bartlett, NY
New York Stock Exchange, NY McKinsey and Company, NY
Southeast Banking Corporation, Miami, FL Mobil Corporation, Fairfax, VA
Shearson / Lehman Brothers, NY Amerada Hess, NY
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley, McCloy, Washington, DC Ashland Oil Company, KY
J. Walter Thompson, NY First Bank, Minneapolis, MN
- Creator:William Clutz (1933, American)
- Creation Year:1987
- Dimensions:Height: 50 in (127 cm)Width: 40 in (101.6 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Hudson, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU2275146382
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