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Howard KanovitzUntitled1961
1961
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Inscribed: "For Bilha and Jerry, Nov 1961, Howie Kanovitz"
Howard Kanovitz was known as one of the first photo-realist painters. This is an early work, completed while he was still painting abstractly. Following is a brief bio of the artist:
Howard Kanovitz, born in Fall River, Massachusetts, began painting in 1949, after an early career as a jazz trombonist. He studied at The Rhode Island School of Design and at The Art Students League in Woodstock with Yasu Kunyyoshi, before moving to New York City and apprenticing with Franz Kline.
His Abstract Expressionist work was exhibited at Tenth Street galleries - Tanager, Hansa, Poindexter, and in Stable Gallery Annuals. Kanovitz also had a two person show with Marisol at The Great Jones Gallery and participated in the 1956 “Poets Select Painter’s” show at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery.
Kanovitz always painted representational work but remained safely within what he later called the Abstract Expressionist “orthodoxy” for exhibition. His 1956-8 travels in Europe and Morocco, playing jazz in Paris and painting in Florence, fueled his interest in classical drawing. After returning to New York he enrolled in art history courses at The Institute of Fine Arts, studying under W.H. Janson and Erwin Panofsky, but left the program in order to paint full time.
Kanovitz’s first solo show was at The Stable Gallery in 1962. Although still abstract, the more open compositions suggested architectural elements and rudimentary figures.
The following year, Kanovitz’s father died. While pondering old family snapshots, the power of those photographic images made him change his career course. The photo based, representational paintings exhibited in a solo show at the Jewish Museum in 1966 were the first to be called “photo-realist” and shocked many in the art community. So much so, that a symposium was held at the New York Studio School for “downtown artists” to weigh in on this perennial “hot topic”, newly addressed by one of their own.
His work is in the collection of the Whitney, the Met, the Hirshhorn, LACMA, and the Jewish Museum, among others.
- Creator:Howard Kanovitz (1929 - 2009, American)
- Creation Year:1961
- Dimensions:Height: 33 in (83.82 cm)Width: 35 in (88.9 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Lawrence, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1497211311722
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