Rainer Gross Paintings

Rainer Gross (American, b. 1957) "Neal Twins" (in two parts)," 2000, Oil diptych painting on panel, signed, titled and dated verso, panel (unframed/each): 10.25"h x 9"w, overall 10.25 X 18 inches RAINER GROSS (1951 - ) Rainer Gross was born and educated in Cologne, Germany. He came to the United States in 1973. At that time he worked with Howard Kanovitz and later with Larry Rivers He has exhibited with German galleries and last season at the Tower. His work is represented in numerous private collections. Mr. Gross' excellent draftsmanship and subtle color sense are evident in his acrylics on paper. His paintings and drawings interpret Americana charged with allegorical and classical allusions. The copying of re-rendering ot old masters has a long and venerable history. The Romans copied the Greeks, the Renaissance masters copied the Romans and the academicians of the 19th century copies the Renaissance masters. More recently, such stellar figures as Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Cezanne and Pablo Picasso were "borrowers" who in turn became "lenders" to countless modernists. The "Art about Art" exhibition at the Whitney Museum reminded us that the art of the past can still provide valid models, even in an age when the unique and objective statement has been valued as never before. A prominent figure in that show was Larry Rivers, perhaps the most consistent renowned "borrower" of his generation, who has spent the last 30 years quoting everybody from Rembrandt to Hiroshige. This is from his series “Contact Paintings – Twins” As their name implies, the compositions encompass two painted surfaces that the artist presents as a diptych, each panel imprinting on and mirroring the other. The artist sometimes selects one of the two panels and brings his personal touch by adding one or two brushstrokes. A deeper understanding of Gross’ paintings requires the viewer to consider the challenges entailed in becoming a painter in 1970s Cologne when the ideology of “The End of Painting” professed by Joseph Beuys at the Kunst Akademie Düsseldorf became dominant among the art world’s “elite.” Being a painter meant thinking about the specificities of the medium and new ways to push it forward. In 2017, Gross was included in the Beijing Biennale as a representative of Germany. In 2012, the Museum Ludwig (Koblenz, Germany) held a four-decade survey of his paintings. Other notable national and international exhibits include the Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts (Lausanne, Switzerland), Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion (Champaign, Illinois, USA), and Kunsthalle Emden (Emden, Germany). Gross’ paintings are housed in numerous public collections, including the AT&T Corporate Art Collection, the Cohen Family Collection, the Hirshhorn Collection, the UBS Union Bank of Switzerland, and the Lowe Art Museum. His work has been reviewed by the New York Times, Art in America, ArtNews, The Brooklyn Rail, The Boston Globe, and others. GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2007 Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA Katharina Rich-Perlow Gallery, New York Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, Galerie Koch, Hannover, Germany Gráficas Works on Paper, Tucson, AR Museum Tucson, Arizona 2006 "Abstrakt", Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany Galerie Koch, Art Miami, and Cologne Galerie Stefan Röpke, Art Fairs, Pulse New York, Bologna, Brussels Galerie Benden und Klimczak, Cologne 2005 Galerie Benden und Klimczak, Germany; Galerie Graf und Schelble, Basel, Switzerland; Michael Schneider Zeitgenössische Kunst Bonn, Germany Galerie Stefan Roepke, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA and Art Chicago; Frankfurter Kunstkabinett: Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Germany, Elvira Bach - Rainer Gross - Stefan Hoenerloh - Alex Katz - Stefan Szczesny - Wanda Pratschke - Hans Steinbrenner Galerie Benden und Klimczak, Cologne, Germany; Michael Schneider Zeitgenoessische Kunst, Bonn, Germany 2003 Galerie Benden und Klimczak, Cologne; Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA; 2002 Auftrag der Farbe,* Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Germany and Kunstverein Trier, Germany; Marcel Sitcoske Gallery, San Francisco, CA DFN Gallery, New York 2001 Accrochage, Frankfurter Kunstkabinett, Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt, Germany; Museum Villa Zanders, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany; Achrochage, Gallery Inge Baecker, Cologne, Germany; Michael Schneider Zeitgenoessische Kunst, Bonn, Germany; Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Germany*; Galerie Benden und Klimczak, Cologne; Museum Viersen, Viersen, Germany; Marcel Sitcoske Gallery, San Francisco, CA; Galerie Klein, Bad Muenstereifel, Germany; 2000 Achrochage, Frankfurter Kunstkabinett, Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt; Michael Schneider Zeitgenoessische Kunst, Bonn, Germany; Rainer Gross, Thomas Kemper, Peter Tollens Galerie Benden & Klimczak, Cologne; 1999 Portraits, Galerie Benden & Klimczak, Cologne, Germany; Still Life and Blick zurück nach vorn, Michael Schneider Zeitgenoessische Kunst, Bonn, Germany; Galeriey Holtmann, Cologne, Germany; Church of St.Gerion, Cologne, Germany; X-MAS , Kent Gallery, New York; 1998 Galerie Benden & Klimczak, "Art Cologne" fair, Cologne, Germany; Gallery OZ, Paris, Gallery Graf & Schelble, Basel, and Art Zurich, Switzerland; Galerie Holtmann, Art Basel, Switzerland and Art Cologne,Germany; 1997 Solo, Madrid Museo de la Cidad, Madrid, Spain; Schneider Contemporary Art, Bonn, Germany; Abstract , Galerie Benden & Klimczak, Viersen, Germany; Frankfurter Kunstkabinett, Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt, Germany; 1996 The World is a Broken Mirror , Galerie Inge Baecker, Koln, Germany; Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany; Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany; Marquardt Ausstellungen, Munich, Germany; 1995 How Red Works, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Canada; Marquardt Ausstellungen, Munich, Germany; 1994 Gelb, Marquardt Ausstellungen, Munich, Germany; Frankfurter Kunstkabinett, Hanna Bekker vom Rath, At Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany; Gallery Moos, Toronto, Canada; 1993 Gallery Baecker, Cologne, Germany; The Return of the Cadavre Exquis...

This is a 2 part piece each is 26X30 inches. RAINER GROSS (1951 - ) Rainer Gross was born and educated in Cologne, Germany. He came to the United States in 1973. At tnat time he worked with Howard Kanovitz and later with Larry Rivers He has exhibited with German galleries and last season at the Tower. His work is represented in numerous private collections. Mr. Gross' excellent draftsmanship and subtle color sense are evident in his acrylics on paper. His paintings and drawings interpret Americana charged witn allegorical and classical allusions. The copying of re-rendering ot old masters has a long and venerable history. The Romans copied the Greeks, the Renaissance masters copied the Romans and the academicians ot the 19th century copies the Renaissance masters. More recently, such stellar figures as Van Gogh, Cezanne and Picasso were "borrowers" who in turn became "lenders" to countless modernists. Last years "Art about Art" exhibition at the Wnitney Museum reminded us that the art of the past can still provide valid models, even in an age when the unique and objective statement has been valued as never before. A prominent figure in that show was Larry Rivers, perhaps the most consistent renowned "borrower" of his generation, who has spent the last 30 years quoting everybody from Rembrandt to Hiroshige. INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS 1974 One Man Show, Gallery Witte, Cologne Exemplarische Ausstellung Kolner Kuost Kaleidoskop Neumark der Kunste, Cologne 1979 One Man Show, Tower Gallery Southampton COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS 1972 14 X Malere, Studio PHBK Cologne 1973 Kunst und Technik, Kunstpreis Junger Western, Museum Bochum Neumarkt der Kunste, Cologne 1978 lower Gallery, Southampton The XMAS Project Artists Kent Gallery Dennis Adams, Images Stephanie Arrignon Art in Ruins Jan Baracz Sean Bayliss Peter Bellamy Lynda Benglis, Images John Brill, Images Chicks on Speed R. M. Fischer Christine Franck Timothy Greenfield-Sanders Red Grooms Rainer Gross Ulrike Grossarth Kazumi Tanaka, Images Jos van der Pol Solo Exhibitions 2008 Katharina Rich-Perlow Gallery, New York, 2007 Galerie Graf und Schelble, Basel, Switzerland, Galerie Koch, Hannover, Germany 2006 Galeria Pedro Torres, Logrõno, Spain Galerie Benden und Klimczak, Cologne, Germany Galerie Stefan Röpke, Cologne, Germany Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA 2005 Fundation Sala Robayera*, Miengo Cantabria, Spain; Simon Gallery, Morristown, New Jersey 2004 Axel Raben Gallery, New York; Galerie Graf und Schelble, Basel, Switzerland; Galeria Arnés y Roepke, Madrid, Spain; Galerie Koch, Hannover, Germany; 2003 Doppelgänger, Contact Paintings 1996-2003* (traveling exhibition) Leopold Hoesch Museum, Dueren, Germany; Städtische Galerie Villa Zanders,Bergisch-Gladbach, Germany; Museum Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany; Staedtische Galerie in Park, Viersen, Germany; Frankfurter Kunstkabinett Hanna Bekker von Rath, Frankfurt, Germany; Axel Raben Gallery, New York; Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta; 2002 Galerie Benden und Klimczak, Cologne, Germany; Galerie Parade, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Michael Schneider Zeitgenoessische Kunst, Bonn, Germany 2001 Marcel Sitcoske Gallery, San Francisco, California; Galerie Parade, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Galerie Graf & Schelble, Basel, Switzerland; Michael Schneider Zeitgenoessische Kunst, Bonn, Germany, (Collaborations on Paper , Degenhard Andrulat) 2000 Galerie Egelund, Copenhagen, Denmark; Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia; Marcel Sitcoske Gallery, San Francisco, CA; 1999 Galerie Graf und Schelble, Basel, Switzerland; Michael Schneider Zeitgenoessische Kunst, Bonn, Germany; 1998 Frankfurter Kunstkabinett Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt, Germany; Marquardt Ausstellungen, Munich, Germany; Twins 1997-98*, Galerie Benden & Klimczak, Viersen, Germany; 1997 Earl McGrath Gallery, New York; Galerie Graf und Schelble, Basel, Switzerland; Marquardt Ausstellungen , Munich, Germany; Galerie OZ, Paris, France; Galerie Holtmann, Cologne, Germany; 1996/7 Finger-tip-tingling, (traveling exhibition)* Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champain, Champagne, IL; I - Space, College of Fine and Applied Arts, Chicago, IL; Stadtmuseum, Cologne, Germany;* 1996 Marquardt Ausstellungen, Munich, Germany; Stadtmuseum, Cologne, Germany;* Michael Schneider Zeitgenössische Kunst, Bonn, Germany Art Gallery of Hamilton, Canada; 1995 Frankfurter Kunstkabinett, Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt, Germany; Galerie Inge Beacker, Cologne, Germany; 1994 Marquardt Ausstellungen, Munich, Germany; Galerie Steinmetz, Bonn, Germany; 1993/4 Without Words: Private Stories, * Ohne Worte, Persönliche Geschichten, (traveling exhibition) Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia; Staedtische Galerie im Museum Folkwang, Essen,Germany; 1993 An Inheritance Unequaled *, Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia; 1992/3 On Paper, 1977-1992*, Staedtische Galerie Villa Zanders, Bergisch-Gladbach, Germany; Frankfurter Kunstkabinett Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Germany; 1991 Inheritance Unequaled*, (Eine Erbschsft Sondergleichen) BIS Art Space, Moenchengladbach, Germany; Ohne Worte*, Frankfurter Kunstkabinett, Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Germany; Without Words*, Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York; 1990 Galerie OZ, Paris, France; Gallery Inge Baecker, Cologne, Germany; 1989/91 Breast Exam, Paintings 1977-89 (travelling exhibition)* Kunsthalle Emden, Foundation Henri Nannen; Museum Gelsenkirchen, Germany; Bayer A.G., corporate headquarters, Leverkusen, Germany; Museum Holtegaard, Holte, Denmark; Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria; Museum Gotha, Thuringia, Germany; 1989 Gallery Samuel Lallouz, Montreal, Canada; Orangerie, Schloss Rheda, Rheda-Wiedenbrueck, Germany; Luxus, Gallery Moos, Toronto, Canada; 1998 Luxus*, Gallery Moos, New York; 1987 Luxus, Gallery Inge Baecker, Cologne, Germany 1986 An Inheritance Unequaled, Galerie Inge Baecker, Art Cologne, Germany; 1985 Gallery Kief-Raymond, Paris, France; Gallery Karin Bolz, Muelheim an der Ruhr, Germany; 1984-85 A Collection Lives, * (traveling exhibition) Musée cantonal des beaux arts, Lausanne, Switzerland; Galerie Municipale d'Art Contemporain, Saint Priest, France; Museum Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany; 1984 Freitagsgalerie Imhof, Solothurn, Switzerland; Gallery Yves Arman, Forum Zurich, Switzerland; 1983 The Democratic Paintings, Gallery Yves Arman, New York; Gabrielle Bryers Gallery, New York; Gallery Krief-Raymond, F.I.A.C., Paris, France; 1980 TV Paintings, Elizabeth Weiner Gallery, New York; Baroque Pinups, Tower Gallery, Southhampton, New York; 1979 Tower Gallery, Southhampton, New York; 1974 Gallery Witte, Cologne, Germany; Selected Group Exhibitions 2007 Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA Katharina Rich-Perlow Gallery, New York Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, Galerie Koch, Hannover, Germany Gráficas Works on Paper, Tucson, AR Museum Tucson, Arizona 2006 "Abstrakt", Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany Galerie Koch, Art Miami, and Cologne Galerie Stefan Röpke, Art Fairs, Pulse New York, Bologna, Brussels Galerie Benden und Klimczak, Cologne 2005 Galerie Benden und Klimczak, Germany; Galerie Graf und Schelble, Basel, Switzerland; Michael Schneider Zeitgenoessische Kunst Bonn, Germany Galerie Stefan Roepke, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA and Art Chicago; Frankfurter Kunstkabinett Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Germany 2004 V.I.P. 2 Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany; Galerie Benden und Klimczak, Cologne, Germany; Michael Schneider Zeitgenoessische Kunst, Bonn, Germany 2003 Galerie Benden und Klimczak, Cologne; Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA; 2002 Auftrag der Farbe,* Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Germany and Kunstverein Trier, Germany; Marcel Sitcoske Gallery, San Francisco, CA DFN Gallery, New York 2001 Achrochage, Frankfurter Kunstkabinett, Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt, Germany; Museum Villa Zanders, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany; Achrochage, Gallery Inge Baecker, Cologne, Germany; Michael Schneider Zeitgenoessische Kunst, Bonn, Germany; Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Germany*; Galerie Benden und Klimczak, Cologne; Museum Viersen, Viersen, Germany; Marcel Sitcoske Gallery, San Francisco, CA; GalerieK lein, Bad Muenstereifel, Germany; 2000 Achrochage, Frankfurter Kunstkabinett, Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt; Michael Schneider Zeitgenoessische Kunst, Bonn, Germany; Galerie Benden & Klimczak, Cologne; 1999 Portraits, Galerie Benden & Klimczak, Cologne, Germany; Still Life and Blick zurück nach vorn, Michael Schneider Zeitgenoessische Kunst, Bonn, Germany; Galeriey Holtmann, Cologne, Germany; Church of St.Gerion, Cologne, Germany; X-MAS , Kent Gallery, New York; 1998 Galerie Benden & Klimczak, "Art Cologne" fair, Cologne, Germany; Gallery OZ, Paris, Gallery Graf & Schelble, Basel, and Art Zurich, Switzerland; Galerie Holtmann, Art Basel, Switzerland and Art Cologne,Germany; 1997 Solo, Madrid Museo de la Cidad,* Madrid, Spain; Schneider Contemporary Art, Bonn, Germany; in medias res ,* Marquardt Ausstellungen, Munich, Germany; Abstract , Galerie Benden & Klimczak, Viersen, Germany; Frankfurter Kunstkabinett, Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt, Germany; 1996 The World is a Broken Mirror , Galerie Inge Baecker, Cologne, Germany; Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany; Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany; Marquardt Ausstellungen, Munich, Germany; 1995 How Red Works, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Canada; Marquardt Ausstellungen, Munich, Germany; 1994 Gelb, Marquardt Ausstellungen, Munich, Germany; Frankfurter Kunstkabinett, Hanna Bekker vom Rath, At Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany; Gallery Moos, Toronto, Canada; 1993 Gallery Baecker, Cologne, Germany; The Return of the Cadavre Exquis,* (trav. exhibition) Drawing Center, New York; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Fundacion para el Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City; Santa Monica Museum of Art, California; Forum for Contemporary Art, St. Louis, Missouri; 1992 Galerie OZ, Paris, France; Frankfurter Kunstkabinett Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt, Germany; European Pop Art, Galerie Inge Baecker, "Art Cologne", Cologne, Germany; Das geteilte Bild, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany;* Exposition Camel, Musée des Arts Decoratifs de Paris, Musée du Louvre, Paris, France*; Proud Possessions: A Community Collects, Chrysler Museum, Norfolk,Viginia; 1991 State Portrait , Gallery Inge Baecker, Cologne, Germany*; The New York Show, Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach, Germany; Private Stories, Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia*; European paintings, Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York; Gallery Moos, Toronto, Canada 1990 Frankfurter Kunstkabinet, Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Germany; Free Spirits, Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY; Gallery Moos, Toronto; 1989 Reality as conzept, Gallery Inge Baecker, Cologne, Germany; Rare Metallic, Gallery Burgis Geismann, Cologne, Germany; Working on paper, Gallery Moos, New York; 1988-89 Hommage-Demontage,* (trav. exhibition) Neue Galerie / Ludwig Collection, Aachen, Germany; Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany; Museum Gelsenkirchen, West Germany; Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Utrecht, Holland; Provinciaalmuseum, Hasselt, Belgium; Museum for Twentieth Century Art, Vienna, Austria 1998 Gallery Inge Baecker, "Art Cologne" fair, Cologne, Germany 1987 Gallery Moos, New York 1986 Words, Joy Moos Gallery, Miami, Florida; "Liberty", New York Arts Academy and New York Academy of Science, New York My Art History, Gallery Inge Baecker, Cologne, Germany; New York-Paris-Berlin, Gallery Krief-Raymond, F.I.A.C., Paris, France; Seveen Cologne Artists in Nicosia, Famagusta Gate, Nikosia, Cyprus; 1984 Marlborough Gallery, New York; Gallery Yves Arman, New York: Paysages Singulairs, Maison Des Arts, Belfort, France*; Tel paintre-quels maitre, Gallery Christian Chaneau, Paris,France;* The Suitcase Edition, with Kolhoefer, Lambertin und Runge at Gallery Sander, New York and Gallery Klein, Bonn, Germany; Les Milles ET Une Nuit, Centre Culturel De Boulogne, Billancourt, France and Salon De Montrouge, Centre Culturel, Montrouge, France and Sousse, Tunis, Tunesia 1983 Self Portrait , (trav. exhibition) Linda Farris Gallery, Seattle, Washington; Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California New York Now,* (trav. exhibition) Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany; Kunstverein München, West Germany; Musée cantonal des baeux arts Lausanne, Switzerland; Kunstverein for the Rheinland and Westfalia, Duesseldorf; 1982 "Instant Picture", Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany*, Marlborough Gallery, New York 1981 Homage, Danforth Museum, Framingham, Massachusetts* 1973 Art And Technique, Art Prize of the Young West,* Museum Bochum, Germany * catalog published for exhibitions Rainer Gross Selected Articles and Reviews Apex 12, Cologne. Uli Bohnen. "Die transkontinentalen Manieren des Künstlers Rainer Gross." April 1991. Art in America, New York. . Tony Towle, October 1980 Stephen Westfall. October 1983 Michael Amy, April 2005 Art News, New York. Grace Glueck. "The Artist's Artist." November 1982. Ronny Cohen. October 1983. Art Press, Paris. Annick Liot. November 1983. ARTIS, 43 Jahrgang. S.D. Saauerbier. "Eine Erbschaft Sondergleichen." December-January 1991-1992. Arts Magazine, New York. Michael Florescu. June 1980. Stephen Westfall. November 1983. Robert Pincus Witten. "Entries, November 24th, 1984." February 1985. Peggy Cyphers. February 1992. Atlanta Journal -Constitution. Jerry Cullom. "The verdict: Bright painting, in several meanings of the adjective." April 28th, 2000. Catherine Fox. "The verdict: Delectable and resonant abstractons". March 26th, 2006 Baseler Zeitung, Basel, Switzerland. Jacqueline Falk. "Twins." 16 June1999. RD. "Strukturen des Zufalls." 14 June 2001. Thadeus Pfeifer, " Sinnliche Doppelgänger" Sept. 9th 2004 Bonner General-Anzeiger, Bonn, Germany. Barbar Weidle. 10 October 1994. Christina zu Mecklenburg. "Die Sache mit Eddy." 5 May 1999. Christina zu Mecklenburg. "Kontaktbilder mit kosmichen Dimensionen." 2 April 2002. The Boston Globe. Chritine Temib. "Homage." 1 May 1981. Brooklyn Rail, November 2004 James Kalm, Rainer Gross at Axel Raben Gallery Chicago Reader. Fred Camper. "Lost in a Sea of Shapes." 19 September 1997, section one. Creative Loafing, Atlanta, Georgia. Cathy Byrd. "Simply Complex." April 2000 Le Devoir, Montreal. Claire Gravel. "Le . Rainer Gross." 18 March 1989. El Pais, Madrid, "Piel de Pintura", Javier Maderuelo, Sept. 18th, 2004 E.T.C., Montreal. Ihor Holubizky. "The Look of Art. The Paintings of Rainer...