Ronald Brooks Kitaj Art
American, 1932-2007
Born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1932, R.B. (Ronald Brooks) Kitaj is considered a key figure in European and American contemporary painting. While his work has been considered controversial, he is regarded as a master draftsman with a commitment to figurative art. His highly personal paintings and drawings reflect his deep interest in history; cultural, social and political ideologies; and issues of identity.
Among his various honors are election to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1982, and election to the Royal Academy in 1985 (the first American since John Singer Sargent to receive this honor.)
Numerous retrospective exhibitions of his work include shows at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C.; The Jewish Museum, Berlin; The Jewish Museum, London; and the Hamburger Kunsthalle in Germany.
Raised in Cleveland, Ohio, and Troy, New York, Kitaj joined the Merchant Marines in 1949.
In 1950, between sailings, he attended classes at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York. He went on to study drawing at the Academy of Fine Art in Vienna, Austria.
Kitaj moved to Oxford, England in 1957, and enrolled at The Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, University of Oxford.
In 1959, Kitaj was accepted into Royal College of Art, London, where he befriended classmate David Hockney. Upon graduation from the RCA, Kitaj signed with Marlborough Fine Art, London, where he had his first solo exhibition in 1963. His art career began in earnest, and he found critical acclaim alongside commercial success.
A second solo show followed at Marlborough Gallery, New York, in 1965, and he sold “The Ohio Gang” to The Museum of Modern Art.
In 1969, Kitaj taught for a year at the University of California, Los Angeles.
In 1976, he coined the term “School of London” in an essay he wrote as curator of the polemical exhibition, “The Human Clay,” at the Hayward Gallery, London. The term, though loose, continues to define a group of stylistically diverse artists, including Kitaj, who were working in London at that time focusing on figural representation.
In 1981, he spent a year in Paris, France, where he focused on drawing and use of pastel.
In 1994, the Tate Gallery, London, organized a major retrospective of Kitaj’s work. Hostile and personal attacks from some critics led to what Kitaj referred to as the “Tate War.” The exhibition subsequently traveled to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Kitaj moved to Los Angeles, California, and continued to exhibit with Marlborough Fine Art and the Marlborough Gallery, New York.
In 2001 the National Gallery London organized a solo exhibition of paintings: “R.B. Kitaj In the Aura of Cezanne and Other Masters.” Kitaj focused on his “late style” in his Yellow Studio in Westwood and died in 2007.
His gift of his archive to the UCLA Library Special Collections was celebrated with exhibitions at the Skirball Cultural Center and UCLA’s Young Research Library.(Biography provided by Rosenbaum Contemporary)
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Artist: Ronald Brooks Kitaj
Vintage SIGNED Kitaj Poster, La Fabbrica, Milan (A Life 1975) woman in red dress
By Ronald Brooks Kitaj
Located in New York, NY
Printed in 1975, this poster features the encounter between an alluring woman dressed in red, and a man with his back to the viewer. The light of a streetlamp is beautifully imitated...
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Late 20th Century Modern Ronald Brooks Kitaj Art
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Lithograph
Vintage Poster British Pop Art 1972 Munich Olympic Swimmer R.B. KItaj
By Ronald Brooks Kitaj
Located in Surfside, FL
Swimming Poster:
Published and printed in Germany by Olympia Edition. signed in the plate this is not mounted to linen or backed. has never been framed. It depicts an African (African American?) Olympic Swimmer...
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1970s Pop Art Ronald Brooks Kitaj Art
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Offset
A Rash Act: erotic drawing of nude blonde, redhead, and man with art deco motifs
By Ronald Brooks Kitaj
Located in New York, NY
A colorful erotic daydream drawing of a nude blonde fantasizing, with a redhead woman, and man. Green and purple patterns on hair and pillows, and art deco motifs, adorn this sensual...
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1970s Realist Ronald Brooks Kitaj Art
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Lithograph
Some do not (A) R.B. Kitaj erotic nude drawing of nude blonde with man on bed
By Ronald Brooks Kitaj
Located in New York, NY
An erotic dalliance between a nude blonde woman lying down, and nude man, on a bed with white sheets. Subtle shades of peach, tan, yellow, and grey and black shadow behind the couple...
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1970s Realist Ronald Brooks Kitaj Art
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the Spirit of the Ghetto Screenprint British Pop Art RB Kitaj Judaica Silkscreen
By Ronald Brooks Kitaj
Located in Surfside, FL
R.B. Kitaj (1932-2007)
Spirit of the Ghetto
Original seven color silkscreen on paper
Signature: Hand signed by the artist in pencil lower right
Edition: From the small, limited edi...
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1970s Pop Art Ronald Brooks Kitaj Art
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Swimmer - Screenprint (Olympic Games Munich 1972)
By Ronald Brooks Kitaj
Located in Paris, FR
Ronard Brooks KITAJ
Swimmer
Screen print
Signature printed in the plate
On heavy paper 101 x 64 cm (c. 40 x 26 inch)
Made for the Olympic Games in Munich, 1972
Excellent condition
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1970s American Modern Ronald Brooks Kitaj Art
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Screen
Portrait of Chris Prater
By Ronald Brooks Kitaj
Located in Llanbrynmair, GB
’Chris Prater’
By Ronald Brooks Kitaj
Medium - Screen Print
Signed - Yes
Edition - 150
Size - 630mm x 920mm
Date - 1980
Condition - 10
Colour of print may not be accurate when viewe...
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1980s Other Art Style Ronald Brooks Kitaj Art
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Screen
R.B. Kitaj Orgasm: drawing of woman in ecstasy with pale pink and clay red
By Ronald Brooks Kitaj
Located in New York, NY
Printed in a rich terra cotta red on pale pink paper, Orgasm depicts a woman’s head in profile with a dark background. Kitaj was fascinated with the female form, often producing edgy...
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Late 20th Century Realist Ronald Brooks Kitaj Art
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Lithograph
Nude Sculpture R.B. Kitaj drawing of nude woman on handmade orange paper print
By Ronald Brooks Kitaj
Located in New York, NY
Here Kitaj depicts a sculpture of a nude woman, shaded delicately in black, printed on wonderfully textured handmade muted orange paper. The woman’s hand reaches to the inside of her...
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Late 20th Century Modern Ronald Brooks Kitaj Art
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Lithograph
A Life (B) R.B. Kitaj Film noir night city scene of woman in red dress
By Ronald Brooks Kitaj
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the artist and numbered 49/50 lower left in pencil. Color lithograph on mauve Wookey Hole handmade waterleaf paper.
This print features the encounter between an alluring ...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Ronald Brooks Kitaj Art
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Lithograph
Cap'n A.B Dick (A) gray fisherman portrait sou'wester hat R.B. Kitaj lithograph
By Ronald Brooks Kitaj
Located in New York, NY
Kitaj’s drawing is of a fisherman in profile, wearing a sou’wester: a collapsible rain hat. The image is a wry portrait, ostensibly of Albert Blake Dic...
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1970s Realist Ronald Brooks Kitaj Art
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Lithograph
Original Vintage London Underground Poster Michelangelo Victoria Albert Museum
By Ronald Brooks Kitaj
Located in London, GB
Original vintage London Underground poster - Find Michelangelo at the V&A nearest station South Kensington - featuring a sketch pa...
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1990s Ronald Brooks Kitaj Art
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Paper
POGANY
By Ronald Brooks Kitaj
Located in New York, NY
R.B. Kitaj
POGANY, 1966
17 colour Screenprint and Photo-screenprint
24 × 36 inches
Edition of 70
Hand-signed by artist, Signed & numbered in pencil; Stamped in ink on reverse l.l.: K (in a square; Kelpra Studio) / 6684, with a pencil inscription adjacent
Unframed
R.B. Kitaj, one of the most erudite and literate of the Young British Pop artists coming of age in the late 1950s, was known for creating works that present the viewer with a range of historical, literary, religious and artistic references, including books, art, events, or significant figures of the past; implicit (and explicit) to these works is his cultural commentary. The present work, Pogany, is a classic example, as it features five sketched heads which are reminiscent of Constantine Brancusi’s sculpted heads of Mademoiselle Pogany...
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1960s Pop Art Ronald Brooks Kitaj Art
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Screen
BAGHDAD
By Ronald Brooks Kitaj
Located in New York, NY
Ronald Brooks (R.B.) Kitaj
BAGHDAD, 1972
Six Color Screenprint and Photoscreenprint
20 × 14 1/2 inches
Pencil signed and numbered 1/125
Printed at Kelpra Studio, London
Published by ...
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1970s Pop Art Ronald Brooks Kitaj Art
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Screen
Dominie in Catalonia, Kitaj drawing black white portrait of young girl with hat
By Ronald Brooks Kitaj
Located in New York, NY
This hand-drawn black and white portrait of Dominie, Kitaj’s adopted daughter, is one of the few etchings produced by the artist. The shape of Dominie’s wide sunhat and its patterned...
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Late 20th Century Ronald Brooks Kitaj Art
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R.B. Kitaj "The Jerwish Question"
By Ronald Brooks Kitaj
Located in Surfside, FL
Initialled signed in pencil From R. B. Kitaj, In Our Time: Covers for a Small Library After the Life for the Most Part, screenprint 1969 edition of 150 photo screenprint. A cover of ...
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1960s Pop Art Ronald Brooks Kitaj Art
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Screen
In Our Time - China of Today, Print by Ronald Brooks Kitaj
By Ronald Brooks Kitaj
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: R. B. Kitaj, American (1932 - 2007)
Title: In Our Time - China of Today
Year: 1970
Medium: Screenprint, signed 'RK' in pencil
Edition: 150
Image Size: 18 x 23 inches
Size: 22...
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1970s Conceptual Ronald Brooks Kitaj Art
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Screen
"Performing Arts Center" lithograph by R. B. Kitaj from "New York, New York"
By Ronald Brooks Kitaj
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Performing Arts Center" lithograph of dancers and musicians by R. B. (Ronald Brooks) Kitaj from the "New York, New York" portfolio published by the New York Graphic Society. Signed ...
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1980s Contemporary Ronald Brooks Kitaj Art
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Lithograph
FIRST SERIES - SOME POETS.
By Ronald Brooks Kitaj
Located in Portland, ME
Kitaj, R. B. FIRST SERIES - SOME POETS. Marlborough AG, Schellenburg, FL, 1970. Number 69 of the edition of 70 (there were about 15 additional proofs for the Artist, the Printer, and...
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1970s Ronald Brooks Kitaj Art
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Screen
The Flood of Laymen
By Ronald Brooks Kitaj
Located in New York, NY
screenprint, edition of 70
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1960s Pop Art Ronald Brooks Kitaj Art
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Screen
The Desire for Lunch is a Bourgeois Obsessional Neurosis or Grey Schizoids
By Ronald Brooks Kitaj
Located in New York, NY
12 color screenprint, photo-screenprint on buff Hodomuragami paper
edition of 70
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1960s Pop Art Ronald Brooks Kitaj Art
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Screen
Ed Dorn
By Ronald Brooks Kitaj
Located in New York, NY
color silkscreen, edition of 70
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1960s Pop Art Ronald Brooks Kitaj Art
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Screen
From the Lives of the Saints
By Ronald Brooks Kitaj
Located in New York, NY
R.B. Kitaj
From the Lives of Saints, 1975
color screenprint
40 1/2 x 28 inches
Edition of 70
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1970s Ronald Brooks Kitaj Art
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Screen
Dr Claribel & Miss Etta (Cone Sisters) British Pop Artist Kitaj Pastel Drawing
By Ronald Brooks Kitaj
Located in Surfside, FL
Ronald Brooks Kitaj RA 1932 – 2007 was an American artist with Jewish roots who spent much of his life in England. He became a merchant seaman with a Norwegian freighter when he was ...
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1990s Pop Art Ronald Brooks Kitaj Art
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Charcoal, Pastel
Acheson Go Home
By Ronald Brooks Kitaj
Located in New York, NY
This piece is a color silkscreen, constructed from various pieces of propaganda that Kitaj encountered while studying in Vienna in 1951. It also includes photographs of Kitaj himself...
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1960s Ronald Brooks Kitaj Art
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Screen
Ezra Pound II
By Ronald Brooks Kitaj
Located in New York, NY
Abstract male figure on silkscreen
R.B. Kitaj was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1932, and as a child attended art classes at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Following his studies at Coo...
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1970s Ronald Brooks Kitaj Art
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Screen
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