Michael Mazur “Study of Levels” Painting, 1962

Michael Mazur (b. 1935, New York, NY – d. 2009, Cambridge, MA) is internationally recognized for his paintings, drawings, and prints and for his fluidity between media. Mazur is unusual among artists in that he worked successfully in both abstract and representational imagery, influenced by elements of Impressionism, Abstract Expressionism, and early Chinese paintings. He was instrumental in the revival of the monotype in 20th-century art and renowned for his pastels, as well.Mazur’s work is in numerous prominent museum collections, including the British Museum, UK; Cincinnati Art Museum, OH; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH; de Cordova Museum, Lincoln, MA; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; Art Institute of Chicago, IL; McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX; Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY; Museum of Modern Art, NY; Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA; Smith College, MA; Whitney Museum of American Art, NY; Yale University Art Gallery, CT; and Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, NJ. Mazur has been included in solo and group exhibitions at RYAN LEE (2018), Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine Arts (2018), de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University (2017), Mead Art Museum, Amherst College (2017), deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum (2016), The Print Center, Philadelphia (2015), International Print Center of New York (2015) and the Boston Museum of Fine Art (2006). In 2000, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston held a retrospective, which later traveled to Stanford University Art Museum, the Jane Vorhees Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, and the Minneapolis Institute of Art. An accompanying catalogue was published by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Mary Ryan Gallery has held 14 solo exhibitions featuring Mazur’s work between 1990 and 2010.