WHITNEY STUDIO: EXHIBITION HISTORY 1914-1927 8 West 8th Street Benefit Exhibition Dec.3-10, 1914 "50-50" Exhibition and Art Sale Dec. 1914 Friends of the Young Artists (competitions) (also called Benefit Competition in Painting, Sculpture and Architecture) 1st: Jan.16-24, 1915 themes: for sculptors - "The Struggle" for sculp.or arch. - a mantle-piece in the chief room of an actor's clubhouse for decorative ptg. - "Philosophy" for a lecture hall for ptg.or arch. - sketch for decoration of a dining room for sculp. by students - a single figure of "Youth" 2nd? May? theme: war for sculptors 3rd? June21-July21, 1915 theme: labor for paintors 4th? Sept.15-?, 1915 theme: design for a mausoleum for architects A.E. Gallatin Collection Feb. 2-16, 1915 Warren Davis ? -Apr.11, 1915 The Immigrant in America (Competition) Nov.15-Dec.13,1915 5th? Exhibition of Modern Painting by American and Foreign Artists [Artists of Six Nations] * Jan.5-18, 1916 (Loan exhibition) John Sloan * Jan.26-Feb.6, 1916 Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Feb.18-Mar.4, 1916 "To Whom Shall I Go for My Portrait?" 1st ?-Dec.18, 1916 " " " 2nd ?-Jan.22, 1917 " " " 3rd ?-Feb.12, 1917 Friends of the Young Artists (Competition) Feb.19-Mar.5, 1917 theme: decoration for the lobby of a theatre for decorative artists (1st without prizes or jury) Introspective Art: Claude Buck, Abraham Harriton, Benjamin D. Kopman, Jennings Tofel; who called themselves the Introspective Painters and the following guests: Jacques R. Chestro, Robert Laurent, Van D. Perrine, Felix Russmann. Mar.20-Apr.17, 1917 [Carnival in MacDougal Alley] June 6-9, 1917 Landscapes by Young American Painters Dec.?,1917-Jan.2,1918 Andrew O'Connor at the Galleries of Jacques Seligmann & Co. held by Mrs. Whitney's Studio Jan. 1918 Indigenous Exhibition Feb. 1918 Chinese "Modernists" Feb.?-Mar.1, 1918 Indigenous Sculpture Mar.?-23, 1918 Ernest Lawson; Guy Pene du Bois Nov. 1918 Allen Tucker Dec.19,1918-Jan.2,1919 Randall Davey; Gifford Beal Jan.?-Feb.13, 1919 Malvina Hoffman; Arthur Crisp Feb.25-Mar.18, 1919 Florence Lucius; Grace Mott Johnson Mar.?-Apr.11, 1919 Paintings by Guy Pene Du Bois at the Newport Art Association, organized by Mrs. Whitney's Studio Aug. 7-14, 1919 Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney * Nov. 4-17, 1919 (war sculptures) Russian Posters ? -May 17, 1920 Overseas Exhibition (an exhibition of American paintings organized and financed by Mrs. Whitney; sent to the International Art Exhibition, Venice, 1920; to London [Mar.-Apr.], Sheffield, and Paris, 1921; exhibited at the Whitney Studio on its return). Nov. 2-15, 1921 Recent Paintings by Pablo Picasso and Negro Sculpture, arranged by Marius de Zayas. May 3-?, 1923 [catalog says Whitney Studio Galleries] Group exhibition: Charles Demuth, Walt Kuhn, Henry Schnakenberg, Charles Sheeler, Eugene Speicher, Allen Tucker, Nan Watson Jan.23 [also called Opening Exhibition] -Feb.1 or 2, 1924 [catalog says Whitney Studio Galleries] First held in Paris at Durand-Ruel Galleries in Nov. 1923] French and American Lithographs and Etchings, arranged by Marius de Zayas Feb. 4-?, 1924 Henri Rousseau; Aristide Maillol Feb.18-Mar.11, 1924 Charles Sheeler (paintings and photographs) Mar. 1924 Cecil Howard * [catalogue says Whitney Studio Galleries] Jan. 6-24, 1925 Greek Art * Feb.-Mar. 1925 [catalogue says Whitney Studio Galleries] assembled by Marius de Zayas Self-Portraits by Contemporary Artists Apr. 1925 Florence Lucius (sculpture); Joanne Poupelet (drawings) Jan.26-Feb.13, 1926 John Duncan Fergusson * Dec. 1926 Paintings by Children of the King/Coits School Apr.21-May 1, 1927 [Edith King's & Dorothy Coits' School of Acting and Design] WHITNEY STUDIO CLUB 1918 Annual exhibitions of paintings and sculpture by members were held in Dec. 1918, and in the spring from 1919 through 1928. The 1928 annual exhibition was in two parts, one for painting and one for sculpture. Traveling exhibitions of members' works were sent out in 1924, 1926, and 1927, and in 1928 the last and largest travelled to six locations (see 1928 in list). 147 W 4th Street June 1918 10 W 8th Street May 1923 14 W 8th Street Oct. 1925 10 W 8th Street Dec. 1927 Works by Members * June 1918 [also called Members Productions] [L. Goodrich made a note here that these member shows are not yet annuals] Abbott H. Thayer and Gerald H. Thayer - Camouflage Pictures June 20-?, 1918 Works from Mrs. Whitney's Collection 1918 (paintings, etchings, & lithographs) n.d.; reviewed Oct. Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture by Members of the Whitney Studio Club ?-Dec. 1918 Works by Salvatore A. Guarino (monotypes), William G. Watt (wood engravings), Charles T. Rising (charcoal drawings), and Miriam A. Gerstle (color plates) Feb.?-27, 1919 Sculpture & Decorative Paintings by Members of the Club ?-June 1, 1919 Art by Children of the Greenwich House School ?-June 16, 1919 Nan Watson (flower painting); Mahonri M. Young (drawings); Herm M. Linding (watercolors and wood carvings) ?-Dec. 24, 1919 Edward Hopper; Kenneth Hayes Miller (drawings and etchings) Jan.?-27or28, 1920 Photographs of American Indians by E.L. Curtis ?-Feb. 15, 1920 [owned by Mrs. Whiteny] Original Drawings by Old Italian Masters Mar.?-20, 1920 Exhibition of Work of the Members of the Whitney Studio Club * Mar.30-Apr.30, 1920 Work by Girls of Greenwich House School May?-22, 1920 Karoly Fulop; William Grimm Jan.?-23, 1921 Olaf Olesen (paintings); John Sloan (etchings); Randall Davey (etchings) Jan.26-Feb.12, 1921 Stuart Davis; Torres Garcia Apr. 25-May 16, 1921 Joseph Stella; Henry E. Schnakenberg * Nov. 7-28, 1921 Lydia Bush-Brown (textiles); S.F. Bilotti (sculpture); Gerome Brush (sculpture); Harold Erskine (sculpture) ?-Mar. 6, 1921 Etchings and Drawings by Charles F.W. Mielatz and Donald Corley Mar.?-17, 1921 Annual Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture by Members of the Whitney Studio Club * Mar.20-Apr.20, 1921 Paintings and Drawings by a Group of Club Members (9 artists) Dec.?-24, 1921 William J. Glackens; Max Kuehne Jan. 10-29, 1922 or Jan. 2-19, 1922 Paintings by a Group of Members * Feb.?-28, 1922 Boardman Robinson (drawings) * Mar. 6-26, 1922 (including his series of the Washington Arms Conference) Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture by Members of the Whitney Studio Club Apr. 6-May 6, 1922 Edward Hopper (Paris watercolor caricatures) Oct. 1922 Adelaide J. Lawson (painting); John Dos Passos (painting); Reuben Nakian (sculpture) Jan.?-24, 1923 Alexander Altenburg; L. William Quanchi; Katherine Schmidt Jan.30-Feb.17, 1923 Drawings and Watercolors by Arthur Faber, Thomas Hunt, George A. Picken Mar.?-14, 1923 Annual Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture by Members of the Whiteny Studio Club * Apr. 2-30, 1923 Kimon Nicolaides (paintings); Roy V.A. Sheldon (sculpture) Nov. 5-18, 1923 Watercolors by Thomas H. Donnelly, Richard Lahey, Richard Marwede, Mary F. Wesselhoft ?-Dec. 14, 1923 Paintings and Drawings by Contemporary American Artists, selected by W.E. Hill Jan.23-Feb.6, 1924 [includes Bouche, Davis, Mattson, Schmidt) Early American Art, selected by Henry E. Schnakenberg * Feb. 9-24, 1924 Work by Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp, Marins de Zayas, and Georges Braque, selected by Charles Sheeler Mar. 11-31, 1924 [title unknown] selected by John Sloan (34 artists) Mar.?-Apr. 12, 1924 E.L. Henry Apr.? 1924 Portraits and Religious Works, selected by Yasuo Kuniyoshi Apr. 13-26, 1924 Annual Members' Exhibition * May 1-25, 1924 Eloisa Schwab (paintings); Sandor Bernath (watercolors); Lydia Bush-Brown (silk murals) Oct. 15-31, 1924 Reginald Marsh; Joseph Pollet Nov. 4-20, 1924 Molly Luce; David Morrison? Nov. 24-Dec.8,1924 [1st traveling show sent, review mentions it in Nov. 1924] Konrad Cramer; Lucile Blanch; Reeves Brace; Carl Walters (glazed terra cottas) Dec. 11-24, 1924 Henry Mattson; Gerrit Hondius Jan. 3-17, 1925 Andrew Dasburg; Katherine Schmidt Jan. 29-Feb.14, 1925 Exhibition and Sale of Drawings, Lithographs, Etchings and Woodcuts * Feb. 24-?, 1925 Annual Exhibition [held at Anderson Galleries] * May 18-30, 1925 (called 10th annual, because they were celebrating the anniversary of the Studio) Group Exhibition; Blendon Campbell, Max Kuehne, Boardman Robinson, Henry Schnakenberg, Eugene Speicher, Allen Tucker, Nan Watson Oct. 30-Nov.14, 1925 [opening of new galleries] Peter Cammarata Nov. 19-Dec. 4, 1925 John B. Flannagan; Leon Hartl; Charles Howard; Dorothea Schwarcz Dec. 8-24, 1925 Watercolors by Members of the Club Jan. 5-?, 1926 Harry Hering; Frank London; Jan Matulka; Dorothy Varian ?-Feb. 11, 1926 Glenn O. Coleman; Henri Burkhard Feb. 15-Mar. 1, 1926 Exhibition of Paintings held at the Boston Arts Club presented through the courtesy of the Whitney Studio Club Feb.17-Mar.6, 1926 11th Annual Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture by Members of the Club Mar. 8-20, 1926 [held at the Anderson Galleries] * Group Exhibition mid May 1926 [included Franklin L. Gifford, a house painter, Lloyd Parsons, Isabel Bishop, Mabel Dwight, and Duncan Ferguson) Robert W. Chanler (portraits); Reuben Nakian (sculpture) * Nov. 3-17, 1926 Exhibition of Flower Paintings Nov. 22-Dec.4, 1926 Stuart Davis (retrospective) Dec.?-22, 1926 Leon Hartl; Tennessee Mitchell Anderson Jan. 1927 Paintings and Drawings of Women by Men * Jan. 5-22, 1927 12th Annual Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture by Members of the Club * [travelled to Minneapolis Institute of Arts, California Palace of Legion of Honor, (Jan. 16-31, 1928), Denver Art Museum, The Arts and Crafts Club, New Orleans, The Fogg Museum of Art, and the Art Students League, New York] Feb.16-Mar. 5, 1927 Georgina Klitgaard; Arthur Conrad Le Duc Mar. 19-Apr.2, 1927 Group Exhibition Mar.-Apr., 1927 ("Following the close of The Annual Members' Show ... the customary representative exhibition of paintings and sculpture will continue at the Club Galleries throught-out the months of March and April.") Maxstoke "During the summer of 1927, Mrs. Force made an arrangement with Mrs. Tolman Budd, the owner of "Maxstoke," Charleston, New Hampshire, for the use of her house as a summer residence for members. Two of the large drawing rooms were turned into picture galleries. Exhibitions were changed every three weeks." Artists included Edward Hopper, Ernest Fiene, Charles Sheeler, Blendon Campbell, Henry Schnakenberg, Irene Mungo-Parke. Whitney Studio Club * Aug. 20-Sept.1, 1927 [we have checklist for this group show] Glenn O. Coleman Dec. 1927 Gertrude Tiemer; Caroline Speare Rohland; Georgina Klitgaard Dec. 20, 1927-Jan.7, 1928 Contemporary Portraits * Jan. 24-Feb.14, 1928 Watercolors by Edith Dimock Glackens and Beulah Stevenson Spring 1928 1st Annual Sculpture Exhibition * Mar. 6-29, 1928 13th Annual Exhibition of Paintings by Members of the Club * Apr. 29-May 26, 1928 WHITNEY STUDIO GALLERIES 10 W 8th Street Glenn O. Coleman (lithographs); Ernest Fiene (gouaches) * Nov. 1-24, 1928 Kenneth Frazier (paintings); Reginald Marsh (lithographs); Isabel Whitney (portraits of Brooklyn Heights) * Nov. 27-Dec.16, 1928 Christmas Sale exhibition *[announcement only] Dec. 4-24, 1928 [for each artist in 1929 there is an individual brochure of their exhibition] Henri Burkhard; Joseph Pollet; Max Kuehne; Karl Free * Jan. 2-19, 1929 Blendon Campbell (monotypes); Emil Ganso; Paul Rohland; Harry Gottlieb; John B. Flannagan (sculpture) * Jan. 22-Feb. 9, 1929 Hermon More; Charles Rosen; Dorothy Varian; Henry Schnakenberg (watercolors) * Feb. 11-Mar.2,1929 Nan Watson; Arthur E. Cederquist * Mar. 5-23, 1929 The Circus in Paint * Apr. 1-?, 1929 Oscar Bluemner * Nov. 4-23, 1929 Watercolors by Richard Lahey, Paul Rohland, Stuart Davis, Mark Baum * Nov. 25-Dec.7, 1929 Gerard Cochet * Dec. 9-23, 1929 Lucile Blanch; Ward Lockwood; Herbert Morgan * Jan. 3-23, 1930 John Steuart Curry; James d'Agostino (watercolors); Jacques Loutchansky * Jan. 28-Feb. 8,1930 Rosella Hartman (drawings); Dujam Penic; Caroline Speare Rohland (pastels) Feb. 11-23, 1930 Four Sunday Painters: Arthur E. Cederquist, Beauford Delaney, Prosper Invernizzi, Kalman Oswald * Feb. 26-Mar. 8, 1930 Flower Exhibition [also called Spring Exhibition] * Mar. 17-29, 1930 .