American Abstract Expressionist

ALBERT KOTIN, [1907-1980]
 

Born
August 7, 1907 in Minsk, Russia.
Emigrated to USA
in 1908.
US citizen
1923.
 Died
February 6, 1980 in New York City.
Studied
1924-1929: National Academy of  Design with Charles Hawthorne, Provincetown, Mass.;
1929-32: Academie Julian, Academie de la Grande Chaumiere, Atelier de Fresque and Colarossi, Paris;
1947-1951: Art Student League, NYC; with Hans Hofmann in Provincetown, MA, and in New York City.
 
Federal Art Projects, Public
Works of Art  Project (PWAP)
1933-34.
 Works Progress Administration,   Federal Art Project (WPA/FAP)
 1935-40
 
Military Service WW II
 1941-1945: US Army Engineering School.

 Teaching Positions
1947-51: City College, NYC, NY;
1952-61: Polytechnic Institute,
Brooklyn, NY;
1961: Visiting Professor in Art,
Southern Illinois University; 1964-65:
Stout State University; Menomonee, WI;
1966-1975: Long Island University NY.
 

Selected Solo Exhibitions
1951: (first) Hacker Gallery, NYC, NY;
1958: Grand Central Moderns Gallery, NYC, NY;
1959: Tanager Gallery, NYC, NY; 1960: Galerie Iris Clert, Paris, France;
Pollock Gallery, Toronto, Canada;
1961: Mili-Jay Gallery, Woodstock, NY;
1964, 65  : Byron Gallery, NYC, NY;
1968:
"Ten Year Retrospective of Albert Kotin's Work," Long Island University; Brooklyn, NY;
"Kotin and Carton," Art Faculty
two man show, Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY;
1982:
"Albert Kotin, 1907-1980,"
Memorial Exhibition, Barron Arts Center, Woodbridge, NJ.
 

 Selected Group Exhibitions
1935: "Exhibition of Oil Paintings," WPA Federal Art Project, Federal Art Gallery, NYC, NY;
1936: An American Group, Inc., NYC, NY;
1946: "First National Print
Competition Exhibit," Associated American Artists, NYC, NY;
1947: "J & E.R. Pennell
Exhibition of Prints," Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.;
1948: "46th Annual Exhibition," The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA;
1949: "8 & 2 Exhibition" The New School for Social Research, NYC, NY;
1951: "9th St." Show, the first "New York Painting and Sculpture Annual," 60 E. 9th. St. NYC, NY;
1953, 54, 55, 56, 57: "New York Painting and Sculpture Annual," Stable Gallery, NYC, NY;
1956:
"Painters and Sculptors on 10th Street," Tanager Gallery, NYC, NY;
1957: "First Spring Annual Exhibition," March Gallery, NYC, NY;
1958:
"A to Z in American Arts,"
Provincetown Arts Festival, M. Knoedler & Co., NYC, NY;
Camino Gallery, NYC, NY;
1959:
"10th Street," Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX;
1960:
"New York Artists: A Drawing Show," Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL; Gallery Iris Clert, Paris;
Pollock Gallery, Toronto, Canada;
1960-61:
Mili-Jay Gallery, Woodstock, NY;
1961:
Allyn Gallery, St. Louis, MI;
1962, 72: Long Island University,
NY;
1963:
"Multiples," Graham Gallery, NYC, NY;
Key Gallery, NYC, NY;
1963-64: "Hans Hofmann and His Students," circ. by The Museum of Modern Art, NYC, NY;
1963, 64: Aegis Gallery, NYC, NY;
1965: "79 painters who paint," held simultaneously in: Grace Borgenicht, Graham, Martha Jackson, Kornblee and Poindexter Galleries, NYC, NY;
1966: "New York '66," College Museum, Hampton Institute, Hampton, VA;
1971:
Roko Gallery, NYC, NY;
1994:
"Reclaiming Artists of the New York School. Toward a More Inclusive View of  the 1950s," Baruch College City University, NYC, NY;
"New York-Provincetown: A 50s Connection," Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA;
2004: "Reuniting an Era Abstract Expressionists of the 1950s.," Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL.