Born in Romania in April 1929
Lives and works in Paris and Jerusalem
Education
1946-1948 The Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts, Jerusalem
1949 Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris
Prizes and Awards
- Gold Medal, Triennale, Milan, 1954
- Chevalier des Arts et Lettres, Paris, 1978
- Grand Prix des Arts de la Ville de Paris, Paris, 1987 - Prix des Arts des Lettres et des Sciences, Fondation du
aisme francais, Paris, 1989
- Honorary Professor, National Academy of Fine Arts of China, Hangchow, 1995
- Honorary Philosophy Doctor, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1997
Solo Exhibitions
1952 Paintings and Drawings, Zeira Gallery, Tel Aviv
1953 Paintings, Drawings, Illusrations, Artists’ House, Jerusalem
Paintings, Drawings, Woodcuts, The Bezalel National Museum, Jerusalem
1954 Paintings and Drawings, Galerie Moderne, Stockholm
Paintings, Drawings, Book Illusrations, Athenaeum Kunsthandel, Copenhagen
1955 Paintings and Drawings, Galerie Furstenberg, Paris
1956 Paintings and Drawings, Matthiesen Gallery, London
1957 Paintings, Galerie Furstenberg, Paris
1959 Paintings, Gouaches, Drawings, Matthiesen Gallery, London
1960 Paintings, Gouaches, Watercolours, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1961 Paintings, Gouaches, Watercolours, Drawings, Galerie Karl Flinker, Paris
1966 Paintings 1963-66 and Drawings 1947-66, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1967 Drawings 1965-66, Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris
1970 Drawings 1965-70, Centre National d’Art Contemporian, Paris
1972 Paintings and Drawings, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv
Drawings 1965-72, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
Drawings 1965-72, Marlborough Gallery, New York
1973 Drawings 1965-72, Everson Museum, Syracuse, N.Y
Drawings 1965-72, Fort Worth Art Center Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
Paintings 1957-65 and 1968, The Tel Aviv Museum of Art
1974 Drawings and Prints, Janie C. Lee Gallery, Houston, Texas
Drawings and Prints, Marlborough Fine Art, London
1974-79 Travelling exhibition of prints, Centre National d’Art Moderne-Centre Pompidou, Paris
1975 Prints, Cabinet des Estampes, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris
Paintings and Watercolours, Marlborough Gallery, New York
1976 Samuel Beckett by Avigdor Arikha: Drawings, Prints and Illustrations,
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
1977 Paintings, Watercolours and Drawings, Marlborough Gallery, Zurich Prints, Galerie Amstutz, Zurich
1978 Paintings, Watercolours, Drawings, Marlborough Fine Art, London
1979 Paintings, Watercolours and Drawings, Janie C. Lee Gallery, Houston, Texas
22 Paintings 1974-79, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington
Paintings and Watercolours, Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, Marlborough Stand, Paris
1980 Prints and Drawings, Galerie Berggruen, Paris
Paintings, Watercolours and Drawings, Marlborough Gallery, New York
1981 Paintings, Watercolours, Drawings, Musee des Beaux-Arts, Dijon
1982 Paintings and Drawings, Marlborough Fine Art, London
1983 Paintings, Pastels and Drawings, Marlborough Gallery, New York
Drawings, Marlborough Gallery, New York
1984 Paintings, Marlborough Gallery, New York
1985 Prints, Tel Aviv University Gallery, Tel Aviv
Paintings, Pastels and Drawings, Marlborough Fine Art, London
1986 Paintings and Drawings, L. A. Louver Gallery, Venice, California
1987 Paintings, Pastels and Drawings, Marlborough Fine Art, Tokyo
Paintings, Pastels and Drawings, Marlborough Gallery, New York
1990 Paintings, Pastels, Drawings, Marlborough Fine Art, London
1992 Paintings, Pastels, Drawings, Marlborough Gallery, New York
1994 Works 1992-93, and Prints, Marlborough Fine Art, London
Drawings, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv
1996 Recent Paintings and Drawings, Marlborough Gallery, New York
Selected Prints 1966-95, Marlborough Graphics, New York
Homage to Avigdor Arikha: Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv
1998 Sixty Five Drawings 1965-1997, Marlborough Gallery, New York
Arikha, Marlborough Fine Art, London
1999 Selected Paintings 1953-1997, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Avigdor Arikha: Drawings, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Selected Paintings 1953-1997, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
Paris sur le Vif : Drawings, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille
Paintings, Pastels and Drawings 1999-2000, Marlborough Fine Art, London
Paintings, Pastels and Drawings 1969-1999, Marlborough Gallery, Madrid
2002 Recent Works: Oils, Pastels and Drawings, Marlborough Gallery, New York
Selected Group Exhibitions
1954 10th Triennale, Milan
1959 1st Biennale, Paris
1962 Biennale (Israeli Pavilion), Venice
1964-66 Art Israel, Circulating exhibition in U.S.A. and Canada, Museum of Modern Art, New York
1967 Biennale (Israeli Pavilion), Sao Paulo
1975-76 European Painting in the 70s, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
1976 Nouvelle Subjectivite, Festival d’Automne, Paris
1977 Acquisitions 1971-76, Musee National d’Art Moderne-Centre Pompidou, Paris
New Acquisitions, National Portrait Gallery, London
1978 L’Estampe Aujourd’hui, Cabinet des Estampes, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris
L’Art Moderne dans les Musees de Province, Grand Palais, Paris
1979 Ceuvres Contemporaines des Collections Nationales, Musee National d’Art Moderne-Centre Pompidou, Paris
La famille des portraits, Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris
1980 Artists of Israel 1920-1980, Jewish Museum, New York
1981 The M. and D. Blankfort Collection, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
La lithographie en France des origines a nos jours, Fondation des Arts Graphiques, Paris
Arte cme arte…, Biennale (International Pavilion), Venice
Paris 1960-1980, Museum des Xxten Jahrhundrets,Vienna
1982 Raphael et l’Art Français, Grand Palais, Paris
1983 Drawings 1974-1984, The Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D. C.
Master Drawings 1928-1984, Janie C. Lee Gallery, Houston, Texas
A Circle Portraits and Self-portraits By Arikha, Auerbach, Kitaj, Freud, Marlborough Graphics, London
Masters of Contemporary Figuration, Marlborough Fine Art, Tokyo
Master Drawings 1879-1984, Janie C. Lee Gallery, New York
1985 Representation Abroad, The Hirshhorn Museum, Washington
Vom Zeichen,: Kassel, Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna
1987 Peindre dans la lumiere de la Mediterranee, Israel Museum
Jerusalem, Musee Cantini, Marseille
Ink Drawings, Janie C. Lee Gallery, New York
1988 Master Drawings 1877-1987, Janie C. Lee Gallery, New York
1991 Master Drawings 1520-1990, Janie C. Lee Gallery and Kate Ganz, New York
Arikha, Auerbach, Bacon, Kitaj, Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, Marlborough stand, Paris
1993 Copier Créer, Musee du Louvre, Paris
Arikha, Auerbach, Kitaj, Galeria Marlborough, Madrid
The Portrait Now, National Portrait Gallery, London
1994 Peintures, dessins, sculptures, Galerie Huguette Beres, Paris
Figures de l’Art d’Aujourd’hui, Galerie Marwan Hoss, Paris
1995 Identita e Alterita, Biennale, Palazzo Grassi, enice
1997 Made in France, Musee National d’Art Moderne-Centre Pompidou, Paris
Publications about Arikha (books)
Arikha – Texts by Samuel Beckett, Richard Channin, Andre Fermigier, Robert Hughes and others, 224 pp. 83 b/w, 106 col. pl., Hermann, Paris/ Thames and Hudson, London, 1985.
Arikha – By Duncan Thomson, 256 pp. 216 pl., most in colour, Phaidon, London, 1994. Second printing, paperback, 1996.
Avigdor Arikha: Boyhood Drawings Made in Deportation – Seven facsimile reproductions of drawings made at age thirteen in Nazi concentration camps (1942-43) with an introduction, 18 pp. box, English edition of 200 copies, French edition of 100 copies all signed and numbered. Printed in collotype by Daniel Jacomet, Paris, 1971, published by Alix de Rothschild for the benefit of Youth Aliyah.
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