education   

Providence College, B.S. 1945-49

Rhode Island School of Design, 1949-51

New School for Social Research, 1951-52

public collections   

Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna

London Council of the Arts, London
Tate Britain, London

Sara Hildenin Taidemuseo, Tampere

Goteborg Kunstmuseum, Goteborg

Hedendaagse Kunst Museum, Utrecht

Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam

Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, New York

Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California

The Jewish Museum, New York

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

solo exhibitions   

Clark Fine Art, Southampton

Galerie Inge Baecker, Cologne

Nabi Gallery, Sag Harbor

Galerie Ulrich Gering, Cologne Kunstmarkt

Galerie Inge Baecker, Cologne

Galerie Inge Baecker, Cologne

Gana Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York

Galerie Gering-Kulenkampff, Frankfurt, West Germany

Galerie Inge Baecker, Cologne, West Germany

Galerie Inge Baecker, Cologne, West Germany

Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York

Alex Rosenberg Gallery, New York, New York

Galerie Jollenbeck, Cologne, West Germany

Akademie der Kunste, Berlin, West Germany

Alex Rosenberg Gallery, New York, New York

Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York

Stefanotty Gallery, New York, New York

Hedendaagse Kunst, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Hedendaagse Kunst, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York

Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York

Waddell Gallery, New York, New York (February and December)

The Jewish Museum , New York, New York

Fall River Art Association, Fall River, Massachusetts

Times Are Changing, Kunsthalle Bremen

Nabi Gallery, Sag Harbor

Dimensions: Drawing and Sculpture, Arlene Bujese Gallery, East Hampton

Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton

Reflet-Restitution, Le Sculpture Pop et Hypperrealiste, Abbaye St. Andre, Meymac, France

Staatsportrait, Galerie Inge Baecker, Cologne, Germany

Sammlung Onnasch, Museum Weserburg, Bremen

20th Century Long Island Landscape Painting, The museums at Stony Brook, Brookhaven

Neo-Romantics, Art Gallery, Williams Center for the Arts, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania

Drawing on the East End, The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York

Seven D.A.A.D. Artists, Zellermayer Gallery, Berlin, West Germany
Friends of L.T.D., Kent-Paris-New York Gallery, Kent, Connecticut
PoArtics, BACA Downtown, Brooklyn, New York

Through the Window, Alex Rosenberg Gallery, New York, New York
Vered Gallery, East Hampton, New York
Collaborations and Illustrations of Larry Rivers, Adelphi University, Garden City, New York

Vom Zeichnen, Kunstverein, Frankfurt; Kunstverein, Kassel, West Germany; and Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna, Austria

Kanovitz/Rivers, Indianapolis Musum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana

Artist in the Theatre, Guild Hall Museum , East Hampton and Hillwood Art Gallery, Long Island University, Brookville, New York
Artists of the Hamptons--Then and Now, Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton and Alex Rosenberg Gallery, New York, New York

Figure as Form, Phoenix II Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Selections from the Permanent Collection, Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, New York
Howard Kanovitz/Betty Parsons, Louise Himelfarb Gallery, Southampton, New York
Bologna-Landi Gallery, East Hampton, New York

Twenty-five Artists, Phoenis II Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Spiegel-Bilder, Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum , Duisburg and Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, West Germany
46th Annual, Butler Institute of American Art, Yougstown, Ohio
In Celebration of Summer, Loise Himelfarb Gallery, Southampton, New York
Made in New York, Andre Zarre Gallery, New York, New York
Poets & Artists, Guild Hall Museum , East Hampton, New York

Still Life Painting & Drawings, Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York
Form, Color, Line, Alex Rosenberg Gallery, New York, New York

Portraits Real & Imaginary, Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, New York

The Revival of Realism, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Installation of A Death in Treme, Nationalgalerie, Berlin, West Germany

Aspects of Realism, Guild Hall Museum , East Hampton, New York
From the Guild Hall Collection, Guild Hall Museum , East Hampton, New York
To the Net, Spectrum Gallery, New York, New York
Woman: From Nostalgia to Now, Alex Rosenberg Gallery, New York, New York
Als guter Realist muss ich alles erfinden--Internationaler Realismus heute, Kunstverein und Kunsthaus, Hamburg and Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, West Germany

Documenta 6, Kassel, West Germany

Aspects of Realism, Rothmans of Pall Mall, Montreal; Stratford, Vancouver, Winnepeg, etc., Canada
Through the Window, Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York
Soho in Berlin, Nationalgalerie, Berlin, West Germany
Artists and East Hampton: A 100 Year Perspective, Guild Hall Museum , East Hampton, New York

Imagist Realism, Norton Museum , Palm Beach, Florida and Merrwold West, Far Hills, New Jersey
Lunds Konsthall, Lund, Sweden
Tendencies in Modern Art, Mordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark
Works on Paper, Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, New York

American Photorealist Graphics, Kunstverein, Braunschweig; Stadtische Galerie-Altes Theater, Ravensburg, Kunstverein, Heidelberg; Overbeck-Gesellschaft, Lubeck, West Germany; Hedendaagse Kunst, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Amerikanischer Fotorealismus, Wurttembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, West Germany
Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark
Photo Realism: Ludwig Collection, Serpentine Gallery, London, England
Kunst aus Fotografie, Kunstverein, Hannover, West Germany
Mit Kamera, Pinsel und Spritzpistole, Kunsthalle, Recklinghausen, West Germany
Amerikanischer Fotorealismus, Kunst und Museumsverein, Wuppertal, West Germany
American Hyperrealists--European Realists, Kunstverein, Hannover, West Germany; CNAC, Paris, France; Stadtische Kunsthalle, Munchen, West Germany; Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy
American Realism--Post-Pop, Meadow Brook Art Gallery, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan

Collections of Friends of the Museum , Museum Folkwang, Esen, West Germany
Documenta and No-Documenta Realists, Galerie de Gestlo, Hamburg, West Germany
Documenta 5, Kassel, West Germany
Galerie M.E. Thelen, Cologne, West Germany
Sharp-Focus Realism, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, New York
Painting Annual, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York
Hyperrealistes Americains, Galerie des Quartre Mouvements, Paris, France
Amerikanischer Fotorealismus, Wurttembergischer Kunsteverein, Stuttgart, West Germany

Kelpra Prints, Kupferstichtkabinett, Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, West Germany
Radikaler Realismus, Galerie De Gestlo, Bremen, West Germany
Radical Realism, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois
Kelpra Prints, Hayward Gallery, London, England
Radikaler Realismus, Galerie Dorothea Leonhart, Munchen, West Germany
American Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, New York
Graphics and Multiples, Guild Hall Museum , East Hampton, New York
Provincetown Art Association, Provincetown, Massachusetts

7 Realisten, Galerie Hella Nebelung, Dusseldorf, West Germany
Warmind, Konsthall, Goteborg, Sweden
Wirklicher als wirklich, Galerie M.E. Thelen, Cologne, West Germany
22 Realists, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York
Zeitgenossen, Kunsthalle, Recklinghausen, West Germany
American Painting, 1970, The Virginia Museum , Richmond, Virginia

Contemporary Art, Suermondt Museum, Aachen, West Germany
Galerie M.E. Thelen, Cologne, West Germany
Art of the 60's: Ludwig Collection, Wallraf-Richarrz Museum, Cologne, West Germany
Paintings from the Photo, The Riverside Museum, New York, New York
Recent Acquisitions, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Highlights of the 1968-69 Season, The Aldrich Museum of American Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut

Critics Choice, State University of New York and New York State Council of the Arts

Painting Annual, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York

Painting Annual, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York

Contemporary American Figure Painting, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut

Krannert Art Museum , University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois

Americans, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Great Jones Gallery, New York, New York

Tibor De Nagy Gallery, New York, New York

Annual, Stable Gallery, New York, New York

Tanager Gallery, New York, New York
Hansa Gallery, New York, New York
Annual, Stable Gallery, New York, New York

selected literature  

Abadie, Daniel. "L'impossibilite . . . etc.," Hyperrealistes Americans, (exh. cat), Galerie des 4 Mouvements, Paris, 1972.

Aldrich, Larry. Highlights of the 1968-69 Season, (exh. cat.). The Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut, 1969.

Aloway, Lawrence, "Art," Nation Magazine, December 1969. American Art Today: Contemporary Landscape, (exh. cat.). The Art Museum of Florida International University, Miami, Florida, 1989.

Ammann, Jean-Christoph, Realismus, cat. sub. 15. Documenta V, Kassel, 1972.
-----------"Fotorealisme/methode en receptie," Werkelijkheid is Meervoud, (exh. cat.), Groninger Museum voor Stad en Lande, Groningen, 1973.

Ashbery, John. "Howard Kanovitz," Art News, March 1969.

Ashton, Dore. "A Illustrator of Different Antecedents," Studio International, April 1986. Auffermann, Verena, "Gemaltes Gesprach," Westermans Monatshefte, November 11, 1985.

Becker, Wolfgang, "Conversation with Peter Ludwig," Kunst um 1970 (der Bestand '72), (exh. cat), Neue Galerie der Stadt Aachen, 1972. ----
-------"Die Fotografie eines Baumes ist kein Baum," Mit Kamera, Pinsel und Spritzpistole, (exh. cat.), Kunsthalle, Recklinghausen, 1973.
-----------"Realisme van nu," Werkelijkheid is Meervoud, (exh. cat.). Groninger Museum voor Stad en Lande, Groninger. 1973.

Berkson, William, Howard Kanovitz, (exh. cat.), The Jewish Museum , New York, 1966.

Braff, Phyliis, "Howard Kanovitz," East Hampton Star, April 8, 1982.

Buongurio, Edgar, "Howard Kanovitz," (exh. cat.), Arts Magazine, March 1979.

Calatchi, Maurice-Frederick, "Preface," First Photorealism Auction, Espace Cardin, Paris, 1973.

Chambers, John, "Perceptual Realism," Artscanada, February/March 1970. Coke, Van Deren, The Painter and the Photograph, from Delacroix to Warhol, Albuquerque, 1972.

Constable, Rosalind, "Style of the Year: The Inhumanists," New York Magazine, 1968.

Cunningham, Peter, "Reunion," The Southampton Press, August 21, 1986.

Delatiner, Barbara, "Art to Read as well as See," The New York Times, July 4, 1982.

Farb, Oriole, Paintings from the Photo (exh. cat.), The Riverside Museum, New York, 1969.
-----------"The New Romantic Lanscape," Visions/Revisions: Contemporary Representation, (exh. cat.), Marlborough Gallery, New York, 1988.

Florescu, Michael, "Kanovitz: The New Work," Arts Magazine, February, 1979.
-----------"The Impulse to Autobiography in the Works of Howard Kanovitz," Howard Kanovitz, (retrospective exh. cat.-English translations), Akademie der Kunste, Berlin, 1979.

Frank, Peter, "Howard Kanovitz: Works of the 1980's," Howard Kanovitz: Works of the 1980's, (exh. cat.), Marlborough Gallery, New York, 1988.

van Ginneken, Lily, "Realisme, Het jaar in word en beeld," Winkler Prins Jaarboek, 1973.

Gluek, Grace, "Fooling the Eye," The New York Times, March 9, 1969.

Gruen, John, "Howard Kanovitz," New York Magazine, October 1966. -----------"The Extended Vision," New York Magazine, January 1970.

Hanson, Lars, Warmwind, (exh. cat.), Konsthall, Goteborg, March 1970.

Haryu Ichiro, Sign and Image, Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo, 1973.

Henry, Gerrit, "Howard Kanovitz," Art News, April 1971, p. 15.
-----------"The Real Thing," Art International, XVI, 1972, pp. 6-7.
-----------"Howard Kanovitz," Art News, October 1982.
-----------"Howard Kanovitz at Marlborough," Art in America, September 1988.
-----------"Neo-Romantics, (exh. cat.), Art Gallery, Williams Cetner for the Arts, Lafayette College, Easton Pennsylvania, 1989.

Hieber, Lutz, "Technisierung von Umwelterfahrung," Prokla #2, 1984.

Hoffman, K.I., Graphischer Realismus der Gegenwart, (exh. cat.), Kunstverein, Wolfsburg, 1973.

Holtmann, Heinz, "Der ewidge Streit um den Begriff Realismus," Amerikanischer Fotorealismus, Grafik, (exh. cat.), Kunstverein, Braunschweig, 1973.

Honnef, Klaus, "Howard Kanovitz," Heutige Kunst, (exh. cat.), Suermondt Museum, Aachen, 1969.

Hunter, Sam, Howard Kanovitz, (exh. cat.), The Jewish Museum, New York, 1966.
-----------Critics Choice, (exh. cat.), New York State Council of the Arts, 1968.
-----------Howard Kanovitz, (exh. cat.), Waddell Gallery, New York, 1969.
-----------180 Beacon Corporation Collection, Boston, 1970.
-----------American Art of the 20th Century, Harry Abrams, New York ,1973.
-----------"Howard Kanovitz's New Paintings," Arts Magazine, April 1975.

Hurley, Patricia M., "Kanovitz's Realism," Art/World, March 2, 1982.

Kerber, Bernhard, "Tendenzen im Neuen Realismus," Wort und Wahrheit: Zeitschrift fur Religion und Kultur, XXVIII, 1973.

Kluesener, Erika, "From Sacra Conversazione to 'The Drinks'," Howard Kanovitz, (retrospective exh. cat.-English translation), Akademie der Kunste, Berlin, 1979.

Kluyver-Cluysenaer, Margareet, Realism: Emulsion and Omission, (exh. cat.), Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, September 1972.

Kohen, Helen, "Landscape show rich in tradition," The Miami Herald, January 15, 1989, p. 5K.

Kultermann, Udo, Neue Formen des Bildes, Wasmuth Pub., Tubingen, 1969.
-----------The New Painting, 1969; revised ed., Westview Press, Boulder, 1978.
-----------Howard Kanovitz (exh. cat.), Galerie M.E. Thelen, Cologne, 1970.
-----------"Realism Today," Hyperrealistes Americains, (exh. cat.) Galerie des 4 Mouvements, Paris, 1972.
-----------New Realism, New York Graphic Society, Boston, 1972. Kurtz, Stephen, "Howard Kanovitz," Art News, December 1969.

Leering, H., Relativerend Realisme, (exh. cat.), Van Abbe-Museum , Eindhoven, 1972.

Mellow, James R., "New York Letter," Art International, XIII/4, April 1969.

Merkert, Jorn, "Between Worlds, Howard Kanovitz, Painter of Contradiction," Howard Kanovitz, (retrospective exh. cat.-English translation), Akademie der Kunste, Berlin, 1979.

Monte, James, 22 Realists, (exh. cat.), Whitney Museum, New York, 1970.

Nakahara, Yusuke, Man-Made Nature, Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo, 1973.

O'Hara, Frank, Three Poets Introduce Three Painters, Tibor De Nagy Gallery, New York, 1956.

Ott, Gunter, Pole der Gegenwort, Cologneische Rundschau Cologne, 1970.

Peterson, Valerie, "Marisol Escobar and Howard Kanovitz," Art News, April 1961.

Pfeiffer, Gunter, "Durch Technik Kalt Bedroht," Cologneer Pfeiffer Stadtanzeinger, 1970.

Pincus-Witten, Robert, "22 Realist: Whitney Museum ," Artforum, April 1970.

Preston, Malcolm, "Melding 2 Disciplines," Newsday, July 21, 1982.

Raynor, Vivien, "Gathering of the Avant-Garde," The New York Times, May 31, 1985.

Rohsmann, Arnulf, Manifestationsmoglichkeiten von Zeit in der bildenden Kunst des 20 Jahrhunderts, George Olms Verlag, 1984.

Rosenthal, Judith, "Howard Kanovitz," Arts Magazine, February 1979.

Ruhrberg, Karl, "Virtuoses Doppelspiel mit der Wirklichkeit," Art, Hamburg, no. 8, August 1989, pp. 28-39.

Rump, G. Charles, "Exhibition at Inge Baecker," Cologneische Rundschau, May 7, 1987.

Sager, Peter, Neue Formen des Realismus, Dumont, Pub., Cologne, 1973. -----------"Neue Formen des Realismus," Magazine Kunst, 4 Quartal, 1971.
-----------"Schock Beim Wiedererkennen," Stuttgarter Zeitung, February 2, 1972.

Sandler, Irving, "Howard Kanovitz," Art News, Summer 1962.

Schjeldahl, Peter, "Howard Kanovitz," Village Voice, September 22, 1966.
-----------"The Flowering of the Super Real," The New York Times, March 3, 1969.

Schmied, Wieland, "Howard Kanovitz' Paintings," Howard Kanovitz, (retrospective exh. cat.-English translation), Akademie der Kunste, Berlin, 1979.

Schmoll [Eisenwerth, J.A.], "Malerei-optische Hilfsmittel-Fotografie," Mit Kamera, Pinsul und Spritzpistole, (exh. cat.), Kunsthalle, Recklinghauseen, 1973.

Schneede, Uwe, Amerikanischer Fotorealismus, (exh. cat.), Wurttembergischer Kunstverein, November 1972. Sello, Gottfried, "Kunstkalnder," Die Zeit, April 17, 1970.

Selz, Peter, American Painting 1970, (exh. cat.), The Virginia Museum , Richmond, Virginia, 1970. Thomas, Karin, "Realismus," DuMonts kleines Sachworterbuch zur Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts, Cologne, 1973.

van Uitert, Evert, "De dubblezinnigheid van de realiteit." Relativerend Realisms, (exh. cat.), Van Abbe-Museum , Eindoven, 1972.

Wallach, Amei, "Stylish Musclewomen," Newsday, June 24, 1983.

Ward, John L., American Realist Painting 1945-1980, UMI Research Press, Ann Arbor, MI, 1989.

Wellershoff, Dieter, Howard Kanovitz, (exh. cat.), Galerie Jollenbeck, Cologne, 1977.
-----------"Construction of a Imaginary Space," Howard Kanovitz, (retrospective exh. cat.-English translation), Akademie der Kunste, Berlin, 1979.