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Fritz Glarner

Fritz Glarner (1899 - 1972) was active/lived in New York.  Fritz Glarner is known for Geometric abstraction, still life.

Fritz Glarner contributed significantly to the conceptual development of geometric art. While, most believe that the Dutch painter, Piet Mondrian, was the father of Geometric Abstraction*, the history of development of geometric art should also include a considerable number of Mondrian's European contemporaries and several Americans as well.

Fritz Glarner was one of these Americans. He was, indeed, deeply influenced by the Dutch master Mondrian, but Glarner's relationship with him during Mondrian's last years was probably as much that of a colleague as a disciple.

During these few years, 1940-44, Glarner's personal development achieved an independence from Mondrian's thinking which produced a fruitful outgrowth--in Glarner's conception of "relational painting."

This effort to produce a "purer and closer relationship between form and space" led to the identification of certain basic characteristics, the elimination of perspective to establish the identity of the a   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1769 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Fritz Glarner

   Publications  Book References:  78
Magazine References:  1

The listed publications are derived from what askART has identified from our research for this artist and are intended as an additional tool for information. askART has derived Publications as an aid to members, but it is not necessarily a complete list.
1 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Fritz Glarner
Magazine Article Date Author Color
ARTnews From Little Men in Red Coats to "Bo April 2003 Thomas, Kelly Devine Yes
78 Book References for Fritz Glarner
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2001 Siedell, Daniel A. American Paintings from the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery: An Institutional History in Pictures
(Exhibition catalog)
9 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1997 Agee, William C Modern American Painting 1910-194 Toward A New Perspective
(Exhibition catalog)
24 No
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)
1117 No
1989 Armstrong, Tom/Susan C Larsen Art in Place Fifteen Years of Acquisition
(Exhibition catalog)
230 Yes
1989 Auping, Michael Abstraction, Geometry, Painting Geometric Abstract Painting in America since 1945
(Exhibition catalog)
232 Yes
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Exhibition catalog)
538 No
1989 Monery, Jean-Paul Leon Polk Smith
(Exhibition catalog)
126 Yes
1989 Naylor, Colin (editor) Contemporary Artists (3rd Edition) 1059 No
1989 Rotzler, Willy Constructive Concepts:A History Constructive Art from Cubism to the Present 332 Yes
1989 Sparks, Esther Universal Limited Art Editions History and Catalogue/the 1st 25 Years 552 Yes
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Dictionary of Signatures & Monogram 556 No
1988 Geske, Norman and Karen O. Janovy The American Painting Collection of the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery 376 Yes
1988 Read, Herbert A Concise History of Modern Painting 418 Yes
1987 Belz, Carl;Beth Goldberg Postwar Paintings from Brandeis University From Brandeis University (Rose Art Museum)
(Exhibition catalog)
40 Yes
1987 Cummings, Paul Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition) 653 No
1987 Sandler, Irving The Empire State Collection Art for the Public 214 Yes
1986 Chetham, Charles; David Grose A Guide to the Collections: Smith College Museum of Art 312 Yes
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1986 Rose Art Museum Rose Art Museum Selected 20th Century Paintings 147 Yes
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1985 Miller, Dorothy C With an Eye to American Art
(Exhibition catalog)
16 No
1984 Marks, Claude World Artists 1950-1980 912 No
1984 Severinghaus, J Walter Art at Work The Chase Manhattan Collection 333 Yes
1983 Adams, Clinton American Lithographers 1900-1960: The Artists and Their Printers 228 Yes
1983 Lane, John R and Susan Larsen Abstract Painting and Sculpture in America 1927-1944
(Exhibition catalog)
256 Yes
1982 Ashton, Dore American Art Since 1945 224 Yes
1982 Stebbins, Theodore/G Gorokhoff American Paintings at Yale University: An illustrated Checklist
(Exhibition catalog)
213 No
1981 Armstrong, Tom Amerikanische Malerei 1930-1980
(Exhibition catalog)
301 Yes
1981 Cummings, Paul Drawing Acquisitions, 1978-1981 Whitney Museum of American Art 64 No
1981 Leavitt, Thomas W. (Editor) Handbook of the Collections: Herbert F Johnson Museum of Art (Cornell University) 106 No
1981 Osborne, Harold The Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Art 656 Yes
1981 Rugoff, Milton The Britannica Encyclopedia of American Art 669 Yes
1979 Baigell, Mathew Dictionary of American Art 390 No
1979 Doumato, Lamia American Drawing A Guide to Information Sources 246 No
1979 Kahan, Mitchell Douglas (Intro) Art Inc, American Paintings from Corporate Collections Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Alabama
(Exhibition catalog)
298 Yes
1979 Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 2 (Painting and Graphics) 736 No
1979 Towle, Tony/Peter Gale Contemporary American Prints
(Exhibition catalog)
64 Yes
1979 Troy, Nancy J Mondrian And Neo-Plasticism in America
(Exhibition catalog)
64 No
1977 Barr, Alfred H Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art 655 No
1976 Castelman, Riva American Prints 1913-1963
(Exhibition catalog)
160 No
1976 McCabe, Cynthia Jaffee The Golden Door Artist-Immigrants of America, 1876-1976 432 Yes
1976 Stabler, Margit Fritz Glarner 140 Yes
1975 Legg, Alicia American Art Since 1945 From the Collection of MOMA 84 Yes
1975 Mason, Lauris/Joan Ludman Print Reference Sources Bibliography 18th-20th Centuries 246 No
1974 Baur, John I H Whitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection 235 Yes
1973 Johnson, Charlotte Buel Contemporary Art Exploring It's Roots and Development 96 Yes
1973 Onn, Gerald (Translator) Phaidon Dictionary of Twentieth Century Art 0 No
1972 Hunter, Sam American Art of the 20th Century 487 Yes
1972 Sandler, Irving (intro) Contemporary Art 1942-72 479 Yes
1972 Steinberg, Leo Other Criteria Confrontations with Twentieth-Century Art 436 No
1971 Bell, David Praeger Encyclopedia of Art (4 volumes) 2139 Yes
1970 Myers, Bernard S (editor) Encyclopedia of Painting (Painters of the World...etc) 511 Yes
1970 Time-Life Books, Editors American Painting 1900-1970 192 Yes
1969 Lieberman, William Twentieth Century Art From the Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection
(Exhibition catalog)
139 Yes
1968 Agee, William C The 1930's Painting & Sculpture in America
(Exhibition catalog)
80 Yes
1968 Albright-Knox Art Gallery Plus by Minus, Today's Half Centu
(Exhibition catalog)
88 No
1968 Norman, Jane & Theodore Traveler's Guide to American Art 436 No
1967 Artist in America, Editors The Artist in America 256 Yes
1967 Rose, Barbara American Art Since 1900 A Critical History 320 Yes
1965 Drawing Society Drawing Society National Exhibiti 1965
(Exhibition catalog)
108 No
1965 University of Illinois Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture
(Exhibition catalog)
210 No
1965 Whitney Museum A Decade of American Drawings 8th Exhibition Sponsored by Friends
(Exhibition catalog)
52 No
1964 Baur, John I H Between the Fairs: 25 Years of American Art 1939-1964
(Exhibition catalog)
91 Yes
1963 Lipman, Jean (editor) What Is American in American Art 180 Yes
1962 Gordon, John Geometric Abstraction in America
(Exhibition catalog)
68 Yes
1962 Hunter, Sam American Art Since 1950 A Loan Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)
83 Yes
1961 Goodrich, Lloyd/John I H Baur American Art of Our Century 309 Yes
1957 American Abstract Artists The World of Abstract Art 167 Yes
1957 Baur, John I H New Art in America 279 No
1956 Miller, Dorothy C 12 Americans: The Museum of Modern Art, New York
(Exhibition catalog)
96 Yes
1956 Pousette-Dart, Nathaniel (ed) American Painting Today 127 Yes
1956 Tate Gallery Modern Art in the United States Selection from MOMA New York
(Exhibition catalog)
72 No
1955 Museum of Modern Art El Arte Moderno en Los Estados Unidos (Barcelona exhibition)
(Exhibition catalog)
80 No
1955 Myers, Bernard Encyclopedia of Painting 511 Yes
1951 Ritchie, Andrew Carnduff Abstract Painting and Sculpture in America
(Exhibition catalog)
159 Yes
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