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Julian Stanczak

Julian Stanczak (1928 - 2017) was active/lived in Ohio / Poland, Europe.  Julian Stanczak is known for Op-art, colorist painting, corporate murals.

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Art & Design, The New York Times, Julian Stanczak, Abstract Painter, Dies at 88, By Roberta Smith, April 11, 2017

Julian Stanczak, a Polish-born American abstract painter who rose to fame as a leading figure of the popular Op Art movement but slipped into obscurity when its reputation flagged, died on March 25 at his home in Seven Hills, Ohio, a Cleveland suburb. He was 88.

His death was confirmed by his New York gallery, Mitchell-Innes & Nash. His family said that he had died after a short illness.

Mr. Stanczak was a firmly optimistic artist, despite injuries in a Soviet labor camp during World War II that rendered his dominant right arm useless. He helped name the art movement to which he was linked in 1964 when his New York debut at the Martha Jackson Gallery was titled “Julian Stanczak: Optical Paintings.”

Reviewing that exhibition in Arts magazine, Donald Judd, then an emerging Minimalist sculptor, coined the phrase Op Art in a sardonic c   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 11717 characters.]  Artist bio

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   Publications  Book References:  38
Magazine References:  4

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4 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Julian Stanczak
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Art in America Op Art on the Street: Report from Cincinnati February 2008 Meyer, Ruth K. Yes
Art in America Review of Exhibitions June 2004 Editors, Art in America Yes
American Art Review The Politics of Power in Cleveland April 2004 Berardi & Bedford No
ARTnews Driven to Abstraction November 2003 Wallach, Amei Yes
38 Book References for Julian Stanczak
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
2004 McGowan, Alison C (Editor) Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition) 1512 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1998 McClelland, Elizabeth Julian Stanczak Retrospective
(Exhibition catalog)
0 No
1993 Bowker R R Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts) 1473 No
1992 National Gallery of Art American Paintings An Illustrated Catalogue
(Exhibition catalog)
545 No
1990 Arnheim, R; H Rand; R Bertholf Julian Stanczak: Decades of Light 0 No
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Exhibition catalog)
538 No
1989 Fresella-Lee, Nancy The American Paintings (in the) Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art 222 Yes
1988 Columbus Museum of Art The American Collections Columbus Museum of Art 271 Yes
1987 Cummings, Paul Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition) 653 No
1987 Krane, Susan Albright-Knox Art Gallery Painting and Sculpture/Acquisitions since 1972 379 Yes
1986 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986 1292 No
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1985 DuPont, Diana, K Holland San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Paintings and Sculpture Collection 402 Yes
1985 Rand, Harry Martha Jackson Memorial Collection 0 No
1982 Kranz, Les The New York Times Art Review 0 No
1976 Baro, Gene Josef Albers: The Pursuit of Excellence 0 No
1976 Baro, Gene 30 Years of American Printmaking Including 20th National Print Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)
160 Yes
1976 Boyle, Richard (Prefac); Frank Goodyear, Jr.; Louise Lippincott, et all In This Academy: The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1805-1976
(Exhibition catalog)
322 Yes
1975 Editor, Smithsonian Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection 0 No
1975 Lippman, Jean Provocative Parallels: Naive Early Americans 0 No
1975 Mason, Lauris/Joan Ludman Print Reference Sources Bibliography 18th-20th Centuries 246 No
1974 Kuh, Katherine (Foreward); Gaylord Freeman (Intro) The Art Collection of the First National Bank of Chicago 274 Yes
1974 Richardson, T, N. Stangos Concepts of Modern Art 0 No
1974 University of Illinois Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture, 1974
(Exhibition catalog)
136 No
1971 Barrett, Cyril An Introduction to Optical Art 0 No
1970 Bates, Kenneth Basic Design 0 No
1970 Mendelowitz, Daniel A History of American Art 0 No
1970 Weinhardt, Carl J Jr (editor) Indianapolis Museum of Art Catalogue of American Paintings 166 No
1968 Albright-Knox Art Gallery Plus by Minus, Today's Half Centu
(Exhibition catalog)
88 No
1968 Schinneller, James Art/Search & Self Discovery 0 No
1968 Weller, Allen S The Joys and Sorrows of Recent American Art 185 No
1967 Rickey, George Constructivism: Origins and Evolution 0 No
1966 Carraher, Ronald; J Thurston Optical Illusions and Visual Arts 0 No
1965 Seitz, William C The Responsive Eye
(Exhibition catalog)
56 Yes
1965 University of Illinois Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture
(Exhibition catalog)
210 No
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