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Sonia Gechtoff

Sonia Gechtoff (1926 - 2018) was active/lived in New York, California.  Sonia Gechtoff is known for Abstract expressionist painting.

"Sonia Gechtoff, Acclaimed Abstract Expressionist, Dies at 91," by Neil Genzlinger, February 9, 2018, Obituary, The New York Times

Sonia Gechtoff, a prominent Abstract Expressionist on the West Coast early in her career and later a mainstay of the New York art scene, died on Feb. 1 at a hospice center in the Bronx. She was 91.
Her daughter, Susannah Kelly, confirmed the death.

Ms. Gechtoff made a quick and substantial impression in San Francisco, where she had arrived in 1951, a time when the Bay Area art scene was bubbling. An early oil, Self Portrait, made in 1954 when she was still in her 20s, is now in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution. That same year she was represented in a group show of young painters at the Guggenheim Museum in Manhattan.

She was also becoming well known in the California art world, with solo exhibitions at outlets like the de Young Museum in San Francisco and the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles, both in 1957.
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Facts about Sonia Gechtoff

   Publications  Book References:  25
Magazine References:  2

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2 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Sonia Gechtoff
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Art in America Bay Area Bravura September 1996 Duncan, Michael Yes
Art & Antiques Expanding the Ab-Ex Revolution September 1996 Gomez, Edward M Yes
25 Book References for Sonia Gechtoff
Year Author Title Pages Color
2009 Herskovic, Marika American Abstract and Figurative Expressionism Style is Timely Art is Timeless 252 Yes
2006 Dantzic, Cynthia Maris 100 New York Painters 224 Yes
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 Landauer, Susan San Francisco and Second Wave: The Blair Collection of Bay Area Abstract Expressionism 240 Yes
2004 McGowan, Alison C (Editor) Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition) 1512 No
2003 Herskovic, Marika (editor) American Abstract Expressionism of the 1950s: An Illustrated Survey 372 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1998 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Record of the Carnegie Institute International Exhibition, 1896-1996
(Exhibition catalog)
3724 No
1997 Marquis Who's Who Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998 1515 No
1996 Landauer, Susan The San Francisco School of Abstract Expressionism
(Exhibition catalog)
271 Yes
1995 Heller, Jules and Nancy G. Heller North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century A Biographical Dictionary 612 No
1993 Bowker R R Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts) 1473 No
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Exhibition catalog)
538 No
1987 Cummings, Paul Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition) 653 No
1987 National Museum of Women National Mus of Women in the Arts 253 Yes
1986 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986 1292 No
1985 Albright, Thomas Art in the San Francisco Bay Area 1945-1980/An Illustrated History 349 Yes
1985 DuPont, Diana, K Holland San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Paintings and Sculpture Collection 402 Yes
1985 Krantz, Les American Artists: An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporary Americans 347 Yes
1984 Orr-Cahill, Christina The Art of California Selected Works/ Oakland Museum 199 Yes
1976 San Francisco Mus Modern Art Painting & Sculpture in California The Modern Era 272 Yes
1968 University of Oklahoma East Coast-West Coast Paintings
(Exhibition catalog)
48 No
1961 E.G. Poindexter; Frank O'Hara The Poindexter Collection of Contemporary American Art (Montana Historical Society) 30 No
1960 Walker Art Center 60 American Painters 1960 Abstract Expressionist Painting of the Fifties
(Exhibition catalog)
78 Yes
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