Ralph Humphrey

Ralph Humphrey
Born Ralph Humphrey
(1932-04-14)April 14, 1932
Youngstown, Ohio, United States
Died July 14, 1990(1990-07-14) (aged 58)
New York, New York, United States
Nationality American
Education Youngstown State University
Known for Painting
Movement Abstract expressionism
Minimalism

Ralph Humphrey (April 14, 1932—July 14, 1990), born in Youngstown, Ohio, was an American abstract painter whose work has been linked to both Abstract Expressionism and Minimalism.[1][2] He was active in the New York art scene in the 1960s and 70s. His paintings are best summarized as an exploration of space through color and structure. He lived and worked in New York, NY.

Biography

Ralph Humphrey studied at Youngstown State University.[1] He moved to New York in 1957 and immediately became a part of the art scene that was known, at the time, for Abstract Expressionism.[1] He met artists such as Mark Rothko, Theodoros Stamos, Frank Stella, Robert Ryman, and Ellsworth Kelly, who would end up having a large influence on his work.[3] Humphrey was a prominent member of the generation of artists who laid the groundwork for American art in the 1970s and 60s.[1] From 1966 until his death in 1990, he taught painting in the graduate department at Hunter College.

The Ralph Humphrey Estate is represented exclusively by Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.[4]

Exhibitions

Since his first solo exhibition at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery in New York City in 1959, Humphrey’s work has been the subject of 40 solo shows. During his lifetime, he had been represented by Green Gallery, Bykert Gallery, Andre Emmerich Gallery, Willard Gallery, and John Weber Gallery.[1]

Solo exhibitions have continued to be mounted since his death in 1990, including Ralph Humphrey: Frame Paintings, 1964 to 1965 at Mary Boone Gallery, New York City, September 8–October 6, 1990 and Ralph Humphrey: Conveyance at Gary Snyder Gallery, April 2–May 16, 2015.[5][6] Other exhibitions have been held elsewhere in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Boston.

Humphrey's paintings have also been in group shows such as Systemic Painting at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1966, The Structure of Color at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1971, the 1979 Biennial at the Whitney Museum, and High Times, Hard Times: New York Painting, 1967-1975 at the Weatherspoon Art Museum, 2006.[7][8][9][10]

Solo Exhibitions

1959

1960

1961

1965

1967

1968

1969

1970

1971

1972

1973

1974

1975

1976

1976–1977

1977

1980

1982

1983

1984

1985

1987

1990

1991

1996

1998

2000

2001

2008

2012

2015

Group Exhibitions

1961

1966

1967

1968

1968–1969

1969

1969–1970

1970–1971

1971

1972

1973

1974

1975

1975–1976

1976

1977

1977–1978

1978–1979

1979

1980

1981

1981–1982

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1986–1987

1997

2004

2006–2007

2008

2008–2009

2009

2010

2011

2011–2012

2012

2014–2015

2015

Collections

Humphrey's work can be found in prominent collections in America and Australia, including the Addison Gallery of American Art in Andover, MA;[85] Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College, OH;[86] Art Institute of Chicago;[87] Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, OH; Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh;[88] Dayton Art Institute, OH; Pérez Art Museum Miami; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago;[89] Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles;[90] Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston;[91] Museum of Modern Art;[92] National Gallery of Australia in Canberra; Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, CA;[93] Oklahoma City Museum of Art; Orange County Museum of Art in Newport Beach, CA; Palm Springs Art Museum; Parrish Art Museum in Southampton, NY; Philadelphia Museum of Art;[94] Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University in Waltham, MA; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art;[95] Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C.;[96] Tucson Museum of Art; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond; Walker Art Center in Minneapolis;[97] Weatherspoon Art Museum at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro; Whitney Museum of American Art in New York[98]

References

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