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Nationality
  
American

Known for
  
Painting

Period
  
Abstract expressionism

Role
  
Artist

Name
  
Earl Kerkam


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Born
  
October 7, 1891 (
1891-10-07
)
Washington, D.C.

Movement
  
Abstract expressionism; New York Figurative Expressionism

Died
  
January 12, 1965, New York City, New York, United States

Earl Cavis Kerkam, (1891– 1965) according to Willem de Kooning, Philip Guston, Mark Rothko, George Spaventa and Esteban Vicente “was one of the finest painters to come out of America.” Gerald Norland wrote at the Earl Kerkam Memorial Exhibition in 1966:

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”A painter of enormous poetic awareness, self-directed, almost totally without direct influence, he stands as an original American artist in the best sense.”
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Earl Kerkam died on January 12, 1965 in New York City.

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Selected Solo Exhibitions

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  • 1933 (first) and the 1930s: Contemporary Arts Gallery, New York City; Babcock Gallery, New York City; J.B. Newmann Gallery, NY;
  • 1940, 1942, 1943, 1944: Bonestell Gallery, NY;
  • 1946, 1948, 1952, 1953, 1955: Charles Egan Gallery, New York City
  • 1947-1949: Harld Wacker’s Chinese Gallery;
  • 1955, 1956: Poindexter Gallery, New York City;
  • 1960, 1961, 1963: World House Gallery, New York City;
  • 1964: B.C. Holland Gallery, Chicago, Illinois;

    • Selected Group Exhibitions

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  • 1951, 1953-1957: Ninth Street Show, and Stable Gallery Annuals, New York City;
  • 1949, 1955: The Whitney Museum of American Art, Annuals and Biennials, New York City.

    • Works in Museums and Public Collections

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  • Kresge Art Museum at Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
  • San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), San Francisco, California
  • Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM), Washington, D.C
  • Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina
  • Museum of Art and Archaeology at University of Missouri, Missouri, Missouri

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    References

    Earl Kerkam Wikipedia
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