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LYNTON WELLS

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Education  

1940

Born in Baltimore, Maryland

1962

Bachelor of Fine Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island

1965

Master of Fine Arts, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
   
Selected Solo Exhibitions  

2001

Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio

1995

Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery, curated by Dave Hickey, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada
Rebecca Ibel Gallery (Allez les Filles), Columbus, Ohio

1994

Mary Delahoyd Gallery, New York, New York

1987

'Lynton Wells: Paintings and Drawings: 1985-1986,' Ruth Siegel Ltd, New York, New York

1985

Lawrence Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1984

Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Canada

1983

Lawrence Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, New York

1982

Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Canada

1981

Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, New York
Holly Solomon Editions, New York, New York

1997

Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, New York
Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Canada

1996

'The Back Room,' Rebecca Ibel Gallery (Allez les Filles), Columbus, Ohio

1980

Rebecca Ibel Gallery (Allez les Filles), Columbus, Ohio
Barney Wyckoff Gallery, Aspen, Colorado
Fischbach Gallery, New York, New York
Stux Gallery, New York, New York

1979

'Lynton Wells, Paintings 1971-1978 The Art Museum,' Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Tortue Gallery, Toronto, Canada
University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, Wisconsin

1978

Droll/Kolbert Gallery, New York, New York
Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Canada

1977

Grapestake Gallery, San Francisco, California
Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, New York

1976

Galerie Andre Emmerich, Zurich, Switzerland
Claire Copley Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Jared Sable Gallery, Toronto, Canada

1975

Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, New York
Jared Sable Gallery, Toronto, Canada

1974

Jared Sable Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Cunningham Ward Gallery, New York, New York

1973

Cunningham Ward Gallery, New York, New York (in cooperation with Fourcade - Droll Gallery, New York, New York)

1972

Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

1971

Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York

1969

Newark College of Engineering, Newark, New Jersey
Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
   
Selected Group Exhibitions  

2000

Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio

1997

Rebecca Ibel Gallery (Ibel Simeonov), Columbus, Ohio
Schafler Gallery, Pratt, Brooklyn, New York

1996

'Body Language,' curated by Judith Page and Adam Straus, Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, Florida
'New Paintings,' Rebecca Ibel Gallery (Allez les Filles), Columbus, Ohio (with Melissa Meyer, Mihail and Alan Turner)
'Spring '96,' Mary Delahoyd Gallery, New York, New York
'Photographism (in painting),' Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, New York
'Body Language,' Art Museum of Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida

1995

'Murder,' Bergamot Station, Arts Center, Santa Monica, California; Thread Waxing Space, New York, New York; Centre Gallery, Miami, Florida

1994

'Forecast/Shift in Direction,' Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico

1993

'Group Show,' Mary Delahoyd Gallery, New York, New York

1992

'Ecstasy Shop,' Dooley le Cappellaine Gallery, New York, New York
Group Show, Baron/Boisante, New York, New York

1991

'Lyric uses of Beauty,' White Columns, New York, New York

1990

Invitational, Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, New York
'Drawings,' Staempfli Gallery, New York, New York

1989

Four Painters,' Flint Institute of the Arts, Flint, Michigan

1987

'Art and Photography,' Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
'Facets of the Collection: Photographs from the Last Decade,' San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California

1986

'Square and...,' Ruth Siegel Ltd, New York, New York

1984

'Five Painters,' Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Canada
'Group Exhibition,' Lawrence Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
'Man and his Dog,' University Art Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
'Drawing: New Dimension,' Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, New York
'Artist's Call,' Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, New York
'Painting/Photography,' Thorpe Intermedia Gallery, Sparkhill, New York
'Update Cranbrook,' Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan

1983

'Inaugural Exhibition,' Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, New York
'Art on Paper,' Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, North Carolina
'Contemporary Light,' Katheryne Markell Gallery, New York, New York
'Untitled, 1983,' Lawrence Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
'Post-Minimalism,' The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut

1982

'Still Modern After All These Years,' Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia; Carol Getz Gallery, Miami, Florida
'36.18.6.1.,' Sarah Lawrence College Art Gallery, Bronxville, New York
'PhotoStart,' Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, New York
'Drawings/Visions of New York,' Janus Gallery, Los Angeles, California
'The Photograph Transformed,' Stefanotti Gallery, New York, New York
'15 Artists' Painting and Sculpture,' Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
'Aspects of Post-Modernism,' Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia

1981

'New Work in Black and White,' Art Lending Service, Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York; Dancer, Fitzgerald & Sample, New York, New York
'The Markers,' San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
'Out of New York,' Root Art Center, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York

1980

'Drawings,' Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, New York
'Selections from the Art Lending Service,' Penthouse Exhibition, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
'Other Media,' Visual Arts Gallery, Florida International University, Miami, Florida

1979

'Judy Pfaff, Janis Provisor, Marianne Stikas, Lynton Wells,' Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, New York
'Summer Show,' Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, New York
'Summer Show,' Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Canada
'Omnium Gathering '79,' Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, California
'Attitudes: Photography in the 1970's,' Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California
'A Personal Selection of the Seventies,' Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Dootson, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
'New York Now,' Phoenix Museum of Art, Phoenix, Arizona
'24 by 24,' St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York
'Uniquely Photographic,' Honolulu Academy of Fine Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii
'From A to Z,' Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Canada

1978

'Selections from the Collection,' Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
'Aesthetics of Graffiti,' San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
'Interchange,' Mount St. Mary's College of Fine Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California

1977

'For Collectors,' Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts
'This is Today,' Root Art Center, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York
'Drawings,' Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Canada
'What's New in SoHo,' Mechanic Theater Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
'75 76 77,' Sarah Lawrence Art Gallery, Bronxville, New York; American Foundation for the Arts, Miami, Florida; Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio

1976

'From Women's Eyes: An Exhibition of Eight Artists,' Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts
'24 x 24,' Sarah Lawrence College Art Gallery, Bronxville, New York
'Approaches to Painting: New York,' University Art Galleries, University of California at Santa Barbara
'Summer Show,' Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Canada
'Painting and Sculpture Today 1976,' Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
'Group Exhibition,' Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Canada
'An Exploration of Photography 1839-1976,' C.W. Post College Art Gallery, Canton Art Institute, Canton, New York
'Photo/Synthesis,' Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
'Photographic Process as Medium,' Rutgers University Art Gallery, New Brunswick, New Jersey
'Recent Abstract Painting,' S.U.N.Y. at Brockport, New York
'Nineteen Artists,' Johnson Gallery, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont
'Report from SoHo,' Grey Art Gallery and Study Center, New York University, New York, New York

1975

'Contemporary Selection,' Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey
Edward Halper Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida
Jared Sable Gallery, Toronto, Canada
'Contemporary Exhibition,' Ontario Gallery of Art, Toronto, Canada

1974

'Art of Collection-Exhibition I,' Miami Art Center, Miami, Florida
Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Henri I Gallery, Washington, D.C.
'Recent Abstract Painting,' Pratt Institute Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
'Waves,' Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

1973

'1965 - 1971,' Cunningham-Ward Gallery, New York, New York
'New York Avant-Garde,' Saide Bronfman Center, Montreal, Canada
'Opening Exhibition,' Jared Sable Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Arnot Museum, Elmira, New York
'Options '73/30, Recent Works of Art,' Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
'Art in Evolution,' Xerox Exhibition Center, Rochester, New York
'New American Abstract Painting,' Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois
The New Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
'21 Artists,' New York Institute of Technology, Westbury, New York
'Painting...Yesterday and Tomorrow,' Art In America Benefit Exhibition, New York, New York
'1973 Biennial,' Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York

1972

'Opening Exhibition,' Cunningham Ward Gallery, New York, New York
Group Show, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
'Third Annual Invitational,' O.K. Harris Gallery, New York, New York
'New American Abstract Painting,' Vassar College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, New York
'Purchase Show,' Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas
'Selectors Show,' Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland

1971

'What's Happening in SoHo,' Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
'New Realism, Old Realism,' Bernard Dannenberg Galleries, New York, New York
'Group Exhibition,' M. Knoedler & Co., New York, New York
'Untitled II,' Art Lending Service, Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York

1970

'Artist/Photographer - Photographer/Artist,' Bloomfield Art Association, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
'Critics Choice,' New York State Council on the Arts; traveling exhibition organized by Max Kozloff and Lucy Lippard
'Summer Selection,' O.K. Harris Gallery, New York, New York
'Figures/Environments', Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
'Photography Into Sculpture,' Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
'Ten Alumni Sculptors,' Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
   
Bibliography  
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Kohles, Jeanne Fryer. exhibition review, 'Flaws are few in intriguing 'Selected Works', The Columbus Dispatch, October 8, 2000, p. H9.
Hall, Jacqueline. exhibition review, The Columbus Dispatch, May 19, 1996.
Hickey, Dave. 'Lynton Wells: The Heart of Wit,' at the Donna Beam Fine Art Center Gallery, University of Las Vegas, Nevada.
'New Dimensions,' Time Magazine, April 13, 1970.
'Photography Takes Shape,' Modern Photography, June 1970.
'Reviews and Previews,' Arts Magazine, February 1974.
'New Art Show at Mechanic,' Baltimore Sun, March 6, 1977.
'Art at Princeton,' Town Topics, Princeton, New Jersey, November 28, 1979, p.22.
Andre, Michael. 'Reviews and Previews," ArtNews, March 1974.
Bannon, Anthony. 'Yield is Rich in Garden of Artist's Mind,' Buffalo Evening News, November 1977.
Beals, Kathie. "Old-Style Painting Makes a Come-Back," Westchester Weekend, April 15, 1977.
Bodolai, Joe. 'Six Exhibitions,' Arts Canada, April/May 1976, p. 62.
Boice, Bruce. Artforum, May 1973.
Bunnell, Peter. 'Photograph into Sculpture,' The Birmingham Eccentric, July 31, 1969, p.10D
Bunnell, Peter. Lynton Wells, Paintings ,1971-1978, exhibition catalogue, Princeton University Art Museum, 1979.
Canaday, John. 'Odd Thing to Worry About, Ethics,' The New York Times, June 7, 1970.
Chelz, Carol. Lynton Wells, exhibition catalogue, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York, November, 1971.
Cohen, Ronny H. 'Lynton Wells,' Art Forum, January 1981, p. 71.
Coleman, A.D. 'Sheer Anarchy, or a Step Forward?,' The New York Times, April 12, 1970.
Dreiss, Joseph. exhibition review, Arts Magazine, March 1974.
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Eckhoff, Sally. 'Branching Out,' Village Voice, November 26, 1979, p. 87.
Frank, Peter. exhibition review, ArtNews, April 1973.
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Gold, Barbara, 'The Synthetic Look of the Seventies,' Baltimore Sun, March 13, 1977.
Gruen, John. 'Photo Imagery in Painting,' SoHo Weekly News, October 25, 1975 p. 20.
Guard, Roscoe. 'James Rosenquist and Lynton Wells,' Proof Only, May 22, 1974.
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Awards and Grants  
1977 New York State Council on the Arts
1975 National Endowment for the Arts
1973 New York State Council on the Arts
 
Selected Public Collections
Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Indiana
Detroit Art Institute, Detroit, Michigan
University Art Museum, University of California at Berkeley, California
Lannon Foundation, West Palm Beach, Florida
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia
H.F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Vassar College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, New York
Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, New York
Dallas Museum of Fine Art, Dallas, Texas
University of Virginia Art Museum, Charlottesville, Virginia
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
Power Institute of Fine Arts, Sydney, Australia
University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina
Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Federal Republic of Germany
Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, Connecticut