Beauchamp Catalog

ROBERT BEAUCHAMP

Figurative Abstract Expressionism

1960 - 1987

ROBERT BEAUCHAMP

Figurative Abstract Expressionism

1960 - 1987

Untitled, 1960Oil and mixed media on paper, 27.5 x 39.5 inches

Untitled, 1960 Oil and mixed media on paper, 27.5 x 39.5 inches

Untitled, 1960 Oil and mixed media on paper, 27.5 x 39.5 inches

Untitled, 1960 Oil and mixed media on paper, 27 x 39 inches


Untitled, 1960-1965Oil and mixed media on paper, 18.75 x 24 inches

Untitled, 1960-1965 Oil and mixed media on paper, 18 x 24 inches

Untitled, 1963Oil on canvas, 68 x 68 inches

Untitled, 1965 Oil and mixed media on paper, 22 x 30.25 inches





Untitled, 1965 Oil on paper board, 22 x 30 inches

Self-Portrait as Bill King, 1977Oil on canvas, 50 x 36 inches

The Fortune Teller, 1987Oil on canvas, 64 x 60 inches

Strawberry or Chocolate, 1987Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 inches

ROBERT BEAUCHAMPAMERICAN (1923-1995)

Beauchamp was one of the first and most prominent Figurative Expressionist painters to appear in the Beauchamp was one of the first and most prominent Figurative Expressionist painters to appear in the

American art world in the late 1950’s. His work was bold, inventive, and at times eccentric and wildly

humorous. He was greatly admired by his peers: including artists, critics and curators. He was one of those

rare individuals who went his own way and developed his own vision without compromise. His output,

which was extensive, included not only oil paintings on canvas, but also oversized drawings and large

oil-stick paintings on paper.

His early works depicted romantic and somewhat enigmatic fantasies. Later Beauchamp developed a more His early works depicted romantic and somewhat enigmatic fantasies. Later Beauchamp developed a more

existential expression in which seemingly unrelated objects, animals and people, were combined in a

dynamic tapestry. As he matured, the human condition, with all its expectations, fears, and ironic

confusions, became his focus. Beyond the subject, however, there was always the very nature of paint

itself, which he used as an emotional experience much as the Abstract Expressionists did. The Beauchamp

trademark was his masterful control of the medium. The texture of the paintings, infused with his

inexhaustible energy, became just as important as his bold compositions and his powerful colors.

Beauchamp was an active participant in the NewBeauchamp was an active participant in the New York art scene, exhibiting extensively throughout his

career. During his lifetime he had 54 one-man exhibitions and participated in numerous invitational group

shows. He first showed in a group exhibition at the Tanager Gallery, on Tenth Street in New York City in

1955, then at the Hansa Gallery and the Green Gallery downtown. In the late 1960’s he was represented at

the Graham Gallery, and then at Monique Knowlton in the 1980’s and 90’s. The Whitney Museum included

Beauchamp in six of their Annual Invitationals, and the Guggenheim Museum included him in their “Ten

Independents” exhibit.

Exhibitions

2005 Cherrystone Gallery, Wellfleet, MA (solo)2004 Beauregard Fine Art Gallery, Rumson, NJ (solo)2003 David Findlay Jr. Fine Art (solo)2002 Acme Gallery, Boston, MA (solo)2002 Acme Gallery, Boston, MA20022002 Acme Gallery, Boston, MA2002 Acme Gallery, Boston, MA1999 “Figurative Expressionists of Provincetown”, Berta Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA1999 “Figurative Expressionists of Provincetown”, Berta Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA1999 “Figurative Expressionists of Provincetown”, Berta Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA1999 “Fantasy and Angst in the Art of Robert Beauchamp”, Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, Boston, MA (solo)1999 “The Kind and the Fool 1999 “The Kind and the Fool Walk in the Rain,” Iris & B Gerald Cantor Art Gallery, College (solo)1998 -1999 Cape Museum of Fine Arts, Dennis, MA1998 -1999 Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA1998 - Cape Museum of Fine Arts, Dennis, MA1999 Cape Museum of Fine Arts, Dennis, MA1998 -1999 Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA1998 -1999 Cape Museum of Fine Arts, Dennis, MA1998 -1999 Fine1998 -1999 Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA1998 “Robert Beauchamp - A Passion for Paint…The Final Years”, Provincetown Art Association & Museum, Provincetown, MA (solo)1993 -1998 M-13 Gallery, New York, NY (solo)1997 Longpoint Gallery, Provincetown, MA1997 Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY1997 Longpoint Gallery, Provincetown, MA1997 Monique Knowlton Galler1997 Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY1997 Longpoint Gallery, Provincetown, MA1997 Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY1996 -1997 “Memorial Exhibit,” Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY (solo)1996 “A Small Retrospective,” Cherrystone Gallery, Wellfleet, MA (solo)1996 “Field and Stream”, Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY1996 Longpoint Gallery, Provincetown, MA1996 “Field and Stream”, Monique Knowlton Galler1996 “Field and Stream”, Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY1996 Longpoint Gallery, Provincetown, MA1996 “Field and Stream”, Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY1996 Longpoint Gallery, Provincetown, MA1995 Longpoint Gallery, Provincetown, MA1995 Longpoint Gallery, Provincetown, MA1995 Longpoint Gallery, Provincetown, MA1995 Monique Knowlton Galler1995 Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY (solo)1994 Longpoint Gallery, Provincetown, MA1994 Longpoint Gallery, Provincetown, MA

Exhibitions

1994 Longpoint Gallery, Provincetown, MA1994 Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY1993 Longpoint Gallery, Provincetown, MA1993 Carone Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL (solo)1992 Andre Zarre Gallery, New York, NY (solo)1992 Longpoint Galler1992 Longpoint Gallery, Provincetown, MA (solo)1991 Longpoint Gallery, Provincetown, MA (solo)1990 Invitational, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA1989 Vanderwoude-Tannenbaum Gallery, New York, NY (solo)1988 Locus Gallery, San Antonio, TX (solo)1988 Phoenix Gallery, Provincetown, MA (solo)1987 Gruenbaum Gallery, New York, NY (solo)1985 Monique Knowlton Galler1985 Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY (solo)1985 “Retrospective”, Greenville Museum, Greenville, GA (solo)1985 Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA (solo)1984 “Retrospective”, Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY (solo)1984 Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY1983 Univeristy of Georgia Art Musuem, Athens, GA1983 Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY (solo)1983 Landmark Galler1983 Landmark Gallery, New York, NY (solo)1982 Lamar Dodd Museum, La Grange, GA (solo)1982 Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI1981 “Southeastern Drawing Invitational” Huntsville Museum of Art Huntsville, AL1981 “Five Figurative Painters,” Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL1981 Nassau County Museum of Contemporary Art, NY1981 “A New Beastiary”, Virginia Museum of Art, Richmond, VA1981 Landmark Galler1981 Landmark Gallery, New York, NY (solo)1981 Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY (solo)1978 Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY (solo)1978 Landmark Gallery, New York, NY (solo)1976 Terry Dintenfass Gallery, New York, NY (solo)1974 University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (solo)1972 -1973 Dain Gallery, New York, NY (solo)1972 “1972 “Ten Independents,” Guggenheim Museum of Art, New York, NY1971 Simone Sterne Gallery, New Orleans, LA (solo)1971 Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA (solo)1971 Tirca Karlis Gallery, Provincetown, MA (solo)1969 Whitney Museum of Art, Biennial, New York, NY1968 Tirca Karlis Gallery, Provincetown, MA (solo)1968 Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT (solo)1967 Graham Galler1967 Graham Gallery, New York, NY (solo)1967 Tirca Karlis Gallery, Provincetown, MA (solo)1967 Whitney Museum of Art, Biennial, New York, NY1966 Graham Gallery, New York, NY (solo)

Exhibitions

1964 Bradford Junior College, Bradford, MA (solo)1964 Green Gallery, New York, NY (solo)1964 Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)1964 Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)1964 East End Gallery, Provincetown, MA (solo)1963 Sun Galler1963 Sun Gallery, Provincetown, MA (solo)1963 Green Gallery, New York, NY (solo)1963 Whitney Museum of Art, Biennial, New York, NY1962 American Gallery, New York, NY1962 Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY1962 Roland De Aenelle Gallery, New York, NY1961 Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY1961 Whitney Museum of1961 Whitney Museum of Art, Biennial, New York, NY1961 Green Gallery, New York, NY1961 Zabriskie Gallery, New York, NY1961 Tanager Gallery, New York, NY1961 Sun Gallery, Provincetown, MA (solo)1960 Tanager Gallery, New York, NY1960 Green Gallery, New York, NY1960 Zabriskie Galler1960 Zabriskie Gallery, New York, NY1959 -1960 Great Jones Gallery, New York, NY (solo)1959 Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, NY1959 International Arts Gallery, New York, NY1959 Haansa Gallery, New York, NY1958 Area Gallery, New York, NY1958 St. Marks in the Bowery Gallery, New York, NY1958 March Galler1958 March Gallery, New York, NY1958 March Gallery, New York, NY (solo)1955 -1958 Stable Gallery, New York, NY1957 March Gallery, New York, NY1957 James Gallery, New York, NY1956 James Gallery, New York, NY1955 Tanager Gallery, New York, NY19551955 Tanager Gallery, New York, NY (solo)1953 Tanager Gallery, New York, NY (solo)1953 Walker Art Institute, Minneapolis, MN1966 Obelisk Gallery, Boston, MA (solo)1965 American Gallery, New York, NY (solo)1965 East End Gallery, Provincetown, MA (solo)1965 Whitney Museum of Art, Biennial, New York, NY1964 HCE Galler1964 HCE Gallery, Provincetown, MA (solo)

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Selected Public Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NYThe Whitney Museum of Art, New York, NYThe Museum of Modern Art, New York, NYThe Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Washington, DCThe Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PAThe Brooklyn Museum ofThe Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NYThe National Gallery, Washington, DCThe Denver Museum of Art, Denver, COThe Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CTUniversity of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, MAUniversity of California at Berkeley, CAAmerican Federation of Arts, Museum Purchase Fund, New York, NYHerbert f. Johnson Museum, Cornell UniversitHerbert f. Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NYHecksher Museum, Huntington, NYHuntingtonUniversity of Texas at Austin, Austin, TXLamar Dodd Museum, La Grange, GATucson University Museum, Tucson, AZThe Everson Museum, Syracuse, NYThe Seattle Museum of Art, Seattle, WATTelfair Museum of Art, Savannah, GAUniversity of Richmond, Richmond, VAProvincetown Art Association & Museum, Provincetown, MACape Fine Arts Museum, Dennis, MAUniversity of Nebraska, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery & Sculpture Garden, Lincoln, NACollege of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MAKresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, MIBoston Museum of FineBoston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

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