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Cleve (Ginsburg) Gray

Cleve (Ginsburg) Gray (1918 - 2004) was active/lived in Connecticut, New York / Italy, France.  Cleve Gray is known for Abstract expression, landscape and still life painting.

Abstract painter Cleve Gray died December 8, 2004 in Hartford, Connecticut. He was born Cleve Ginsburg (his family changed their name in 1936).

Gray created a variety of works with fields of color made by pouring, staining, and sponging to which he added gestural marks. He painted a series of 14 paintings entitled, Threnody in response to the Vietnam War. The series was commissioned by the Neuberger Museum of Purchase, New York.

While Cleve Gray served in the Army he studied with French artists Andre Lhote and Jacques Villon after the liberation of Paris.

Cleve Gray married the writer Francine du Plessix in 1957.  He was a contributing editor to Art in America in the 1960s, and he edited volumes of writings by David Smith, John Marin and Hans Richter.

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Editors, "Art World", Art in America, February 2005   ...  [Displaying 879 of 21020 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Cleve (Ginsburg) Gray

   Publications  Book References:  25
Magazine References:  3

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3 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Cleve (Ginsburg) Gray
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Art in America Artworld February 2005 Editors, Art in America Yes
Art in America Review of Exhibitions April 2003 Editors, Art in America Yes
Art in America Review of Exhibitions June 1996 Editors, Art in America Yes
25 Book References for Cleve (Ginsburg) Gray
Year Author Title Pages Color
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 McGowan, Alison C (Editor) Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition) 1512 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1998 Weber, Nicholas Fox Cleve Gray 168 Yes
1997 Marquis Who's Who Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998 1515 No
1993 Bowker R R Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts) 1473 No
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)
1117 No
1988 Columbus Museum of Art The American Collections Columbus Museum of Art 271 Yes
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Dictionary of Signatures & Monogram 556 No
1988 Geske, Norman and Karen O. Janovy The American Painting Collection of the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery 376 Yes
1987 Cummings, Paul Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition) 653 No
1987 Krane, Susan Albright-Knox Art Gallery Painting and Sculpture/Acquisitions since 1972 379 Yes
1986 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986 1292 No
1982 Stebbins, Theodore/G Gorokhoff American Paintings at Yale University: An illustrated Checklist
(Exhibition catalog)
213 No
1981 Newark Museum American Art in the Newark Museum Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture 431 Yes
1977 Hess, Thomas B/Robert T Buck Cleve Gray Paintings 1966-1977
(Exhibition catalog)
64 Yes
1976 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition 756 No
1975 Editor, Smithsonian Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection 0 No
1974 Baur, John I H Whitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection 235 Yes
1965 Drawing Society Drawing Society National Exhibiti 1965
(Exhibition catalog)
108 No
1963 Lipman, Jean (editor) What Is American in American Art 180 Yes
1961 Goodrich, Lloyd/John I H Baur American Art of Our Century 309 Yes
1961 Solomon R Guggenheim Museum American Abstract Expressionists and Imagists
(Exhibition catalog)
1961 No
1955 Hayes, Bartlett H Jr The Naked Truth and Personal Vision The Length of the Artistic Road (Addison Gallery)
(Exhibition catalog)
112 Yes
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