Adolph Gottlieb was an American Abstract Expressionist artist known for his prints, paintings and sculptures. He is considered one of the “first generation” of Abstract Expressionists.
From 1920–21 Gottlieb studied at the Art Students League of New York, after which, having determined to become an artist, he left high school at the age of 17 and worked his passage to Europe on a merchant ship. He traveled in France and Germany for a year. He lived in Paris for 6 months during which time he visited the Louvre Museum every day and audited classes at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière.
Gottlieb spent the next year traveling in Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, and other parts of Central Europe, visiting museums and art galleries. When he returned, he was one of the most traveled New York artists.
Gottlieb had his first solo exhibition at the Dudensing Galleries in New York City in 1930. During the 1920s and early 1930s, he formed lifelong friendships with other artists such as Barnett Newman, Mark Rothko, David Smith, Milton Avery, and John Graham. In 1935, he and nine others, including Ben-Zion, Joseph Solman, Ilya Bolotowsky, Louis Harris, Jack Kufeld, Mark Rothko, and Louis Schanker, known as “The Ten,” exhibited their works together until 1940. It was in the late 1930s when Gottlieb moved to the desert in Tuscon, where he moved from an Expressionist–Realist style approach to a style that combines elements of Surrealism and formalist abstraction.
Throughout his career, Gottlieb had 56 solo exhibitions and was included in over 200 group exhibitions. His works of art are in the collections of more than 140 major museums around the world.
Gottlieb was accomplished as a painter, draughtsman, printmaker and sculptor. He designed and oversaw the construction of a 1500 square-foot stained glass façade for the Milton Steinberg Center in New York City in 1954, and he designed a suite of 18 stained glass windows for the Kingsway Jewish Center in Brooklyn. He was the first of his generation to have his art collected by the Museum of Modern Art (1946) and the Guggenheim Museum (1948).
Gottlieb suffered a major stroke in 1970 that left him paralyzed except for his right arm and hand. In 1972 he was voted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and he continued to paint and to exhibit his art until his death in March of 1974.
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Chrome Green
By Adolph Gottlieb
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color screenprint on Arches. Signed, dated and numbered 125/150 in pencil by Gottlieb. Printed by Kelpra Studio, London, with the ink stamp verso. Publ...
Color, Screen
Beacon
By Adolph Gottlieb
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color lithograph on Arches. Signed, dated and numbered 14/100 in pencil by Gottlieb. Published by Marlborough Graphics, Inc., New York. Catalogue refe...
Color, Lithograph
Adolph Gottlieb, "Untitled" Hand-knotted Wool Rug
By Edward Fields, Adolph Gottlieb
Located in New York, NY
-Edition 1/3 -Artist’s initials woven on lower left, publisher's mark stenciled on the underside -Excellent condition -Published by Edward Fields, New York
Wool
Black Field
By Adolph Gottlieb
Located in New York, NY
Color screenprint on white wove paper, 1972. Signed by the artist dated in pencil lower left. Numbered 67/150 in pencil lower right. Printed by Kelpra Studio, London, with the ink ...
Screen, Color
ORANGE OVAL
By Adolph Gottlieb
Located in Portland, ME
Gottlieb, Adolph (American, 1903-1974) ORANGE OVAL, Screenprint in colors, 1972. Edition of 150, printed on wove paper. Signed in pencil, dated and numbered 143/150. Printed by Kelpr...
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Black Field
By Adolph Gottlieb
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION Adolph Gottlieb Black Field 1972 Screenprint 36 x 28 in. Edition of 150 Pencil signed and numbered ABOUT THE WORK In the vertical "Bursts," the series relies...
Screen
"Untitled" (From the Flight Portfolio)
By Adolph Gottlieb
Located in Warren, NJ
Adolph Gottilieb (1903-1974), New York, 1969, signed "161/250" and dated 1969 . In good condition Unframed. Measures 24x19
Lithograph
Chrome Yellow-Green Disc
By Adolph Gottlieb
Located in New York, NY
Lithograph. Signed by artist in pencil, lower right. Numbered 50/50 in pencil, lower left. Marlborough Gallery label on reverse.
Lithograph
TWO BARS
By Adolph Gottlieb
Located in Portland, ME
Gottlieb, Adolph (American, 1903-1974). TWO BARS. Color lithograph, 1969. Edition of 100, Signed and dated, and numbered 11/100, all in pencil. Exhibition label, verso. 29 1/2 x 21. ...
Lithograph
Flurry
By Adolph Gottlieb
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color screenprint on white wove paper. Signed, dated and numbered 74/75 in pencil by Gottlieb. Published by Marlborough Graphics, Inc., New York.
Color, Screen
Flury
By Adolph Gottlieb
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Compared with his peers, the original Abstract Expressionist posse (Arshile Gorky, Hans Hoffmann, Jackson Pollock, and Mark Rothko) Adolph Gottlieb arguably created the most easily r...
Screen
Adolph Gottlieb "Black Signs" -Wool Artistic Rug - Publisher Gloria F. Ross
By Adolph Gottlieb
Located in New York, NY
-Black Signs by Adolph Gottlieb -54 x 72 in, 137 x 183 cm -Designed in 1967, Rug woven in 1970 -Edition ⅕ -Published by Gloria F. Ross, New York City -Condition: Perfect/Original C...
Wool
Beautiful Modern Silk and Wool Hand Knotted Rug
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Very nice modern rug with an abstract design and nice colors, entirely and finely hand knotted with hand carded wool and silk velvet on cotton foundation.
Silk
$1,800
H 47.5 in W 57.2 in
In a French Restaurant (Knoedler Gallery) SIGNED poster colorful expressionist
By (After) Howard Hodgkin
Located in New York, NY
A large scale abstract interior scene with bold black, white, red, pink, green, white and orange patterns and brushstrokes, based on an abstract oil painting. Pink and purple dots, y...
Screen
Henri Michaux - Beach - Original Lithograph
By Henri Michaux
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Henri Michaux - Beach - Original Lithograph 1956 Dimensions: 32 x 25 cm Edition: G. di San Lazzaro. From the art review XXème siècle Unsigned and unumbered as issued
Lithograph
$1,828
H 13.47 in W 12.01 in D 0.04 in
Zao Wou-ki - Moments - Original Aquatint with Hand-Signed Justification
By Zao Wou-Ki
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Zao Wou-ki - Moments - Original Aquatint Edition of 130 Dimensions: 34.2 x 30.5 cm Vellum paper BFK Rives 1996 Bibliography: Jørgen Ågerup, Zao Wou-Ki: The Graphic Work, A Catalogue ...
Aquatint
$1,371
H 23.04 in W 18.71 in D 0.04 in
André Lanskoy - Composition - Mourlot Lithographic Poster
By André Lanskoy
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
André LANSKOY (1902-1976) Composition Lithographic poster Editor: Mourlot Dimensions: 58.5 x 47.5 cm André Lanskoy was one of the great painters o...
Lithograph
$4,799
H 15.36 in W 11.23 in D 0.04 in
Zao Wou-ki - Original Lithograph - Abstract Composition
By Zao Wou-Ki
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Zao Wou-ki - Original Lithograph 1962 From La tentation de l’Occident Dimensions: 39 x 28.5 cm Publisher: Les Bibliophiles Comtois Edition of 170 Reference: Jørgen Ågerup 137 - 146...
Lithograph
$4,799
H 15.36 in W 11.23 in D 0.04 in
Zao Wou-ki - Original Lithograph - Abstract Composition
By Zao Wou-Ki
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Zao Wou-ki - Original Lithograph 1962 From La tentation de l’Occident Dimensions: 39 x 28.5 cm Publisher: Les Bibliophiles Comtois Edition of 170 Reference: Jørgen Ågerup 137 - 146...
Lithograph
The Basque Suite: Untitled
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Edition of 150 104.1 x 71.7 cms (41 x 28 1/4 ins)
Screen
Solar Imp
By Helen Frankenthaler
Located in New York, NY
Screenprint in colors on wove paper. Signed by the artist in pencil and also numbered 96/126 in pencil. Published by Lincoln Center List Poster and Print Program, New York. Second ...
Screen, Color
Aerie
By Helen Frankenthaler
Located in New York, NY
Signed and numbered in pencil
Screen
$175Sale Price|36% Off
H 16.75 in W 12.75 in D 1 in
Untitled Composition III (Gestural Abstraction, Lyrical, Tachisme, ~36% OFF)
By Otto Greis
Located in Kansas City, MO
Otto Greis Untitled Composition III Original Silkscreen on Fine Vellum Year: 1960 Sheet Size: 7.6 × 5.625 inches (19.30 × 14.29 cm) Mat Size: 10.6 × 8.125 inches (26.92 × 20.64 cm) F...
Vellum, Screen
Dusk in August
By Louise Nevelson
Located in Indianapolis, IN
Louise Nevelson (1899-1988) Dusk in August (1967) Lithograph with embossing Size: 17 x 22.25 in (43 x 56.4 cm) Frame size: 21.75 x 26.75 in (55.25 x 67.95 cm) Edition of 100, this i...
Lithograph
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H 30 in W 24 in
Peace, Signed Abstract Expressionist Screenprint by Adolph Gottlieb
By Adolph Gottlieb
Located in Long Island City, NY
An original hand-signed screenprint from the 1970 Peace portfolio by American Abstract Expressionist artist, Adolph Gottlieb. Peace by Adolph Gottlieb, 1903 - 1974 Portfolio Name: P...
Pencil, Screen
Adolph Gottlieb -- Germination
By Adolph Gottlieb
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Adolph Gottlieb (1903-1974) Germination, 1969 Lithograph in colors on Arches paper Hand signed and dated lower left Numbered 25/60 Sheet size 56.5 x 76 cm
Lithograph
Germination III
By Adolph Gottlieb
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1969 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 57/75 Publisher : Marlborough Graphics, New York 56.50 cm. x 76.50 cm. 22.24 in. x 30.12 in. (paper) 47.00 cm. x 74....
Lithograph
Orange Oval
By Adolph Gottlieb
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color screenprint on Arches. From the edition of 150. Signed, dated and numbered in pencil. The edition numbers have been erased difficult to decipher....
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Green Foreground
By Adolph Gottlieb
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this large color screenprint on Arches. Signed, dated and numbered 139/150 in pencil by Gottlieb. Printed by Kelpra Studio, London, with the ink stamp...
Color, Screen
Crimson Ground
By Adolph Gottlieb
Located in New York, NY
A brilliant, richly-inked impression of this vibrant color screenprint on Arches. Signed, dated and numbered 140/150 in pencil. Printed by Kelpra Studio, London, with the ink stamp v...
Color, Screen
Figure Eight
By Adolph Gottlieb
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this scarce screenprint on Arches. Signed, dated and numbered 14/75 in ink. Published by Marlborough Graphics, Inc., New York.
Screen
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H 24 in W 20 in
Rose Mood, Abstract Expressionist Sillkscreen by Adolph Gottlieb 1967
By Adolph Gottlieb
Located in Long Island City, NY
An original silkscreen by American Abstract Expressionist, Adolph Gottlieb. It is hand-signed and numbered from the edition of 75. Artist: Adolph Gottlieb Title: Rose Mood Year: ...
Screen
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H 24 in W 17.5 in
Halo, Abstract Expressionist Sillkscreen by Adolph Gottlieb 1966
By Adolph Gottlieb
Located in Long Island City, NY
An original silkscreen by American Abstract Expressionist, Adolph Gottlieb. It is hand-signed and numbered from the edition of 50. Artist: Adolph Gottlieb Title: Halo Year: 1966...
Screen
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H 41 in W 36 in
Crimson Ground, Abstract Expressionist Silkscreen by Adolph Gottlieb 1972
By Adolph Gottlieb
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Adolph Gottlieb, American (1903 - 1974) Title: Crimson Ground Year: 1972 Medium: Silkscreen, Signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 78/150 Size: 24 x 19 in. (60.96 x 48.26 cm...
Screen
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H 10 in W 12 in
"James P. Johnson Love, " Adolph Gottlieb, Harlem Renaissance Jazz Music Abstract
By Adolph Gottlieb
Located in New York, NY
Adolph Gottlieb (1903 - 1974) James P. Johnson Love, 1949 Watercolor and pencil on paper 10 x 12 inches Signed and dated lower left Provenance: Harold Rosenberg, New York James P. Johnson (1894-1955) was known as the father of "Stride" or "Harlem Stride," a blend of Ragtime and Jazz styles that became popular in the '20's. He composed 16 musicals, over 200 songs, a symphony, a piano concerto, two tone poems, and even an opera, mirroring the achievements of George Gershwin but never receiving the same level of recognition. Johnson's music inspired the likes of Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and countless others. He began to earn a living as a pianist by playing cabarets and dance halls until he gained slightly wider recognition and created compositions for black broadway and jazz scores for classical orchestras.In 1949, James P. Johnson was invited by actor and trombonist Conrad Janis to participate in band of what Janis believed to be the Jazz greats - Johnson played piano, along with Henry Goodwin (trumpet), Edmond Hall (clarinet), Pops Foster (bass) and Baby Dodds (drums), with Janis on trombone. In 1948, Conrad Janis' father Sidney Janis opened his gallery befriended artists like Gorky and Duchamp in the 1940's, and showed Adolph Gottlieb. It is possible that Adolph Gottlieb and James P. Johnson became acquainted in the 1940’s through the Janis family. Harold Rosenberg coined the term “action painting” in regards to expressionism, he wrote extensively on the Abstract Expressionist artists during his career as an art critic. In 1949, Rosenberg co-curated an exhibition showcasing these artists with Samuel Kootz that included Gottlieb, de Kooning, Will Baziotes, Gorky, Morris Graves, Hofmann, Motherwell, Pollock, Ad Reinhardt, Rothko, Mark Tobey, and Bradley Walker Tomlin. An expressionist picture in the personal collection of Harold Rosenberg, is the stamp of approval of quality as he is one of the original voices of the abstract movement and held in the highest esteem as a critic. Born in New York City in 1903, Adolph Gottlieb was a founding member of The Ten, a group devoted to abstract art with whom he was active for about five years. He became a major exponent of Abstract Expressionism whose painting style is linked to Marc Rothko...
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Levitation
By Adolph Gottlieb
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"Levitation" is arguably the most ambiguous and distinctive print Adolph Gottlieb (1903-1974) created. It has the essential elements of a classic Gottlieb: richly-colored monochromat...
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