Albert Kotin (1907 – 1980) belonged to the early generation of New York School Abstract Expressionist artists whose artistic innovation by the 1950s had been recognized across the Atlantic, including Paris. New York School Abstract Expressionism, represented by Jackson Pollock, Willem De Kooning, Franz Kline and others became a leading art movement of the post World War II era. Year 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... The New York School (synonymous with abstract expressionist painting) was an informal group of American poets, painters, dancers, and musicians active in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s in New York City. ... American post-World War II art movement. ... The Atlantic Ocean is Earths second-largest ocean, covering approximately one_fifth of its surface. ... This article is about the capital of France. ... The New York School (synonymous with abstract expressionist painting) was an informal group of American poets, painters, dancers, and musicians active in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s in New York City. ... Jackson Pollock, No. ... Controversy swirls over the alleged sale of No. ... Willem de Koonings Woman V (1952-53), National Gallery of Australia Willem de Kooning (April 24, 1904 – March 19, 1997) was an abstract expressionist painter, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands. ... Franz Klines Painting Number 2, 1954 Franz Kline (May 23, 1910 - May 13, 1962) was an American painter mainly associated with the Abstract Expressionist group which was centered, geographically, around New York, and temporally, in the 1940s and 1950s; but not limited to that setting. ... An art movement is a tendency or style in art with a specific common philosophy or goal, followed by a group of artists during a restricted period of time, or, at least, with the heyday of the movement more or less strictly so restricted (usually a few months, years or... Look up post in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... An era is a long period of time with different technical and colloquial meanings, and usages in language. ...

Biography

Albert Kotin was born August 7, 1907 in Minsk, Tsarist Russia and emigrated to the USA in 1908. He became a US citizen in 1923. is the 219th day of the year (220th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Location of Minsk, shown within the Minsk Voblast Coordinates: Country Subdivision Belarus Minsk Founded 1067 Government  - Mayor Mikhail Pavlov Area  - City 305. ... Росси́йская Импе́рия, (also Imperial Russia) covers the period of Russian history from the expansion of Russia under Peter the Great into the Russian Empire stretching from the Baltic to the Pacific Ocean, to...

Albert Kotin studied: (1924-1929) at The National Academy of Design, New York City, NY; with Charles Hawthorne, Provincetown, MA; (1929-32) at the Academie Julian, the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere and at the Atelier de Fresque and Colarossi, Paris, France; (1947-1951) at The Art Students League of New York, New York City, NY; under the GI Bill he went to study with Hans Hofmann in Provincetown, MA, and in New York City. The National Academy of Design, in New York City, now called simply The National Academy, is an honorary association of American artists, with a museum and a school of fine arts. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... Charles Webster Hawthorne (1872–1930) was an American portrait and genre painter and a noted teacher who founded the Cape Cod School of Art in 1899. ... Provincetown is a town located at the tip of Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. ... Look up ma in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Académie Julian was an art school in Paris, France. ... The Académie de la Grande Chaumière (academy of the large thatched cottage) is an art school located at 14 rue de la Grande Chaumière in Paris, France. ... This article is about the capital of France. ... The Art Students League of New York is an art school founded in 1875. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... The G. I. Bill of Rights or Servicemens Readjustment Act of 1944 provided for college or vocational education for returning World War II veterans as well as one-year of unemployment compensation. ... Hans Hofmann (1880 - 1966) was an abstract expressionist painter. ... Provincetown is a town located at the tip of Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. ... Look up ma in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...

He participated in the Federal Art Project: Public Works of Art Project (PWAP) (1933-34) and Works Progress Administration/Federal Art Project (WPA/[FAP) (1935-40). Albert Kotin won competitions that were funded through commissions under the Treasury Department's Section of Painting and Sculpture (later known as The Section of Fine Arts) in Ada, Ohio^[1], and in Arlington, New Jersey^[2]. East Side West Side Exhibition of Photographs, New York City Federal Art Project, WPA, 1938 The Federal Art Project (FAP) was the visual arts arm of the Great Depression-era New Deal WPA Federal One program in the United States. ... The Public Works of Art Project was a program to employ artists, as part of the New Deal, during the Great Depression. ... The Public Works of Art Project was a program to employ artists, as part of the New Deal, during the Great Depression. ... WPA Graphic The Works Progress Administration (later Work Projects Administration, abbreviated WPA), was created on May 6, 1935 by Presidential order (Congress funded it annually but did not set it up). ... East Side West Side Exhibition of Photographs, New York City Federal Art Project, WPA, 1938 The Federal Art Project (FAP) was the visual arts arm of the Great Depression-era New Deal WPA Federal One program in the United States. ... The United States Department of the Treasury is a Cabinet department, a treasury, of the United States government established by an Act of U.S. Congress in 1789 to manage the revenue of the United States government. ... Look up ADA and Ada in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Official language(s) English de facto Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus Largest metro area Cleveland Area  Ranked 34th  - Total 44,825 sq mi (116,096 km²)  - Width 220 miles (355 km)  - Length 220 miles (355 km)  - % water 8. ... Arlington is the name of many places: // Canada Arlington, Nova Scotia Arlington West, Nova Scotia East Arlington, Nova Scotia Long Harbour-Mount Arlington Heights, Newfoundland and Labrador Arlington, Ontario Arlington Place, Ontario Arlington Woods, Ontario Arlington, Prince Edward Island Arlington Beach, Saskatchewan Arlington No. ... “NJ” redirects here. ...

Albert Kotin served in the US Army military service during World War II (1941-1945). The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

After the war Albert Kotin found a studio on 10th Street. He soon joined the "Downtown Group"^[3] which represented group of artists who found studios in lower Manhattan in the area bounded by 8th and 12th street between First and Sixth Avenues during the late 1940s and early 1950s. These artists were called the "Downtown Group" as opposed to the "Uptown Group" established during the war at The Art of This Century Gallery. In 1949 Albert Kotin joined the "Artists' Club"^[4] located at 39 East 8th Street. Albert Kotin was chosen by his fellow artists to show in the Ninth Street Show held on May 21-June 10, 1951^[5]. The show was located at 60 East 9th Street on the first floor and the basement of a building which was about to be demolished. "The artists celebrated not only the appearance of the dealers, collectors and museum people on the 9th Street, and the consequent exposure of their work but they celebrated the creation and the strength of a living community of significant dimensions." ^[6] Peggy Guggenheim opened The Art of This Century Gallery at 30 W. 57th Street in New York City in October-November 1942. ... The 9th Street Art Exhibition, otherwise known as the Ninth Street Show was a historical, ground-breaking exhibition during a critical period of art history. ...

Albert Kotin was among the 24 out of a total 256 New York School artists included in the Ninth Street Show and in all the following New York Painting and Sculpture Annuals from 1953 to 1957.^[7] These Annuals were important because the participants were chosen by the artists themselves. The New York School (synonymous with abstract expressionist painting) was an informal group of American poets, painters, dancers, and musicians active in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s in New York City. ... The 9th Street Art Exhibition, otherwise known as the Ninth Street Show was a historical, ground-breaking exhibition during a critical period of art history. ...

Harold Rosenberg, New York art critic listed Albert Kotin among the "Tenth Street Artists: Individuals Prevail over the Group:" ^[8] Harold Rosenberg (February 2, 1906, New York City - July 11, 1978, New York City) was an American writer, educator, philosopher and art critic. ... This article is about the state. ... An art critic is normally a person who have a speciality in giving reviews mainly of the types of fine art you will find on display. Typically the art critic will go to an art exhibition where works of art are displayed in the traditional way in localities especially made...

Albert Kotin was also a poet who inspired his fellow artists.

Alexander Calder wrote in 1968, "As long as there are people such as Al Kotin, there is no danger to art."^[9] For other persons named Alexander Calder, see Alexander Calder (disambiguation). ...

Albert Kotin died in February 6, 1980 in New York City from lung cancer.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

• 1951: (first) Hacker Gallery, New York City, NY;
• 1958: Grand Central Moderns Gallery, New York City, NY;
• 1959: Tanager Gallery, New York City, NY;
• 1960: Galerie Iris Clert, Paris, France; Pollock Gallery, Toronto, Canada;
• 1961: Mili-Jay Gallery, Woodstock, NY;
• 1964, 1965  : Byron Gallery, New York City, NY;
• 1968: "Ten Year Retrospective of Albert Kotin's Work," Long Island University; Brooklyn, NY; "Kotin and Carton," Art Faculty two man show, Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY;
• 1982: "Albert Kotin, 1907-1980," Memorial Exhibition, Barron Arts Center, Woodbridge, NJ.

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Selected Group Exhibitions

• 1935: "Exhibition of Oil Paintings," WPA Federal Art Project, Federal Art Gallery, New York City, NY;
• 1936: An American Group, Inc., New York City, NY;
• 1946: "First National Print Competition Exhibit," Associated American Artists, New York City, NY;
• 1947: "J & E.R. Pennell Exhibition of Prints," Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.;
• 1948: "46th Annual Exhibition," The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA;
• 1949: "8 & 2 Exhibition" The New School for Social Research, New York City, NY;
• 1951: ‘’’Ninth Street Show’’’, the first “New York Painting and Sculpture Annual”, New York City, NY;
• 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957: "New York Painting and Sculpture Annual," Stable Gallery, New York City, NY;
• 1956: "Painters and Sculptors on 10th Street," Tanager Gallery, New York City, NY;
• 1957: "First Spring Annual Exhibition," March Gallery, New York City, NY;
• 1958: "A to Z in American Arts," Provincetown Arts Festival, M. Knoedler & Co., New York City, NY; Camino Gallery, New York City, NY;
• 1959: "10th Street," Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX;
• 1960: "New York Artists: A Drawing Show," Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL; Galerie Iris Clert, Paris, France; Pollock Gallery, Toronto, Canada;
• 1960-61: Mili-Jay Gallery, Woodstock, NY;
• 1961: Allyn Gallery, St. Louis, MO;
• 1962, 1972: Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY;
• 1963: "Multiples," Graham Gallery, New York City, NY; Key Gallery, New York City, NY;
• 1963-64: "Hans Hofmann and His Students," circ. by The Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY;
• 1963, 1964: Aegis Gallery, New York City, NY;
• 1965: "79 painters who paint," held simultaneously in: Grace Borgenicht, Graham, Martha Jackson, Kornblee and Poindexter Galleries, New York City, NY;
• 1966: "New York '66," College Museum, Hampton Institute, Hampton, VA;
• 1971: Roko Gallery, New York City, NY;
• 1994: "Reclaiming Artists of the New York School. Toward a More Inclusive View of the 1950s," Baruch College City University, New York City, NY; "New York-Provincetown: A 50s Connection," Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA;
• 2004: "Reuniting an Era Abstract Expressionists of the 1950s.," Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL.

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Catalogs which include Albert Kotin

• 10th Street The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, TX October 15 - November 8, 1959
• Albert Kotin Byron Gallery, Inc. New York City, NY April 7 - April 25, 1964
• Albert Kotin 1907-1980 Memorial Exhibition Long Island University, The Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn, NY. October 6 - October 29, 1982
• Albert Kotin Retrospective: Paintings, Drawings, Prints Artfull Eye Exhibition Gallery, Lambertville, NJ. October 30 - November20, 1988
• Mishkin Gallery] Reclaiming Artists of the New York School Toward a More Inclusive view of the 1950s Baruch College CUNY March 18 - April 22, 1994
• Provicetown Art Association New York-Provincetown: A 50s Connection Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA July 8 - August 1, 1994
• Rockford Art Museum Reuniting an Era abstract expressionists of the 1950s Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL November 12, 2004 - January 25, 2005

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References

• Abstract expressionist art movement in America video documentation project, 1991-1992
• Smithsonian Institution Research Information System; Archival, Manuscript and Photographic Collections, Albert Kotin

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Books

• Marika Herskovic, American Abstract Expressionism of the 1950s An Illustrated Survey, (New York School Press, 2003.) ISBN 0-9677994-1-4
• Marika Herskovic, New York School Abstract Expressionists Artists Choice by Artists, (New York School Press, 2000.) ISBN 0-9677994-0-6

See also

• Art movement
• Abstract expressionism
• New York School
• Action painting

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External links

• Albert Kotin paintings from albertkotin.com