Joseph Wolins

Joseph Wolins (born Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1915, died 1999, New York City) was an American painter whose influences included Piero della Francesca, Mantegna and Giotto. He studied at the National Academy of Design between 1935 and 1941 with Leon Kroll and held his first solo exhibition in 1947 at the New York Contemporary Arts Gallery. His work is in public collections including those of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Butler Institute of American Art. http://www.askart.com/AskART/artists/search/Search_Grid.aspx?searchtype=MUSEUMS&artist=24240 http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=28185

He also contributed to the Index of American Design, which can be found at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

Exhibitions

World’s Fair, New York<br /> J.B. Neumann Gallery, New York <br /> Toledo Museum, Toledo Ohio <br /> Corcoran Art Gallery, Washington, D.C.<br /> University of Illinois Art Museum<br /> Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA<br /> Whitney Museum, New York<br /> São Paulo Museum of Modern Art, São Paulo, Brazil<br /> Norfolk Museum, Norfolk, Virginia<br /> The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.<br /> Butler Art Institute, Youngstown, Ohio

Solo shows

Contemporary Arts Gallery, New York<br /> Bodley Gallery, New York<br /> Silvermine Guild, Norwalk, Connecticut<br /> Agra Gallery, Washington, D.C.<br /> Adler Gallery, New York<br /> Perlow Gallery, New York

Permanent collections

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York<br /> Norfolk Museum, Virginia<br /> Albrecht Museum, St. Joseph’s University, Missouri<br /> The Museum in Ein Hod, Israel<br /> Butler Art Institute, Youngstown, Ohio<br /> Wichita Art Museum, Kansas<br /> National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.<br /> Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, Connecticut<br /> New Britain Museum, Connecticut<br /> Boca Raton Museum, Florida<br /> Everson Art Museum, Syracuse, New York<br /> Ball State University Art Museum, Muncie, Indiana<br /> Museum of Biblical Art, Dallas, Texas

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., as part of the Index of American Design. See his artist information page on the NGA website.

Awards

The Mark Rothko Award<br /> Audubon Arts<br /> National Institute of Arts and Letters<br /> American Society of Contemporary Artists<br /> Listed in:<br /> Who’s Who in America<br /> Who’s Who International<br /> Who’s Who in American Art

Source

References

Artgalny.com