Edward Avedisian

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Edward Avedisian
Born(1936-06-15)June 15, 1936
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Known forPainting

Edward Avedisian (June 15, 1936 – August 17, 2007) was an American abstract painter who came into prominence during the 1960s. His work was initially associated with

Lyrical Abstraction
.

Early career

He studied art at the

School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. By the late 1950s he moved to New York City. Between 1958 and 1963 Avedisian had six solo shows in New York. In 1958 he initially showed at the Hansa Gallery, then he had three shows at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery and in 1962 and 1963 at the Robert Elkon Gallery. He continued to show at the Robert Elkon Gallery almost every year until 1975.[1]

During the 1960s his work was broadly visible in the contemporary art world. One of his paintings appeared on the cover of

Whitney Museum of American Art. His paintings were widely sought after by collectors and acquired by major museums in New York and elsewhere.[3]

Collections

Museum of Modern Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art,

Whitney Museum of American Art, Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, the Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut
,
Corpus Christi, TX
.

He has also been exhibited in galleries, such as the Anita Shapolsky Gallery and the Berry Campbell Gallery in New York City.[4][5]

Recent years

In 1996 Avedisian showed his paintings from the 1960s at the Mitchell Algus Gallery, then in SoHo. His last show, dominated by recent landscapes, was in 2003 at the Algus gallery, now in Chelsea.

Edward Avedisian's only marriage ended in divorce. His partner, Judson Baldwin, died in 2006.[6] Avedisian died from unspecified causes following a period of declining health at his home in Philmont, New York, aged 71.

Avedisian was survived by his son, Joseph, of

Brooklyn, New York
, and a grandson.

References

  1. ^ "Edward Avedisian", CarrieHaddadGallery.com, retrieved August 27, 2007
  2. ^ Orensten, Evan, "MoMA 1965: The Responsive Eye", CoolHunting.com, archived from the original on September 28, 2009, retrieved August 27, 2007
  3. ^ [1] Archived July 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved December 17, 2009
  4. ^ "Avedisian, Edward". anitashapolskygallery.com.
  5. ^ "Edward Avedisian 1936, US". ArtFacts.net.
  6. ^ Smith, Roberta (August 23, 2007), "Edward Avedisian, Artist Who Painted Bold and Bright, Dies at 71", The New York Times, retrieved September 20, 2007

External links

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