Herbert Katzman Explained

Herbert Katzman
Birth Date:	January 8, 1923
Birth Place:	Chicago, Illinois
Death Place:	New York, New York
Nationality:	American
Education:	Art Institute of Chicago
Field:	Painter
Movement:	Expressionism

Herbert Katzman (1923-2004) was an American artist known for his Expressionist paintings.

Biography

Katzman was born on January 8, 1923, in Chicago, Illinois.^{[1] [2]} He attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago before joining the United States Navy, serving during World War II. After the war he traveled to Paris where he was able to study Expressionist paintings.^[1] There he exhibited at the Galerie Huit.^[3]

Katzman settled in New York City in the 1950s. In 1952 his work was included in the MoMA exhibition Fifteen Americans.^[4] His work was included in the Whitney Museum annual exhibitions from 1951 through 1957.^{[5] [6]} He was represented by the art dealer Terry Dintenfass.^[2] Katzman taught at the School of Visual Arts.^[1] In 1968 he received a Guggenheim Fellowship.^[7] In 2000 he received a Lee Krasner Award from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation.^[2]

Katzman died on October 15, 2004, in New York City.^{[2] [8]}

In 2010 the Museum of the City of New York held a retrospective of his cityscapes entitled Glorious Sky: Herbert Katzman's New York.^[9]

His work is in the collection of the Dallas Museum of Art,^[10] the Smithsonian American Art Museum,^[1] the Whitney Museum of American Art,^[11] and the Yale University Art Gallery.^[12]

External links

• images of Katzman's work on ArtNet

Notes and References

1. Web site: Herbert Katzman . Smithsonian American Art Museum . 29 August 2022.
2. Web site: Fox . Margalit . Herbert Katzman, 81, an Expressionist Painter, Dies . The New York Times . 29 August 2022 . 1 November 2004.
3. Web site: Galerie Huit American Artists in Paris 1950-52 Catalog . Worthpoint . 30 August 2022 . en.
4. Web site: Herbert Katzman . The Museum of Modern Art . 30 August 2022 . en.
5. Web site: Herbert Katzman . Whitney Museum of American Art . 30 August 2022 . en.
6. Web site: Budick . Ariella . Herbert Katzman at the Museum of the City of New York. . Slate Magazine . 30 August 2022 . en . 9 January 2011.
7. Web site: Herbert Katzman . John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation . 30 August 2022.
8. Web site: Painter Herbert Katzman Dies at Eighty-One . Artforum . 30 August 2022.
9. Web site: Glorious Sky . Museum of the City of New York . 30 August 2022 . en.
10. Web site: Palazzo San Marco . Dallas Museum of Art . 30 August 2022 . en.
11. Web site: Herbert Katzman Two Nudes Before Japanese Screen . Whitney Museum of American Art . 30 August 2022 . en.
12. Web site: Woman Drying Her Hair . Yale University . 30 August 2022.