Benny Andrews 1930 —2006
Biography
Benny Andrews was born in Madison, Georgia in 1930. He is a painter, writer, printmaker, sculptor, book illustrator and teacher. His art, like his background, is complex and multi-faceted.
Andrews grew up in the rural south, one of ten children in a sharecropper's family. Always a visionary, Andrews studied at Fort Valley State College and later received his BFA from the school of the Art Institute of Chicago. From 1968 to 1997, he taught at Queens College and from 1982 to 1984, Andrews served as Director of the Visual Arts Program at the National Endowment for the Arts.
Exhibited nationally and internationally for over forty years, Andrews' work can be found in the permanent collections of numerous museums including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Modern Art and The Brooklyn Museum in New York; The Hirshhorn Museum, D.C.; The Art Institute of Chicago and The Detroit Institute in Illinois and The Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego, California. Benny Andrews is currently on the Board of the MacDowell Colony in New Hampshire.
The work of Benny Andrews is narrative and passionate and always carries a message. He is a storyteller at heart. Collage has always been a sustaining umbilical medium for the artist and it is somewhere between surrealism and social realism that his work resides. A master draftsman, Andrews imbues his line drawings with a rare vitality and fervor.
An important source for modern and contemporary American & European Art in East Hampton, New York & worldwide, Vered Gallery's spectacular wide-ranging inventory consists of unique paintings, drawings, large & small scale sculpture, monotypes, prints and photographs by Ansel Adams, Milton Avery, Richard Avedon, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Romare Bearden, Fernando Botero, Cartier-Bresson, Marc Chagall, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Willem De Kooning, Richard Diebenkorn, Thomas Eakins, Childe Hassam, David Hockney, Winslow Homer, Wolf Kahn, Jeff Koons, Fernand Leger, Roy Lichtenstein, Man Ray, Thomas Moran, Henry Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, Robert Rauschenberg, Mark Rothko, Cindy Sherman, Charles Sheeler, Bert Stern, Alfred Stieglitz, Andy Warhol, Carleton E Watkins, Tom Wesselmann and Andrew Wyeth.
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Synoptic Biography
1930 Born in Madison, Georgia
1958 B.F.A., School of the Art Institute, Chicago
Selected One Person Exhibitions:
1962 Forum Gallery, New York, NY
1964 Forum Gallery, New York, NY
1966 Forum Gallery, New York, NY
1971 The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
1972 ACA Galleries, New York, NY
1973 ACA Galleries, New York, NY
1975 ACA Galleries, New York, NY
1975 High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Herbert Johnson Museum, Ithaca, NY
1976 ACA Galleries, New York, NY
1976 Lerner-Heller Gallery, New York, NY
1977 The Edwin A. Ulrich Museum, Wichita, KS
1978 Lerner-Heller Gallery, New York, NY
1978 Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT
Wendell Street Gallery, Cambridge, MA
1979 Lerner-Heller Gallery, New York, NY
1980 Lerner-Heller Gallery, New York, NY
1980 Wendell Street Gallery, Cambridge, MA
1981 Lerner-Heller Gallery, New York, NY
1982 Albany Museum, Albany, GA
1983 Sid Deutsch Gallery, New York, NY
1984 Wendell Street Gallery, Cambridge, MA
1985-86 Armstrong Gallery, New York, NY
1987 Albany Museum, Albany, GA
1988 The Edwin A. Ulrich Museum, Wichita, KS
1988 The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
1988 Wendell Street Gallery, Cambridge, MA
1988 High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
1989-90 Danville Museum, Danville, VA
McIntosh Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Sherry Washington Gallery, Detroit, MI
Gross-McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1990 Ratner Gallery, Chicago, IL
Craftery Gallery, Hartford, CT
Sid Deutsch Gallery, New York, NY
1991 Sid Deutsch Gallery, New York, NY
Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS
McIntosh Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Sherry Washington Gallery, Detroit, MI
Gross-McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Wendell Street Gallery, Cambridge, MA
1992 Sid Deutsch Gallery, New York, NY
Craftery Gallery, Hartford, CT
The Butler Institute of Art, Youngstown, OH
Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS
The Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
The Susan Conway Carroll Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1993 McIntosh Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Sherry Washington Gallery, Detroit,MI
Gross-McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
Fine Art Museum of the South, Mobile, AL
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AK
1994 Wendell Street Gallery, Cambridge, MA
McIntosh Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Craftery Gallery, Hartford, CT
1995 Sherry Washington Gallery, Detroit, MI
Gross-McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH
The Harriet Tubman Museum, Macon, GA
Brandywine Print Image Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Bill Hodges Gallery, New York, NY
1996 Maser Museum, Monroe, LA
Louisa McIntosh Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Dibbs Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC
Gross - McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Bill Hodges Gallery, New York
1997 ACA Galleries, New York, NY
Bill Hodges Gallery, New York
"American Icons: From Madison to Manhattan, the Art of Benny Andrews, 1948 - 1997" Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA
The Noel Gallery, Charlotte, NC
1998 Wendell Street Gallery, Cambridge, MA
The Noel Gallery, Charlotte, NC
McIntosh Gallery, Atlanta, GA
The Stella Jones Gallery, New Orleans, LA
The Herne Gallery, Little Rock, AR
1999 "The Critic Series and A Musical Interlude," ACA Galleries,NY
The Noel Gallery, Charlotte, NC
The Stella Jones Gallery, New Orleans, LA
The D.A.A.P. Galleries, Univ of Cincinnati, OH
2000 Southside Gallery, Oxford, MS
2001 "Shades of the Human Spirit," ACA Galleries, NY
December 14, 2000 - January 20, 2001
2002 "Interior Series," ACA Galleries, New York
September 14 - October 12
Thomasville Cultural Center, Thomasville, GA
December 12 - March 28, 2003
2003 The William Benton Museum of Art, Storrs, CT
January 15 - March 20
Maier Museum of Art, Lynchburg, VA
January 19 - April 13
Ogden Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
January 20 - July 21
Winthrop University Galleries, Rock Hill, SC
February 7 - March 30
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT
October 3 - January 4, 2004
2004 High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
May 22 - August 15
Selected Group Exhibitions:
1959 The Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI
1960 The Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1967 The National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
1968 Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
1970 The National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
Museum of Fine Art Boston, Boston, MA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
1971 High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
1972 The National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
1973 The National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
1974 Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
1975 Museum of Fine Art Boston, Boston, MA
1976 The National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
1978 Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
1979 The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1980 The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA
1983 Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, VA
1984 National Academy of Design, New York, NY
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
1986 High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
The National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
1987 The National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA
1987 Heckscher Museum, Huntington, New York, NY
1988 Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
National Portrait Gallery, The Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, D.C.
1989 The National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
USSR Artist Union/Kudnetshy Most Hall, Moscow, Russia
Madison-Morgan Cultural Center, Madison, GA
1990 Overholland Museum, Amsterdam, Holland
Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA
1991 The National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
1992 The National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Fukui Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA
Hillswood Art Museum, Brookville, New York, NY
R.F. Brush Art Gallery, Canton, New York, NY
1993 The Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI
Louisiana Arts & Science Center, Baton Rouge, LA
Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
Fine Arts Museum of the South, Mobile, AL
New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
Hagerty Museum, Milwaukee, WI
1994 Museum of Fine Art Boston, Boston, MA
Norman R. Eppink Museum, Emporia, KS
The Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA
1995 High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Krasdale Gallery, White Plains, NY
Glass Gallery, New York, NY
Winthrop University Galleries, Rock Hill, SC
1996 ACA Galleries, New York, NY
Edwin A. Ulrich Museum, Wichita, KS
Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH
Wadsworth Athneum, Hartford, CT
1996 Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA
Bill Hodges Gallery, New York, NY
1997 "Sky Sash So Blue," book signing party at ACA Galleries.
The National Academy Museum, New York, NY
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
1998 "Portraiture: Not By Definition," Westby Art Gallery, Rowan
University, Glassboro, NJ; December 10 - February 5, 1999.
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
1999 Featured in the documentary, "I'll Make Me A World," premiering on PBS, February 1, 2, and 3. "Beyond the Veil: The Arts of African American Artists at Centuries End," Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Winter Park, Florida
"Interludes: Romare Bearden, Richard Mayhew, Faith Ringgold, Benny Andrews, Barkley Hendricks," at the Thomas J. Walsh Art Gallery, Fairfield, CT
Neuberger Museum, Purchase, NY
2000 Ogden Museum, New Orleans, NY
2001 "Liberal Voices in the Figurative Tradition,"ACA Galleries, New York
2002 "Visions of America: A Black Perspective," ACA Galleries, NY,
January 19 - March 2
Selected Permanent Collections:
Albany Museum of Art, Albany, GA
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AK
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA
Columbus Museum of Fine Arts, Columbus, GA
The Fine Art Museum of the South, Mobile, Al
The Gibbes Museum, Charleston, SC
The High Museum, Atlanta, GA
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Washington, D.C.
The Housantanic Museum, CT
The James E. Lewis Museum, Baltimore, MD
The Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE
The La Jolla Museum of Art, LaJolla, CA
The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
The Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
National Academy Museum & School of Fine Arts, New York, NY
The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
The New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
The Ohara Museum of Art Kurashiki, Japan
The Ohio State University Art Gallery, Columbus, OH
The Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA
Philadelphia Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL
Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
The Edwin A. Ulrich Museum, Wichita, KS
The Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT
The Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS
An important source for modern and contemporary American & European Art in East Hampton, New York & worldwide, Vered Gallery's spectacular wide-ranging inventory consists of unique paintings, drawings, large & small scale sculpture, monotypes, prints and photographs by Ansel Adams, Milton Avery, Richard Avedon, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Romare Bearden, Fernando Botero, Cartier-Bresson, Marc Chagall, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Willem De Kooning, Richard Diebenkorn, Thomas Eakins, Childe Hassam, David Hockney, Winslow Homer, Wolf Kahn, Jeff Koons, Fernand Leger, Roy Lichtenstein, Man Ray, Thomas Moran, Henry Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, Robert Rauschenberg, Mark Rothko, Cindy Sherman, Charles Sheeler, Bert Stern, Alfred Stieglitz, Andy Warhol, Carleton E Watkins, Tom Wesselmann and Andrew Wyeth.
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