Barbara Haskell
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Barbara Haskell is an American art historian.
Barbara Haskell is currently a curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art
, where she has worked since 1975. She has previously worked at the San Francisco Museum of Art and Pasadena Museum. Among the landmark thematic exhibitions she has curated are The American Century: Art & Culture 1900-1950 (1999), and BLAM! The Explosion of Pop, Minimalism and Performance 1958-1964 (1984). In addition, she has curated retrospectives and authored accompanying scholarly monographs on a range of early-20th-century and post-war American artists. Her past exhibitions and catalogues include H.C. Westermann (1978), Marsden Hartley (1980), Milton Avery (1982), Ralston Crawford (1985), Charles Demuth (1987), Red Grooms (1987), Donald Judd (1988), Burgoyne Diller (1990), Agnes Martin (1992), Joseph Stella (1994), Edward Steichen (2000), Elie Nadelman: Sculptor of Modern Life (2003), Oscar Bluemner: A Passion for Color (2005-2006), Georgia O'Keeffe: Abstraction (2009), and Lyonel Feininger: At the Edge of World (2011).
Georgia O'Keeffe: Abstraction. Whitney Museum of American Art, 2009.
Modern Life: Edward Hopper and His Time. Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg, 2009.
Oscar Bluemner: A Passion for Color. Whitney Museum of American Art, 2005.
Elie Nadelman: Sculptor of Modern Life. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2003.
Edward Steichen. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2000.
The American Century: Art and Culture 1900-1950. W.W. Norton in association with The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1999.
Milton Avery: The Metaphysics of Color. Neuberger Museum of Art, 1994.
Joseph Stella. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1994.
Agnes Martin. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1992.
Yoko Ono: Arias and Objects. Salt Lake City: Peregrine Smith Books, 1991.
Donald Judd. W.W. Norton in association with The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1988.
Charles Demuth. Harry N. Abrams, Inc. in association with The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1987.
Ralston Crawford. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1985.
BLAM! The Explosion of Pop, Minimalism and Performance 1958-1964. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. in association with The Whitney Museum of American Art, 1984.
Milton Avery. Harper & Row Publishers in association with The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1982.
Marsden Hartley. New York University Press in association with The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1980.
H.C. Westermann. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1978.
Arthur Dove. New York Graphic Society, Ltd., Boston, Massachusetts, 1974.
John Mason: Ceramic Sculpture. Pasadena Art Museum, California, 1974.
Larry Bell. Pasadena Art Museum, California, 1972.
Claes Oldenburg: Object into Monument. Pasadena Art Museum, California, 1971.
Breaking Ground: The Whitney’s Founding Collection (2011)
Modern Life: Edward Hopper and His Time (2009)
Georgia O'Keeffe: Abstraction (2010)
Henry Allen Moe Prize awarded to catalogues of distinction in the arts, for the monograph Charles Demuth, 1987.
Barbara Haskell is currently a curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art
Whitney Museum of American Art
The Whitney Museum of American Art, often referred to simply as "the Whitney", is an art museum with a focus on 20th- and 21st-century American art. Located at 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street in New York City, the Whitney's permanent collection contains more than 18,000 works in a wide variety of...
, where she has worked since 1975. She has previously worked at the San Francisco Museum of Art and Pasadena Museum. Among the landmark thematic exhibitions she has curated are The American Century: Art & Culture 1900-1950 (1999), and BLAM! The Explosion of Pop, Minimalism and Performance 1958-1964 (1984). In addition, she has curated retrospectives and authored accompanying scholarly monographs on a range of early-20th-century and post-war American artists. Her past exhibitions and catalogues include H.C. Westermann (1978), Marsden Hartley (1980), Milton Avery (1982), Ralston Crawford (1985), Charles Demuth (1987), Red Grooms (1987), Donald Judd (1988), Burgoyne Diller (1990), Agnes Martin (1992), Joseph Stella (1994), Edward Steichen (2000), Elie Nadelman: Sculptor of Modern Life (2003), Oscar Bluemner: A Passion for Color (2005-2006), Georgia O'Keeffe: Abstraction (2009), and Lyonel Feininger: At the Edge of World (2011).
Major Publications
Lyonel Feininger: At the Edge of the World. Whitney Museum of American Art, 2011.Georgia O'Keeffe: Abstraction. Whitney Museum of American Art, 2009.
Modern Life: Edward Hopper and His Time. Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg, 2009.
Oscar Bluemner: A Passion for Color. Whitney Museum of American Art, 2005.
Elie Nadelman: Sculptor of Modern Life. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2003.
Edward Steichen. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2000.
The American Century: Art and Culture 1900-1950. W.W. Norton in association with The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1999.
Milton Avery: The Metaphysics of Color. Neuberger Museum of Art, 1994.
Joseph Stella. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1994.
Agnes Martin. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1992.
Yoko Ono: Arias and Objects. Salt Lake City: Peregrine Smith Books, 1991.
Donald Judd. W.W. Norton in association with The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1988.
Charles Demuth. Harry N. Abrams, Inc. in association with The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1987.
Ralston Crawford. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1985.
BLAM! The Explosion of Pop, Minimalism and Performance 1958-1964. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. in association with The Whitney Museum of American Art, 1984.
Milton Avery. Harper & Row Publishers in association with The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1982.
Marsden Hartley. New York University Press in association with The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1980.
H.C. Westermann. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1978.
Arthur Dove. New York Graphic Society, Ltd., Boston, Massachusetts, 1974.
John Mason: Ceramic Sculpture. Pasadena Art Museum, California, 1974.
Larry Bell. Pasadena Art Museum, California, 1972.
Claes Oldenburg: Object into Monument. Pasadena Art Museum, California, 1971.
Exhibitions
Lyonel Feininger: At the Edge of the World (2011)Breaking Ground: The Whitney’s Founding Collection (2011)
Modern Life: Edward Hopper and His Time (2009)
Georgia O'Keeffe: Abstraction (2010)
Awards
Lawrence A. Fleischman Award for Scholarly Excellence in the Field of American Art History, from the Archives of American Art, 2005Henry Allen Moe Prize awarded to catalogues of distinction in the arts, for the monograph Charles Demuth, 1987.