Cecile Gray Bazelon
Cecile Gray Bazelon was an American painter living in New York City. Bazelon was best known for her perspectives of unpeopled New York cityscapes, and her depictions of interior spaces framed in geometric patterns.
Early life
Bazelon was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She graduated from Syracuse University in 1949 and was awarded the Graduate Fellowship in Painting.Career
Bazelon's early work focused on landscapes that include architectural elements and interiors. Bazelon often set these scenes against intensely patterned decorative borders—a stylistic device that became an integral part of her work. In 1969, Bazelon received a fellowship at the renowned Yaddo artists’ colony in Saratoga Springs, NY. Several years later, the artist held her first solo exhibition in New York City at the Robert Schoelkopf Gallery in 1971. Over the next few decades, Bazelon would be the subject of numerous one-person shows and group exhibitions held at the Museum of Modern Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Design Museum, and others. Her work resides in numerous collections internationally.Personal life
In 1953, Bazelon moved to New York City, where she met and subsequently married the late American composer Irwin Bazelon in 1960.Death
Bazelon died on January 17, 2023, due to illness.Selected solo exhibitions
- 2015 , Palitz Gallery, Syracuse University, New York
- 2013 , Sue and Leon Genet Gallery at The Warehouse, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
- 2008 Country and City Sites, Ezair Gallery, New York City
- 1995 Me, Botero and City Sites, , New York City
- 1992 New Paintings: Central Park Series,
- 1992 Portraits of Contemporary Women, , Bridgehampton, New York
- 1988 Cecile Gray Bazelon: Recent Paintings, , New York City
- 1980 Cecile Gray Bazelon, AM Sachs Gallery, New York City
- 1979 Cecile Gray Bazelon, Paintings, , Bridgehampton, New York
- 1975 Cecile Gray Bazelon, , New York City
- 1973 Cecile Gray Bazelon,
- 1971 Cecile Gray Bazelon,
Selected group exhibitions
- 1995 Arnold Hoffman and the Art of the Print, Museum at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York
- 1994-93 West Collection: Art and the Law, Kennedy Galleries, New York City. Traveled to: Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California; James R. Thompson Center, Chicago, Illinois; and the Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, Minnesota
- 1993 Arnold Hoffman—The Screen Print Workshop, Bill Bace Gallery, Southampton, New York
- 1992-91 West Collection: Art and the Law, Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Traveled to: , Atlanta, Georgia; and the Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul
- 1991 Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York City
- 1990 , New York City
- 1989 Architectural Themes in Art, Nabisco Brand Gallery, East Hanover, New Jersey
- 1988 Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Members Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery
- 1987 Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Members Gallery
Columbus Museum, Members Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery
- 1986 Baltimore Museum of Art, Collectors Gallery
- 1985 The Museum at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York
- 1981 & 1983 Arbitrage Gallery, Ltd., New York City
- 1979 Butler Museum, Youngstown, Ohio
- 1978 Artists’ Postcard Series II, Cooper-Hewitt Museum, The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Design, New York City. Traveled to various venues across Europe.
- 1975 Color, Light, and Image: International Women’s Show, Women's Interart Center, New York City
- 1974 Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
- 1972 Landscapes, The [Museum of Modern Art], New York City
Awards and fellowships
- 1993 West Publishing Purchase Award
- 1991 West Publishing Purchase Award
- 1969 Yaddo Fellowship, Saratoga Springs, New York
- 1949 Graduate Fellowship in Painting, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
Public collections
- American Income Properties, Los Angeles, California
- Bristol Myers-Squibb, Princeton, New Jersey
- CitiBank, New York City
- Southampton College, Southampton, New York
- West Publishing Company, Eagan, Minnesota
- , Syracuse, New York
Selected book, magazine, CD and album covers
- 2003 Jones, Kaylie. Speak Now, Akashic Books, New York City 2003. .
- 2000 Music of Irwin Bazelon, Albany Records. .
- 1999 Music of Irwin Bazelon, Albany Records. .
- 1998 Music of Irwin Bazelon, Albany Records. .
- 1993 Music of Irwin Bazelon, Albany Records. .
- 1992 Music of Irwin Bazelon, Albany Records. .
- 1977 DeLillo, Don. Players, Alfred A. Knopf, New York City, 1977. .
- 1976 Wilson Library Bulletin, Bronx, New York, May 1976. .
- 1973 Partch, Harry. The Bewitched, Composers Recordings, Inc., New York City. .
- 1970 Bazelon, Irwin. Symphony No. 5, Composers Recordings, Inc. .
Selected bibliography
- Battcock, Gregory, ed. '. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1975, pp. 56, 59–60.
- Campbell, Lawrence. “Exhibition Review,” Art News, January 1971, p. 16.
- Edgar, Natalie. "Exhibition Review," Art/World Newspaper, April/May 1980.
- “Exhibition Review,” Arts Magazine, February 1971, p. 64.
- “Exhibition Review,” Art News, April 1992, p. 123.
- “Exhibition Review,” Art News, September 1980, p. 242.
- ', compiled by Steven Heller. New York: A&W Publishers, 1979.
- Henry, Gerrit. “Exhibition Review,” Art News, September 1988.
- Gruen, John. “Exhibition Review,” New York Magazine, February 1971, p. 57.
- Kubovy, Michael. Cecile Gray Bazelon. New York City/Santa Fe, New Mexico: SNAP Editions LLC, 2008
- Kulterman, Ugo. New Realism. New York: New York Graphic Society, 1972.
- ——. Hypperrealisme. Paris: Editions du Chêne, 1972.
- Lippard, R. Lucy. . New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1976, p. 58.
- ——. “Household Images in Art,” MS Magazine, March 1973, pp. 22–25.
- Nemser, Cindy. “The Close Up Vision—Representational Art, Part II,”Arts Magazine, May 1972, pp. 44–47.
- Poroner, Palmer. “Interrelations: Art and Architecture,” Artspeak Press, April 1980.
- Rushworth, Katherine. "A little off kilter," The Post-Standard, November 10, 2013, p. 12.
- Singer, Clyde. “The World of Art—Colors Brilliant in Silk Screens,” The Youngstown Vindicator, Youngstown, Ohio, October 1978.
- Tannenbaum, Judith. “Exhibition Review,” Arts Magazine, February 1976.