William Clutz was born 1933 in Gettysburg PA, and grew up in Mercersburg, PA. He studied at Mercersburg Academy and the University of Iowa where he received his BA in Painting. Clutz was a Manhattan resident from 1955-1996.Clutz is known for urban paintings, pastels, and charcoal drawings of pedestrians in light. Recognized as a significant proponent of abstract figuration in the renewed interest in figuration of the late 50’s and 60’s in such exhibitions as “Recent Drawings, USA”, 1956 and “Recent Paintings USA, the Figure,” 1962 at MOMA, “The Emerging Figure”, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas, 1960 and “The Figure International” at the American Federation of Arts, 1963.Since his first solo show in 1959 in New York, Clutz has exhibited regularly in New York City and been represented by these well-known New York City Galleries--Katharina Rich Perlow, Tatistcheff, Alonzo, Graham, Brooke Alexander, Bertha Schaefer, and David Herbert. Clutz has also had solo exhibitions at Triangle Gallery San Francisco, Tatischeff/Rogers in Los Angeles, John C. Stoller Minneapolis, and Walther Rathenau Saal in Berlin, Germany.Clutz taught painting and drawing at Parsons the New School for Design from 1970-1992.Significant works by Clutz are included in the collections of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Washington DC, The Newark Museum NJ, Dayton Art Institute OH, Museum of Modern Art NY, Metropolitan Museum of Art NY, Museum of the City of New York NY, Corcoran Gallery of Art DC, Washington County Museum MD, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum NY, Mercersburg Academy PA, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University MA, and many corporate collections such as Chase Manhattan Bank NY, Bradley Family Foundation WI, McKinsey and Company NY, Mobil Corporation VA, Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance MN and many others. Included in Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists, Paul Cummings, ed. Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American Art, and Allgemeines Kunstlerlexikon, Munich, Leipzig: K.G. Saur Verlag. William Clutz was elected to National Academy of Art & Design in 2006. RESUMEBorn: Gettysburg, PA 1933Died: July 26, 2021Mercersburg, PA 1933-1951New York, NY 1955-1996Rhinebeck, NY 1996 - 2021 EducationPainting: Thomas Danaher (WPA artist) 1944-1951Mercersburg Academy, Mercersburg, PA 1947-1951University of Iowa, B.A. 1951-1955Art Students League, New York, NY 1957 Solo ExhibitionsCarrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 2019, 2013, 2008, 1993Crossings, Washington County Museum of Fine Art 2016Schmucker Art Gallery, Gettysburg College, PA 2016Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, NYC 2005, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999Nicholas Davies Gallery, NY Retrospect 1955-1975, NYC 1977Washington County Museum of Fine Arts,Hagerstown MD Retrospective 1991Tatistcheff Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1992, 1988P.B. van Voorst van Beest Gallery, The Hague 1984John Stoller Gallery, Minneapolis, MN 1987, 1983, 1980Tatistcheff & Co., New York, NY 1984, 1982, 1981Gallery 333, Dayton, OH 1980Alonzo Gallery, New York, NY 1979,1978, 1977Mellon Art Center, Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, CT 1979Walther-Rathenau-Saal, Berlin, West Germany 1978Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA 1977Mercersburg Academy, Mercersburg, PA 1976Brooke Alexander, New York, NY 1973Lamont Gallery, Exeter, NH 1973Addison Gallery, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA 1973Graham Gallery, New York, NY 1972Bertha Schaefer Gallery, New York, NY 1969, 1966, 1964, 1963Brooklyn College, New York, NY 1969Triangle Gallery, San Francisco, Ca 1967David Herbert Gallery, New York, NY 1962Condon Riley, New York, NY 1959 Selected Group Exhibitions‘For America,” National Academy Traveling Exhibition 2019 - 2021Albright Knox Museum, Members Gallery, Buffalo, NY 2002, 2001Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL Collector Series 2001Tatistcheff Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1995, 1994, 1988Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, Revivals andRevitalization: American Pastels in the Metropolitan 1990-1989Montclair Art Museum, NJ Art of the 80’s 1989Kornbluth Gallery, Fair Lawn, NJ 1989Christian A. Johnson Memorial Art Gallery,Middlebury, VT 1988Tatistcheff & Co., New York, NY 1987, 1985Chemical Bank Gallery, New York, NY 1987San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CAAmerican Realism 1985Schoelkopf Gallery, New York, NY 1985Art and the Law, West Publishing Co., MN 1985Squibb Gallery, Princeton, NJ 1985Rahr-West Gallery, St. Paul, MN Traveling Exhibit 1984Brooklyn Museum, NY The Great East River Bridge 1983Robert R. Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta, GA 1983Collegiate School, New York, NY 1982Of Time and Place, American Figurative Art from TheCorcoran Collection, Traveling ExhibitSmithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 1981Hirschl & Adler, New York, NY 1980Westmoreland County Museum, Greensburg, PAThe New American Still Life 1978Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DCAmerican Drawings, 1976, Traveling Exhibit 1977Brooke Alexander, New York, NY 1973Columbus Gallery of Fine Art, Columbus, OH 1970Ringling Museum of Art, Sarzasota, FL 1969Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 1968Tweed Gallery, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN 1968University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 1967Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PAAnnual 1966, 1965, 1964Hunter Gallery of Art, Chattanooga, TN 1966University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 1966Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY 1966Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences, VA Annual 1966Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design,Providence, RI 1965Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska,Lincoln, NE Annual 1965Ontario East Gallery, Chicago, IL 1965Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE 1964Minnesota Museum, St. Paul, MN 1964The American Federation of Arts, Traveling ExhibitionThe Figure International 1963Museum of Modern Art, New York, NYRecent Painting USA: The Figure 1962Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TXThe Emerging Figure 1961American Federation of ArtsThe Figure in Contemporary American Painting 1961Museum of Modern Art, NY, Recent Drawings USA 1956Des Moines Art Center, Iowa Annual: Honorable Mention 1954Cumberland Valley Artists, First Prize, MD 1952 Selected Collections: Museums, UniversitiesMuseum of Modern Art, New York, NYSolomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NYMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NYHirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Washington, DCCorcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DCMuseum of The City of New YorkFogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MABrooklyn College, Brooklyn, NYAddison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MAThe Newark Museum, Newark, NJSheldon Memorial Museum, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NEWashington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MDUniversity of Massachusetts art Collection, Amherst, MAMinnesota Museum, St. Paul, MNNew York University Collection, New York, NYTweed Museum, Duluth, MNDayton Art Institute, Dayton, OHMiles College, Atlanta, GAPhillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NHMercersburg Academy, Mercersburg, PABoise Art Museum, Boise, IDTelfair Museum, Savannah, GAHuntsville Museum, Huntsville, ALHudson River Museum, NYFrances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY Selected Collections: CorporationsA T & T, New York, NYChase Manhattan Bank, New York, NYThird National Bank and Trust, Dayton, OHSchroeder Bank, NYBradley Family Foundation, New Orleans, LANew York Stock Exchange, NYSoutheast Banking Corporation, Miami, FLShearson / Lehman Brothers, NYMilbank, Tweed, Hadley, McCloy, Washington, DCAmerada Hess, NYJ. Walter Thompson, NYAshland Oil Company, KYFirst Bank, Minneapolis, MNDonaldson, Lufkin, Jenrette, NYWausau Insurance Company, WIMinnesota Mutual Life Insurance, St. Paul, MNMobil Corporation, Fairfax, VAMcKinsey and Company, NYSimpson, Thatcher and Bartlett, NYSolomon Brothers, NY Selected BibliographyFor America, Fine Art & Antiques, Jeremiah McCarthy 2019William Clutz, Crossings, Catawa Foreword by Shannon Ragen & Rebecca Massie LaneKuntz, Melissa. Review, Art in America, April 2003.Quart, Leonard. Review. NY’s Cornucopia of Galleries, The Berkshire Eagle, Nov.23, 2003.Johnson, Ken. Review, The New York Times, Nov. 22, 2002.25 page color catalogue “5 Decades of NY Streets”, Essay written by Andrea Henderson Fahnestock, Curator at The Museum of the City of New York, 2002.Traditional Home, September 2001. Eric Cohler’s Country House, color reproduction.Henry, Gerrit. Review, Art in America, February 1998.Norelli, Martina R. “Clutz, William”, Allgemeines Kunstler Lexicon, K.G.Saur Verlag, Leipzig, G.Woods, Jean. William Clutz: Retrospective, Washington County Museum of Fine arts,Hagerstown, MD, 1991.Raynor, Vivien. Review, ”A Show Meant to Give Pleasure”, The New York Times, July 16, 1989.Oresman, Janice C. Art of the ‘80’s: The Collection of Chemical Bank, Montclair Art Museum,Montclair, NJ, 1989.Klindt, Steve. William Clutz: New Pastels, tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, MN., 1986.Martin, Alvin. American Realism: Twentieth Century Drawings and Watercolors, Harry Abrams,New York, NY, 1986. Color illus.West Art & the Law, 1984. Color illus.Oresman, Janice C. “William Clutz”, ARTS Magazine, November 1984.Oresman, Janice C. Catalogue essay. William Clutz: New Pastels, Tatistcheff, LA, 1984.West Art & the Law, 1983. Color illus.Of Time and Place: American Figurative Art from the Corcoran Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 1981. Illus.Art International, Review, January-February 1980.ARTnews, Review, December 1979.Bill Clutz, exhibition catalogue, Walther-Rathenau-Saal, Berlin, West Germany, 1978.Mangan, Doreen. “William Clutz Captures the Soul of a City”, American Artist, February 1978.French-Frazier, Nina. Review, ARTnews, November1977.East Side Express, Review, October 6, 1977.Thomas, Helen. Review, Arts Magazine, October 1977.Art Now, Gallery Guide, October 1977. Cover illustration.Cotter, Holland. Review, New York Arts Journal, September-November 1977.Frank, Peter. Review, ARTnews, January 1973.Art International, Review, May 20, 1972.ARTnews, Review, June 1969.Bloomfield, Arthur. Review, San Francisco Examiner, April 12, 1967.Albright, Thomas. Review, San Francisco Chronicle, April 13, 1967.Time Magazine, Review, June 17, 1966.Arts Magazine, Review, January 1964.ARTnews, Review, November 1963.New York Herald Tribune, Review, November 9, 1963.O’Doherty, Brian. Review, “Tumult of Streets”, The New York Times, November 6, 1963.Campbell, Lawrence. “William Clutz”, ARTnews, February 1962.Gerdts, William H. Catalogue essay. William Clutz, David Herbert Gallery, NY, 1962.Preston, Stuart. Review, The New York Times, February 9, 1962.Recent Drawings USA, Exhibition Catalogue, Museum of Modern Art, NY, 1956. Illustration.
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