Vivian Springford

(1914-2003)

Vivian Springford died in 2003. Many consider her most important paintings to be her “Black Paintings” done in the late 1950s and early 1960s, as they come out of an era famous for the Abstract Expressionism of such artists as Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning.

Part of the elegance in Springford’s work comes out of her early embrace and study of Oriental art and calligraphy, facilitated by her friendship with the Asian artist Walasse Ting. From her early powerful Black Paintings series, to her later mystical stain paintings, Vivian Springford has created an extraordinary body of work that is being honored in the art world of today.

(1914-2003)


Education:

The Spence School, New York, NY
Art Students League, New York, NY


Art Work Used In:

Illustrations for Juggernaut, published by Viking Press
Paintings used in the film Bowl of Cherries, in the film library of the Museum of
Modern Art, New York, NY


Solo Exhibitions:

1960           Great Jones Gallery, New York, NY
1963           Preston Gallery, New York, NY
1975           Gallery Without Walls, Saranac Lake, NY
1976           WIA Foundation, New York, NY
1979           St. Peter’s Church, Citicorp Building, New York, NY
                    Studio Exhibition, New York, NY
1998           Snyder Fine Art, New York, NY
2009           Gary Snyder Project Space, NY


Group Exhibitions:

1959           National Academy of Design
1962           Balin Traube Gallery
1963           Preston Gallery
1970           Esther Bear Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
1971           Bertha Schaeffer Gallery, New York, NY
1975           Works on Paper, Brooklyn Museum, NY
1976           Manhattan College, NY
1976           Chatham College, Pittsburgh, PA
                    SUNY Binghampton
1978           Cork Gallery, New York, NY
1979           Marymount College, New York, NY
                    Connecticut College, New London, CT
1980           Artists Equity, New York, NY
2008           Gary Snyder Project Space, NY
2009           McCormick Gallery, IL
2009           Gary Snyder Project Space, NY


Reviews:

1960           The Villager (Greenwich Village, NY)
1960           Arts Magazine, NY
1963           The Village Voice, NY


Collections:

Mr. Pierre Alechinsky (France)
Dr. & Mrs. Ernest Barash (NY)
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Blatt (NY)
Dr. Gerald Brill (NY)
Mr. & Mrs. Earl Broadmerkle (NH)
Mr. & Mrs. Wentworth Brown (NY)
Consul General & Mrs. O. Edmund Clubb (NY)
Mrs. Marion Conger (NY)
Dr. Michael Cross (NY)
Miss Jermyn Davern (NY)
Mrs. Cathleen DeHaas (NY)
Mrs. Violet Escher (MA)
Mr. & Mrs. Howard French (MI)
Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Grauer (NY)
Dr. Helen Hafner (NY)
Mr. & Mrs. Harold Hansen (NY/Canada/England)
Mr. James Hayes (CA)
Miss Anne Hearn (NY/England)
Mr. & Mrs. Fred Hornby (Germany)
Dr. & Mrs. Walter Klingman (NC)
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Marcy (CT)
Mrs. Betty Nied (NY)
Mr. & Mrs. W. T. Ramsey (OH)
Mrs. Evelyn Rittenhouse (NY)
Mr. Harold Rosenberg (NY)
Mr. Frank Sadler (CA)
Mrs. Dara Shiller (Roslyn)
Mr.& Mrs. I. Silverman (NY)
Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Spiker (NH)
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Springford (OH)
Mr. & Mrs. Vernon Springford (CA)
Mr. Clifford Stone (NY)
Mrs. Camille Stratton (CA)
Mr. & Mrs. Gerard Swope (NY)
Mr. Walasse-Ting (NY)
Mr. & Mrs. Harry Wheeler (MA)
Mr. & Mrs. William Withers (NJ)