Cleve Gray American, (1918-2004)

Public Collections

Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts 

Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York 

The Brooklyn Museum, New York

Cathedral of Saint John the Divine Art Gallery,New York

Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine

Columbia University Art Gallery, New York

Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio

The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Grey Art Gallery and Study Center, New York University, New York
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Heckscher Museum, Huntington, New York 
Honolulu Academy of the Arts, Hawaii
The Jewish Museum, New York 
Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign 
Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, Connecticut
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 
Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul 
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 
The Museum of Modern Art, New York 
National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
The Neuberger Museum, State University of New York at Purchase
New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut
The Newark Museum, New Jersey
Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida 
Oklahoma City Art Center, Oklahoma 
The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. 
The Art Museum, Princeton University, New Jersey
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 
Shearson Lehman Hutton Collection, New York
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Shite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, Indiana 
Tennessee Botanical Gardens and Fine Arts Center, Nashville
Union Station, Hartford, Connecticut
Vanderbilt Art Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
The Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut 
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts 
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut 
Willard Gibbs Research Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

 

 

Selected Magazine Articles
"Artist’s Statement From Cleve Gray: The Painted Line," Exhibit Catalog, Berry-Hill Gallery, New York, 1990.
"Seduction and Betrayal in Contemporary Art", Partisan Review 50, no. 3, 1989.
"Report From Berlin: Wall Painters," Art in America 73, no. 10, October 1985.
"Looking at Art: A Secret Kingdom in Chandrigarh," Art News 82, no. 7, September 1983.
Meier, Richard. "Art in Sacred Service: Vestments by Cleve Gray in a Chapel," House and Garden, April 1983. 
"Reflection: Meaning in the Visual Arts," Yale Divinity School, 79, no. 1, November 1981.
Hall, Lee. "The Season Splendid: Paintings by Lee Hall in Honor of Kathryn Gamble," Exhibit Catalog, Montclair Art Museum, New Jersey, October 28—December 9, 1979.
"The Painting of Threnody, Focus on the Collection," Exhibit Catalog, Neuberger Museum, State University of New York at Purchase, 1975.
"John Marin: Graphic and Calligraphic," Art News, September 1972. 
"Marin and Music," Art in America, July—August 1970.
"Marcel Duchamp: 1887—1968. The Great Spectator," Art in America, July—August 1969.
"Experiments in Three Dimensions—Michael Ponce de Leon," Art in America, May—June 1969.
"John Marin: The Etched Line," Artists Proof no. 9, 1969.
"Portrait: Hans Richter," Art in America, January—February 1968.
"Rediscovery: Jim Davis," Art in America, November—December 1967.
"John Marin’s Sketchbook: Summer 1951," Art in America, September—October 1967.
"Who was Jackson Pollock?" Art in America, May—June 1967.
"Naum Gabo Talks About Constructivism," Art in America, November—December 1966.
"Print Review: The Architecture of Lyonel Feininger," Art in America, March—April 1966.
"Speculations: Marcel Duchamp," Art in America, March—April 1966.
"David Smith: Last Visit," Art in America, January—February 1966.
"Print Review: Tatyana Grosman’s Workshop," Art in America, December—January 1965—66.
"Retrospective for Marcel Duchamp," Art in America, no. 1, 1965.
"Bruce Goff: Visionary Architect," Art in America, no. 1 ,1965.
"Print Review: The Portfolio Collector," Art in America, June 1965.
"Robert Osborne: The Moment of Truth," Art in America, December 1964.
"Preview: Gleizes at the Guggenheim," Art in America, October 1964.
"Calder’s Circus," Art in America, October 1964.
"Print Review: Jacques Villon," Art in America, October 1964.
"Thomas Gilcrease and Tulsa," Art in America, June 1964. 
"Print Review: New York Panorama," Art in America, April 1964.
"The Guggenheim International," Art in America, April 1964.
"New York: Remburgers and Hambrandts," Art in America, December 1963.
"Print Review: Looking for a Gift?" Art in America, December 1963.
"Walter Murch: Modern Alchemist," Art in America, June 1963.
"Print Review: American Prints Today," Art in America, January 1963.
"New York: International Headquarters," Art in America, Winter 1962.
"Aspects of Anonymity," Art in America, Fall 1962.
"The Gallery, the Museum, and the Critic," Art in America, Summer 1962.
"Picasso and the Past," Art in America, no. 1, 1962.
"Galleries: The Art in America Show," Art in America, no. 4 , 1961.
"Fall Reading," Art in America, no. 3, 1961.
"Summer Reading," Art in America, no. 2, 1961.
"Spring Reading," Art in America, no. 1, 1961.
"Lyonel Feininger," Art in America, no. 4, 1960.
"Narcissus in Chaos: Contemporary Art," The American Scholar, Autumn 1959.
"Ten Years, Artist’s statement," Exhibit Catalog, Jacques Seligmann Galleries, January 7—January 26, 1957.
"Chinese and Western Composition," College Art Journal, Fall 1955.
"Jacques Villon," Perspectives USA, no. 3, Spring 1953.
"Albert Gleizes," Magazine of Art, October 1950.
"Orozco’s Recent Frescoes," Art in America, July 1948.
 
Books on the Artist
Weber, Nicholas Fox. Cleve Gray, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1998.
 
Writings on the Artist
Alloway, Lawrence. "Cleve Gray," Exhibit Catalog, Honolulu Academy of Arts, September 10—October 11, 1970.
"Cleve Gray," Exhibit Catalog, The Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey, June 5—28, 1970.
Anderson, Web. “An Encounter with Abstracts,” [Review of the Honolulu Academy of Arts exhibition, 1970.] Sunday Star Bulletin & Advertiser, Honolulu, September 1970.
Artner, Alan G.  [Review of Fairweather Hardin Exhibition, 1984.] Chicago Tribune, December 7, 1984.
Barzun, Jacques. “Purpose in Paint,” [Essay for Jacques Seligmann Exhibition], October 30—November 18, 1950.
Bass, Ruth. [Review of Armstrong Gallery exhibition, 1984], Art News, February 1985.
Beck, James H.  [Review of Staempfli Gallery exhibition, 1964], Art News, March 1964.
Benedikt, Michael. [Review of Saidenberg exhibition, 1965], Art International 10, no.1, January 1966.
Berlin, Marjorie Elliot. Design Through Discovery, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1980. 
Brenson, Michael. “Art: Two Looks at Cleve Gray’s Works,” New York Times, 9 January 1987.
Brunelle, Al. “Cleve Gray at Betty Parsons,” Art in America, March—April 1977.
Buck, Robert. “Cleve Gray,” [Essay, Betty Parsons Gallery Exhibition], November 6—24, 1979.
"Foreword to Cleve Gray: Works on Paper 1940—1986," Brooklyn Museum Exhibition, December 15, 1986—February 23, 1987.
Campbell, Lawrence. “Cleve Gray at Berry-Hill,” Art in America, June 1996.
Canaday, John. [Review of Staempfli Gallery exhibition, 1960], New York Times, 16 February 1960.
 [Review of Saidenberg Exhibition, 1967], New York Times, 18 November 1967. 
[Review of Betty Parsons Gallery exhibition, 1970], New York Times, 10 January 1970.
Charles, Eleanor. “Works by Cleve Gray,” New York Times, 3 July 1988.
Cotter, Holland. “Cleve Gray at Berry-Hill,” Art in America, vol 78, October 1990. 
Damsker, Matt. “600-Foot Mural to Greet Travelers at Union Station,” Hartford Courant, 21 January 1988.
Danto, Arthur C. “Books and the Arts: Our Holiday Lists,” The Nation, 30 December1991.
Dennison, George. [Review of Staempfli Gallery exhibition, 1960], Arts Magazine, February 1960.
Devree, Howard. [Review of Jacques Seligmann Gallery exhibition, 1953], New York Times, 18 January 1953. 
Diamonstein, Barbaralee. “Song of Lamentation,” Art News, September 1974.
Dillenberger, John D.. “An Opportunity Not to Be Missed: Cleve Gray’s Threnody Paintings,” Arts: The Arts in Religious and Theological Studies 8, no. 2 , 1966.
Feldman, Anita. “Cleve Gray at Betty Parsons,” Arts 44, no. 4, February 1970.
Fox, Catherine. “Paintings Suggest a Time Warp,” Atlanta Journal, 3 October 1984.
Frackman, Noel. “Cleve Gray,” Arts Magazine 51, no. 5, January 1977.

"Reductive Vision,” Arts Magazine 43, no. 7 , May 1969.
Frank, Peter. “Alexander Liberman at Emmerich/ Cleve Gray at Betty Parsons,” Art in America, September 1973.
Galbraith, Susan. “Cleve Gray at RISD,” Anyart Journal 4, no.1, Spring 1977.
Genauer, Emily. “Art and the Artist,” New York Post, 18 May 1974.

"The Possessing and the Possessed,” International Herald Tribune, May 18—19, 1974.
Goldman, Saundra. Art News 89 , September 1990.
Goodrich, Lloyd. American Art of Our Century, Whitney Museum of American Art, 1961.
Hart, John. “Cleve Gray Strikes Flame at American Academy,” Daily American (Rome), 7 March  1980.
Hess, Thomas. “Cleve Gray, Essay for Cleve Gray Paintings 1966—1977," Exhibit Catalog. Albnight-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, 1977.
"Calculated Risks,” New York, 17 November 1975.
"Recommended,” [Review of Betty Parsons Exhibition] New York, April 1974.
Hirsh, Linda. “Painting Unveiled at Airport,” Hartford Courant, 10 May 1988.

“Lucky Sevens,” Hartford Advocate, March 2, 1983.

“Painting as the Dreamer Dreams,” Hartford Advocate, 26 September 1979.
Hunter, Sam. [Review of Jacques Seligmann Gallery exhibition], New York Times, 30 November 1947.
[Review of Jacques Seligmann Gallery Exhibition], New York Times, 12 December 1948.
Iovine, Julie V. "Connecticut Painters at the Wadsworth,” Connecticut Magazine, February 1983.
Karafel, Lorraine. “Cleve Gray,” Arts Magazine 57, no. 9, May 1983.
Kotik, Charlotta. “The Painted Line,” Exhibit Catalog, Berry-Hill Gallery, New York, March 21—April 14, 1990. 
Kramer, Hilton. [Review of Threnody], New York Times, 21 May 1974.
[Review of Betty Parsons Gallery exhibition, 1972], New York Times, 22 January 1972.
Kramer, Linda Konheim. "Essay for Cleve Gray: Works on Paper, 1940—1986," Exhibit Catalog, Brooklyn Museum, New York. December 15, 1986—February 23, 1987. 
Kuspit, Donald B. "Cleve Gray at Armstrong,” Art in America 74, no. 10, October 1986.
La Farge, Henry. [Review of Jacques Seligmann Gallery exhibition, 1950], Art News, November 1950.

Landman, Hedy B. " European and American Art from Princeton Alumni Collections," The Art Museum, Princeton University, 1972.
Lester, Eleanore. “Abstract Artist’s Works Evoke Struggle of Jews in Prague,” New York Jewish Week, 16 November 1984.
Levin, Kim. [Review of Betty Parsons Gallery exhibition, 1970] Art News 68, no. 10, February 1970. 
 “Gray’s Ceres Series,” Art News 66, no. 7,  November 1967.
Litt, Steven. “Drawing a Blank, But with a Burst of Excitement,” The News and Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, 25 January 1987. 
MacBride, Henry. [Review of Jacques Seligmann Gallery Exhibition], New York Sun, November 1947.
McCaughey, Patrick. "Essay for Cleve Gray: Romantic/Modern," Wadsworth Atheneum Exhibition, 1995. 
McGill, Douglas C. "Art People,” New York Times, 5 February 1988. 
McNally, Owen. “Shades of Gray,” Hartford Courant, 2 July 1995.
Mellow, J. R. New York Times, 28 April 1973.

Morris, Gitta. “Artists and Their Spaces,” Connecticut Magazine 50, no. 10, October 1987.
Muchnic, Suzanne. “First Postmerger Show at Otis/Parsons,” Los Angeles Times, 3 July 1979.
Mulligan, Tim. The Hudson River Valley, 1992—1993, Random House, New York, 1993.
O’Beil, Hedy. [Review of Armstrong Gallery exhibition, 1985],  Magazine 59, March 1985.
Porter, Fairfield. [Review of Jacques Seligmann Gallery Exhibition, 1957] Art News, February 1957.
Preston, Stuart. “From Tradition to Innovation,” New York Times, 18 January 1959. 
[Review of Jacques Seligmann Gallery Exhibition, 1954]  New York Times, 7 November 1954.
Ratcliff, Carter. “Cleve Gray: In Prague 1984.” Essay for Armstrong Gallery exhibition, November 15—December 8, 1984.
“Cleve Gray,” [Review of Armstrong Gallery Exhibition] Arts Magazine 59, no. 3, November 1984.
 “Cleve Gray at Betty Parsons,” Art in America, January 1980.
Raynor, Vivien. “The Sublime, the Modern, and the Literal in Views of the Land,” New York Times, 13  November 1994.
 [Review of Betty Parsons Gallery exhibition], New York Times, 16 November 1979.
Reed, Judith Kaye. “London War Ruins,” Art Digest, 15 December 1948. 
Robb, Anne. “State Artist Cleve Gray Showcased in Two City Exhibits,” Hartford Courant, 30 January 1983. 
Robbins, Daniel. “Cleve Gray’s Recent Work,” Arts Magazine 54, no. 3, November 1979.
“Bronze Sculpture by Cleve Gray.” Essay for Cleve Gray: 29 Bronzes. Exhibit Catalog, Betty Parsons Gallery, 1973.
 “Cleve Gray: New Works,” Art in America 53, no. 5,October—November 1965. 
“Cleve Gray: The Burdens and Rewards of Tradition,” Art International 8, no. 2, March 1964.
Robertson, Bryan. “Triptychs by Cleve Gray,” Essay for Betty Parsons Gallery Exhibition, May 14—May 31, 1974. 
Rose, Barbara. “Cleve Gray: The Art of Memory,” Essay for Neuberger Museum of Art Exhibition, 1996.
“Cleve Gray: The Eumenides Series,” Essay for Berry-Hill Gallery Exhibition, 1996. 
Rosoff, Patricia. “Zen and the Art of Cleve Gray,” The Hartford Advocate, 20 July 1995.
Russell, John, [Review of the Armstrong Gallery Exhibition 1986], New York Times,  25 April 1986.
[Review of the Armstrong Gallery exhibition, 1984], New York Times, 16 November 1984.
[Review of Betty Parsons Gallery exhibition, 1983], New York Times, 11 February 1983.
[Review of Betty Parsons Gallery exhibition, 1981], New York Times, 9 January 1981.
[Review of Betty Parsons Gallery exhibition, 1976], New York Times, 15 October 1976.
Santlofer, Jonathan. “Lions in Winter: American Artists in Their 70s and 80s,” Art News 92, March 1993.
Secunda, Arthur. [Review of Betty Parsons Gallery exhibition, 1972], Arts Magazine, March 1972.
Shirey, David L. “Wall to Wall: Painting by Gray Nears Heroic Proportions,” New York Times, 12 August 1979. 
Siegel, Mildred. “Abstract Art: Cleve Gray’s ‘Expression of Life,”’ Waterbury Republican American, 26 September 1979.
“Artist Cleve Gray ‘Wanted to Continue Magic’,” Waterbury Republican American, 25 September 1979.
Southwell, William. “Gallery Encounters: Cleve Gray in Focus,” Art Matters, Philadelphia,  April 1986. 
Sozanski, Edward J.. “From an Abstract, ‘Cool’ Painter, a Lively New Style,” Philadelphia Enquirer, 10 April 1986.
“An Abstract Painter of Changing Styles,” Philadelphia Enquirer, 7 April 1983.
Tallmer, Jerry. “Meet a Lucky Man,” New York Post, 17 November 1979.
Tillim, Sidney. [Review of Jacques Seligmann Gallery exhibition, 1959], Arts Magazine, February 1959.
Tutko, Nancy. “Cleve Gray: An Artist’s Itinerary,” News Times, Danbury, Connecticut, 2 September 1984.

“Warren Artist to Discuss Works,” New York Times, 17 June 1984.
Walsh, Andrew. “Church’s New Vestments Are Art for Religion’s Sake,” Hartford Courant, 4 December 1982. 
Weiss, Patricia. “Cleve Gray,” Hartford Courant, 20 December 1987. 
Weissman, Julian. Ant News 73, no. 7 (September 1974), pp. 114—16. [Review of Betty Parsons Gallery exhibition.]
Whitbeck, Doris. “Artists Judge Peers,” Hartford Courant, 14 January 1983.
Willig, Nancy Tobin. “Gray’s Canvases Explode, But Colors Temper His Work,” Buffalo Courier-Express, 11 June 1977.
Winburn, Jan. “Art For All: A Public Collection for Connecticut,” Hartford Courant, 27 September 1987. 
Wolff, Millie. “Irving Galleries Selection Provokes the Mind,” Palm Beach Daily News, November 17, 1982.

“Gray’s Philosophy in His Art,” Palm Beach Daily News, 20 December 1982. 

“Works of Art Given in Memory of Daniel J. Robbins,” Rhode Island School of Design: Museum Notes 83, no. 4, June 1996. 
Yau, John. “Nature as Gesture, Essay for Cleve Gray: A Small Retrospective 1934—1986," Armstrong Galleries, 1986.
"Cleve Gray at Betty Parsons,” Art in America 71, no. 4, May 1983.
Zimmer, William. “Connecticut Artists Are Given Rooms of Their Own,” New York Times, 26 March 1989.