Larry Silver
Encyclopedia
Larry Silver is an American born artist
and was a member of the Photo League. The artist's work resides in various museum collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art
, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Brooklyn Museum, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Yale University Art Gallery
and George Eastman House. Larry Silver's artwork has been exhibited in many solo and group exhibitions.
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
and was a member of the Photo League. The artist's work resides in various museum collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is a renowned art museum in New York City. Its permanent collection contains more than two million works, divided into nineteen curatorial departments. The main building, located on the eastern edge of Central Park along Manhattan's Museum Mile, is one of the...
, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Brooklyn Museum, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Yale University Art Gallery
Yale University Art Gallery
The Yale University Art Gallery houses a significant and encyclopedic collection of art in several buildings on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Although it embraces all cultures and periods, the Gallery possesses especially renowned collections of early Italian painting,...
and George Eastman House. Larry Silver's artwork has been exhibited in many solo and group exhibitions.
Chronology
- 2010 Discoveries, Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York, NY.
- 2007 Larry Silver - From The Medium to the Message, Bruce Silverstein Gallery, NY.
- 2002 America At Mid-Century, Apex Fine Art, Los Angeles, California.
- 2001 Photograph appears in book “This Was The Photo League.” Published by Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago, Il. Moves studio to Shelton, Connecticut.
- 2000 Completes second series of photographs on ChinaChinaChinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
. - 1999 Photograph appears in book, “Photography from 1839 to Today.” George Eastman HouseGeorge Eastman HouseThe George Eastman House is the world's oldest museum dedicated to photography and one of the world's oldest film archives, opened to the public in 1949 in Rochester, New York, USA. World-renowned for its photograph and motion picture archives, the museum is also a leader in film preservation and...
, Rochester, New York. Begins second series of photographs on China by special invitation from the Chinese Photographer's Association and The China Photo Press - 1997 Awarded First Prize at the International Photographic Exhibition, “China Through A Foreigner’s Eyes.” National Museum of Chinese History, BeijingBeijingBeijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
. - 1996 Begins series on China by special invitation from the city of YangzhouYangzhouYangzhou is a prefecture-level city in central Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China. Sitting on the northern bank of the Yangtze River, it borders the provincial capital of Nanjing to the southwest, Huai'an to the north, Yancheng to the northeast, Taizhou to the east, and Zhenjiang across...
, China. - 1995 Signs contract with Canon USA to represent Canon Cameras in the United States.
- 1991 American Society of Media Photographers selects photograph for exhibition and book. Out of 13,000 entries, only 186 are selected for “Ten Thousand Eyes” celebration of 150 years of photography.
- 1988 Represented in “American Photographs,” an illustrated “Who’s Who” amojng leading contemporaries, published by American References. Full-page photograph included in book, “Athletes,” published by Knopf.
- 1981 First exhibit of personal photographs: “Retrospective,” The Carlson Gallery, University of Bridgeport, Connecticut.
- 1977 Studio Photography Instructor, School of Visual Arts, 1977-1982.
- 1975 Basic Photography Instructor, LaGuardia Community College. Becomes member of American Society of Magazine Photographers. Begins five-year project: “Sherwood Island, A Connecticut State Park.”
- 1973 Moves residence from New York to Westport, ConnecticutWestport, Connecticut-Neighborhoods:* Saugatuck – around the Westport railroad station near the southwestern corner of the town – a built-up area with some restaurants, stores and offices....
. Begins photographing “Connecticut Life” series. - 1969 Attends film classes at New York UniversityNew York UniversityNew York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
, 1969-1971. - 1960 Opens advertising studio in New York City.
- 1959 Returns to New York to work in color labs doing dye transfers and Type C prints.
- 1957 Works for commercial photographers and experiments with new Type C color process.
- 1956 Graduates Art Center SchoolArt Center College of DesignArt Center College of Design is a private college located in Pasadena, California, and was cited by BusinessWeek as one of the 60 best design schools in the world. The college’s industrial design program is consistently ranked number one by both DesignIntelligence and U.S...
with Bachelor of Arts Degree. - 1954 Attends Art Center School. Photographs Muscle Beach, Santa Monica, California.
- 1953 Receives award in National High School Photo Contest. Appears in Youth Forum, a television program representing Photography in Modern Art. Receives 26th Annual National Scholastic Awards Scholarship to the Art Center School in Los Angeles, California.
- 1952 Full-page photograph appears in Seventeen Magazine “It’s All Yours” issue. Appears in American Photography, five page article “Young Photographer #1.”
- 1949 Begins photographing the Bronx and Manhattan while attending the High School of Industrial Arts in Manhattan.
- 1934 Born Bronx, New York.
Permanent Collections
- Addison Gallery of American Art
- Boston Museum of Fine Art
- Brooklyn MuseumBrooklyn MuseumThe Brooklyn Museum is an encyclopedia art museum located in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. At 560,000 square feet, the museum holds New York City's second largest art collection with roughly 1.5 million works....
of Art - Columbus Museum of Art
- Delaware Art Museum
- George Eastman House
- High Museum of Art
- Housatonic Museum of Art
- Houston Museum of Fine Arts
- International Center of Photography
- Jewish Museum
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Minneapolis Institute of Arts
- Museum of the City of New York
- New Britain Museum of American Art
- New Orleans Museum of Art
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art
- St. Petersburg Museum of Art
- Smithsonian
- Tampa Museum of Art
- United Nations
- William Benton Museum of Art
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Yale University Art GalleryYale University Art GalleryThe Yale University Art Gallery houses a significant and encyclopedic collection of art in several buildings on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Although it embraces all cultures and periods, the Gallery possesses especially renowned collections of early Italian painting,...
Publications
- 2002 Larry Silver: Suburban Vision. Bruce Silverstein GalleryBruce Silverstein GalleryBruce Silverstein Gallery was established in 2001. Bruce Silverstein Gallery is a contemporary art gallery located in the Chelsea Art District in New York City. The Gallery's main exhibition space is located at 535 West 24th Street with another location at 529 West 20th Street...
. - 2001 This was the Photo League: Compassion and the camera from the Depression to the Cold War. Anne Tucker. Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago, Il,.
- 2000 Photography from 1839 to Today: George Eastman House, Rochester, NY. William S. Johnson, Mark Rice, Carla Williams. TaschenTaschenTaschen is an art book publisher founded in 1980 by Benedikt Taschen in Cologne, Germany. It began as Taschen Comics publishing Benedikt's extensive comic collection...
. - 1991 10,000 Eyes: The American Society of Magazine Photographers' Celebration of the 150th Anniversary of Photography. Editor: Ann Clements Borum. Eastman Kodak Co.