Martin Lubner

Education

  • 1953 M.A. University of California, Los Angeles, CA
  • 1951 B.A. University of California, Los Angeles, CA

Selected Solo Exhibitions

  • 2009, 2006, 2003, 2001, 1998, 1996 FIG, Santa Monica, CA
  • 2005 Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • 1990 University Art Gallery, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
  • 1984 TLK Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA
  • 1977 Artspace, Los Angeles, CA
  • 1976 Roko Gallery, New York, NY
  • 1975 New 57 Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • 1975, 1970 Crane Kalman Gallery, London, England
  • 1972, 1972 Anhalt Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • 1968, 1966 Fleisher Anhalt Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • 1964 Ceeje Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • 1963 Grosvenor Gallery, London, England
  • 1962 Ernest Raboff Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • 1960 Pasadena Art Museum (two person), Pasadena, CA
  • 1958 Berthe Lewinson Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions

  • 2004 "Realism Now: Traditions and Departures, Mentors and Proteges," Vose Gallery, Boston, MA
  • 1994 "Lorraine and Martin Lubner," Sam Francis Gallery, Crossroads School, Santa Monica, CA
  • 1993 "Lubner and Lubner," La Sierra University, Riverside, CA
  • 1986 Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA
  • 1977 Neuberger Museum, State University of New York, Purchase, NY
  • 1965 "Artists of Los Angeles & Vicinity," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
  • 1963 Gallery 88, Rome, Italy
  • 1958 "American Art of Our Time," Provincetown Arts Festival, Province Arts Festival, Provincetown, Rhode Island
  • 1951 "All University Art Exhibit," University of California, Los Angeles, Berkeley, Davis, Santa Barbara, CA (travelling exhibition)

Undated Group Shows

  • Landau-Alexander Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • Roland, Rowse and Delbanco, London, England
  • A.C.A Gallery, New York, NY
  • "Spoleto Internationale," Spoleto, Italy
  • San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
  • San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA

Museum Collections

  • Museum Of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
  • Contemporary Arts Council of Great Britain, purchase (Tate Gallery, Milbank, London), on loan to Kettering Museum, Kettering, England
  • Neuberger Museum, State University of New York, NY
  • Albany Junior College Museum, Albany, NY
  • Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA
  • Museum of Modern Art, Israel
  • Vincent Price Art Gallery & Museum, Monterrey Park, CA

Teaching Experience

  • 1975-76 College of Creative Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
  • 1974-75 Royal College of Art, London, England
  • 1968 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
  • 1963-64 University of California, Los Angeles, CA
  • 1956-82 University of California Extension, Los Angeles, CA
  • 1963-68 School of Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
  • 1957-62 School of FIne Art, Los Angeles, CA
  • 1954-57 New School of Art, Los Angeles, CA

Catalogs and Brochures

  • American Art of Our Time (Provincetown, RI: Provincetown Arts Festival, 1958), exh. cat.
  • Artists of L.A. & Vicinity (Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art,1955), exh. cat.
  • Lubner and Lubner (Riverside, CA: Brandstater Gallery, La Sierra University, 1993), exh. cat.
  • Martin Lubner (Malibu, CA: Pepperdine University Art Gallery, 1990), exh. cat. with text by Bob Privitt and Ben Maddow.
  • Brown, Betty. "Martin Lubner" (Santa Monica, CA: Contemporary Artists Services, 1990), brochure.
  • Leonard Pitt and Dale Pitt. Los Angeles A to Z an encyclopedia of the city & county (University of California Press, 1997), p. XVIII, p. 377, (illustration).

Articles/Reviews

  • Artforum (January 1967).
  • Cage, Edward. "Seven Edinburgh Art Exhibitions." The Scotsman (Edinburgh, Scotland) (19 and 21 April 1975).
  • Chapman, Max. "Reviews of Some New Shows." What's On in London (8 February 1963).
  • Donahue, Raechel. "The Essential Martin Lubner," Brentwood News (February 1996), "Blvd." section, p. 1.
  • Donohue, Marlena. "The Galleries." Los Angeles Times (5 October 1984).
  • Forster, Emily. "Art & Artist: Obsession." Daily Bruin (University of California, Los Angeles, Jan. 30, 1996), p. 14 (3) illustrations, p. 15 illustration, cover illustration.
  • "Goings on Around Town." The New Yorker (26 April 1976), p. 12.
  • Karina, Elena. "The Fictional Realism of Martin Lubner." Southwest Art (February 1975), pp. 71-75.
  • Langsner, Jules. Art News (November 1954).
  • "West Coast Expressionism." Art News (April 1956).
  • Los Angeles Times (17 November 1957).
  • Los Angeles Times, "Home Magazine" section (6 October 1974), p. 25, illustration.
  • Los Angeles Times, "Home Magazine" section (7 November, 1974), illustration.
  • Marmer, Nancy. Los Angeles Times (day? November 1977).
  • Mullaly, Terrance. Daily Telegraph (London) (24 February 1963), p. 11.
  • Daily Telegraph (4 March 1975).
  • Newton, Eric. "London Exhibitions." The Guardian (London) (6 February 1963).
  • "Young American Artist: Mr. Martin Lubner's Exhibition." The London Times (London) (9 February 1963).
  • "Mostre d'arte." Memento Sera (Rome) (4 June 1963).
  • Oakes, Phillip. "Putting on the UK Style." Sunday Times (London) (9 February 1975), p. 36.
  • Offin, Charles Z. "Gallery Previews in New York." Pictures on Exhibit, N.Y. (May-June 1976), p. 15.
  • Perkins, Constance. "Air of Joviality Presented." Los Angeles Times (16 October 1964), part V, p. 9.
  • Seldis, Henry. "Art Walk." Los Angeles Times (20 November 1970), part IV, p. 5.
  • Los Angeles Times (16 November 1958), part V, p. 12.
  • Spencer, Charles. The Arts Review (London) vol. 15, no. 2 (9-23 February 1963).
  • Tolkan, Robin J. "Art Comes to Life." Brentwood Magazine (Santa Monica, CA, Spring 1996), p. 18, (3) color illustrations.
  • Turner, Nancy Ann. "The Personality of Objects: Martin Lubner at Pepperdine University." Artweek vol. 21, no. 6 (15 February 1990).
  • Walker, Richard. The Arts Review (London) vol. 22, no. 3 (14 February 1970), p. 83, illustration.
  • Wholden, Rosalind G. "Los Angeles." Arts Magazine (December 1964), pp. 14-15, illustrations.
  • Wilson, William. "Art Walk." Los Angeles Times (6 April 1973), part IV, p. 8.
  • "Lubner's Works First Rate." Los Angeles Times (11 November 1966), part IV, p. 14.
  • Knaff, Devorah. "Two Complementary Duos." The Press-Enterprise (Riverside, CA, April 18, 1993), Section D, p. 2.
  • Wyzpolski, Bondo. "Scratching the Surface." Easy Reader (Hermosa Beach, South Bay) (25 January 1996), cover, (2) illustrations, p. 34, p. 44 illustration.
  • Maslon, Laura Stevenson-. "Art Chatter About Art Matters." Art Talk (February 1996) vol. XV, no. 5, p. 26.
  • "Best Bet." Los Angeles Times (Sunday, 4 February 1996), Westside Weekly, p. 4, illustration.

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