FRANK ROTH

Born: February 22, 1936 Boston, Massachusetts
Died: August 26, 2019 New York, New York

EDUCATION & ART EXPERIENCE‍ ‍

1950 Apprentice to Painter George Mueller, New York

1954 Attended the Cooper Union Art School, New York

1954 Studied with Hans Hoffman, School of Art, Provincetown, MA

1958 Traveled in Europe studying art and architecture

1962 Resided in Paris and Normandy

1963 Traveled through Mexico

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2010-2019 Professor Emeritus, School of Visual Arts, NY, NY

1963-2010 Painting Instructor, School of Visual Arts, NY, NY

1964 Instructor, State University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

1968 Instructor, The University of California, Berkley, CA

1970 Artist in Residence, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

1971 Instructor, The University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA

1976 Visiting Lecturer, Bellville Area College, Bellville, IL

1978 Panelist, College Art Association - “Painterly Painting,” Hilton Hotel, NY

1978-1988 Visiting Critic, Maryland Institute of Art, Baltimore, MD

AWARDS & GRANTS

1962 Chaloner Prize Foundation Award, Prix De Rome (2 years)

1963 Ford Foundation Purchase Prize

1964 Guggenheim Fellowship

1966 Ford Foundation Artist in Residence, University of Rhode Island

1967 Minister of Foreign Affairs Award, 4th International Exhibition of Young Artists, Japan

1977 National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1958 The Artist’s Gallery, New York, NY

1960 Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, NY

1962 Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, NY

1962 The American Gallery, New York, NY

1963 Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, NY

1964 Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, NY

1964 Anderson-Mayer Gallery, Paris, France

1965 Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, NY

1965 The American Embassy, London, England

1967 Hamilton Gallery, London, England

1967 Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, NY

1967 Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT

1968 Molly Barnes Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1968 Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, NY

1970 Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, NY

1971 Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, NY

1974 Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer, New York, NY

1975 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY

1981 Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY

1981 Martha White Gallery, New York, NY

1982 Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY

1984 Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY

1985 Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY

1985 Tomasulo Gallery, Union County College, Cranford, NJ

1991 Sindin Galleries, New York, NY

1993 Sindin Galleries, New York, NY

SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Mr. Roy Neuberger, New York, NY

Mr. Albert Marsh, New York, NY

Mr. Richard Brown, Baker, NY

Ms. Dianne DeVry, New Smyrna, FL

Mr. Joseph Hirschorn, New York, NY

Mr. Paul Jenkins, New York, NY

Mrs. Harold Gast, Westfield, NJ

Mr. Louis Glickman, New York, NY

Dr. Bernard Nathanson, New York, NY

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Pettibone, New York, NY

Mr. Alvin Schrages, New York, NY

Mr. Henry Shalom, Brooklyn, NY

Mr. Howard Rothenberg, New York, NY

Mr. Paul Ingersoll, Philadelphia, Pa

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Karger, Winnetka, IL

Dr. and Mrs. Winston Price, Baltimore, MD

Mr. and Mrs. Ira Haupt, New York

Mr. and Mrs. Milton Glaser, New York, NY

Mrs. H. Strove Hensel, Washington, DC

Mr. David Wallowick, Sarasota, FL

Mrs. Ruth Bernstein, Baltimore, MD

Mrs. John Barclay, Boston, MA

Mr. William Zierler, New York, NY

Ms. Cheri Ramey, Los Angeles, CA

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Davis, New York, NY

Mr. and Mrs. Carlo Grossman, East Hampton, NY

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Greenberg, New York, NY

Mr. Willem De Kooning, East Hampton, NY

Mr. Maurice Nessen, New York, NY

Mr. Grace Borgenicht, New York, NY

Ms. Martha Jackson, New York, NY

Mr. Henry Geldzahler, Southampton, NY

Ms. Molly Barnes, Los Angeles, NY

Mr. Lee Savage, Tarrytown, NY

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Benton, New York, NY

Mr. and Mrs. David Yurman, New York, NY

Mr. and Mrs. Jack O’Neill, New York, NY

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Block, New York, NY

Nancy Greenberg, Sag Harbor, NY

SELECTED MUSEUM & PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, New York, NY

ALBRIGHT-KNOX GALLERY, Buffalo, NY

BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART, Baltimore, MD

DES MOINES ART CENTER, Des Moines, IA

ANDREW DICKINSON WHITE MUSEUM, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

LEICESTER MUSEUM, Leicester, England

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, East Lansing, MI

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY ART COLLECTION, New York, NY

PASADENA ART MUSEUM OF ART, Sarasota, FL

STEDELIJK MUSEUM, Scheidam, Holland

TATE GALLERY, London, England

MUSEUM OF THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, Salt Lake City, UT

WALKER ART CENTER, Minneapolis, MN

WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, New York, NY

AMERICAN REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY, Des, Moines, IA

BELLEVUE HOSPITAL, New York, NY

BELLVILLE AREA COLLEGE, Bellville, IL

CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, New York, NY

COLONIAL BANK & TRUST COMPANY, Newark, NJ

HIRSHHORN COLLECTION, New York, NY

MANUFACTURERS HANOVER TRUST, New York, NY

MCDONALD & COMPANY, New York, NY

PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Newark, NJ

MOBILE OIL COMPANY, Virginia

SIOUX CITY ART MUSEUM, Sioux City, OH

DAVID ROCKEFELLER COLLECTION, Rockefeller Center, NY

CHARLES H. MAC NIDER MUSEUM, Mason City, IA

THE MEAD PAPER COMPANY, New York, NY

PITTSBURGH NATIONAL BANK, Pittsburgh, PA

MARTHA JACKSON COLLECTION, Buffalo, NY

DENVER ART MUSEUM, Denver, CO

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1958 Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY “1958 Annual of Contemporary Painting”

1958 Albright- Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY

1959 Carnegie Institute Museum of Art, Pittsburg, PA “1959 Pittsburgh of Contemporary Painting”

1960 Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, IL

1960 Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN

1960 Whitney Museum of Art, New York, NY, “Young Painters”

1960 Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA

1961 Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD

1961 Art in America New York, NY,  “Art in America’s National Institute of Arts and Letters”

1962 Corcoran Art Gallery, Washington, D.C.

1962 Anderson-Mayer Gallery, Paris, France

1963 Mead Corporation, Richmond, VA “Art Across America”

1963 University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

1964 University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE

1964 Tate Gallery, London, England, UK

1965 Krannery Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL “Contemporary American Painting
and Sculpture”

1965 Midland Group, Nottingham, England

1965 Ulster Museum, Belfast, Ireland

1967 Tokyo, Japan, “4th International Young Artists’ Exhibition” First Place Painting

1967 Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

1967 Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Utah University, Salt Lake City, UT “Study for the Magic Theatre”

1967 Bamberger’s Department Stores, Newark, NJ, “ Art / America”

1968 Kent State University Art Gallery, Kent, OH

1968 American Federation of the Arts, New York, NY “Some Younger American Painters
and Sculptors”

1968 Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

1968 Galerie Paul Fachetti, Paris, France, “Timeless Paintings from the U.S.A.”

1969 Department of State, Washington, D.C., “Art Embassies Program”

1969 Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA, “Beyond Literalism”

1969 Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA, “Annual Painting and Watercolor Exhibition”

1969 Toledo Museum, Toledo, OH “Art for Your Collection”

1969 Madrid Biennial, Madrid, Spain

1969 Obelisk Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1969 Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI, “Second Flint Invitational”

1970 Virginia Museum, Richmond, VA, “American Painting 1970”

1970 Martha Jackson Gallery, New York NY, “Recent Painting”

1970 Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ, “The Recent Years”

1970 Compass Gallery, New York, NY, “Inner Spaces”

1970 Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN “Painting and Sculpture Today”

1971 Seibu Department Store, Tokyo, Japan “Martha Jackson Gallery Collection”

1971 McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, TX, “Collector’s Gallery V”

1971 Amhearst College, Amhearst, Maine, “Color Painting”

1972 Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, OK, “Collector’s Choice XII”

1972 Rockland Community College, Suffern, NY, “Martha Jackson Collection”

1973 Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, “Contemporary Painting”

1973 Finch College Museum of Art, New York, NY  “The Private Collection of Martha Jackson”

1977 Louise Himmelfarb Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY

1977 Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY

1978 Louise Himmelfarb Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY “Drawings- Frank Roth, Larry Rivers”

1980 Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY

1980 Hokin Gallery, Inc., Palm Beach, FL

1981 Oklahoma Art Center, OK “New York Gallery Showcase / Works on Paper”

1981 The Maryland Institute- College of Art, Baltimore, MD “Visiting Artists’ Exhibition”

1981 Hokin Gallery, Chicago, IL

1982 Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels, Belgium “Louis K. Meisel Gallery in Brussels”

1985 Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY

1986-86 Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY, “Traveling Exhibition”

1985-86 Munson-Williams Proctor Institute, Utica, NY

1985-86 Danforth Museum, Farmingham, MA

1985-86 Bucknell University Center Gallery, Lewisburg, PA

1985-86 Fine Art Center Gallery- State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY

1985-86 Beaux Arts Collector’s Gallery, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH

1985 Park Synagogue Art Festival X, Cleveland, OH

1991 David Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, NY

1992 Bologna/Landi Gallery, East Hampton, NY

1992 Renee Fatouhi Fine Art, East Hampton, NY

1992 Bologna/Landi Gallery, East Hampton, NY

1993 David Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, NY

1994 Sindin Gallery, New York, NY

1996 Avero Holding Company, Leeuwarden, Holland

1996 Hermitage Arts, Amsterdam, Holland

1996 Ann Harper Gallery, Amagansett, NY

1997 Sindin Gallery, New York, NY

2008 Pharmaka Gallery, Los Angeles, CA,  “Love at First Sight-Molly Barnes Collection”

2009 Pera Museum of Art, Istanbul, Turkey “Octet”

2009 SVA Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY, “Octet”

2025 Lewis Gallery, Telfair Museums, Savannah, GA, “Primary: Artists Working in Red,
Yellow and Blue”

SELECTED ARTICLES AND REVIEWS

Ashton, Dore THE NEW YORK TIMES, ”March 19, 1958. “Art: Three Exhibitions”

Ashton, Dore ART U.S.A., March 1962

Ashton, Dore STUDIO (UK), May, 1963. “Modern Symbolism and Strained ‘Pop’”

Ashton, Dore STUDIO INTERNATIONAL, January 1965, “Unconventional Techniques in Sculpture”

Ashton, Dore ART U.S.A., February 1965

Ashton, Dore ART MAGAZINE, November 1968. “Beyond Literalism but Not Beyond the Pale.”

Ashton, Dore ARTS MAGAZINE, March 1968, p.46, “Quid Est?”

Braff, Phyllis THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 20, 1992. “Group Show”

Braff, Phyllis THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 3, 1993, p 8. “The Emotional Intensity of Devotion.”

Braff, Phyllis THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 1, 1993.

Braff, Phyllis THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 7, 1996.

Brett, Guy THE LONDON TIMES, April 19, 1967, p.6. “Prisoner of Artistic Style.”

Campbell, J. THE JOURNAL BULLETIN (Special) Providence, Rhode Island. “Precise in Speech
and Painting.”