Loren MacIver

Loren MacIver
American
(1909-1998)

The Road to Delphi, oil on canvas, 33"x 50", s.l.l. "MacIver" SOLD

Born and raised in New York City. Lived in Greenwhich Village. Married poet Lloyd Frankenberg. 1935, Alfred Barr, Director of the Museum of Modern Art, bought one of her paintings and this launched her career. Worked on WPA Federal Art Project. Traveled in Europe. Known for semi-abstracts.

Exhibited: New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, 1956; Ottawa, the National Gallery of Canada, 1950.

Traveling Exhibition: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; Art Gallery of Toronto, Ontario, Stratford Arena; Manitoba, The Winipeg Art Gallery, 1957; Washington, DC., The Philips Collection, 1966; Indiana, Art Gallery, University of Notre Dame, 1966.

Literature: “In the Galleries, Loren MacIver,” Arts 31, Dec. 1965, p. 53; “Some American Paintings,” Toronto Daily Star, April 11, 1957, p. 20; Breeskin, Adelyn, “Loren MacIver,” unpublished manuscript, c. 1972, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; Garbrecht, Sandra, “Loren MacIver: The Painter and the Passing Stain of Circumstance,” Washington, 1987, p. 58.

Studied: Art Students’ League at age 10.

Exhibited: New York City.

In the collection of: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Yale University Art Gallery; Art Institute of Chicago; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Brooklyn Museum of Art; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Whitney Museum of American Art; Smith College Museum of Art; Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and more.

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