Ezio Martinelli

Biography

Teaching positions

• 1946-1949: Graphic Arts at the Philadelphia Museum School; Pennsylvania School of Industrial Arts, Pennsylvania;
• 1949-1975: Painting and Sculpture at Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York;
• 1954-1957: Graphic Arts Parsons School of Design, NYC;
• 1964-1965: American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy, Sculptor-in—residence;
• 1969: Graphic Arts and Sculpture class at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine,.
• 1971: Sculpture Class at Sarah Lawrence College Summer Program in Lacoste, France

  Federal Art Project WPA

• 1937-1941: easel painter and unit supervisor.

  Selected solo exhibitions

• 1943: Philip Regan Gallery, Pennsylvania;
• 1946, 47, 52, 55, 57, 59, 64, 66: The Willard Gallery, NYC;
• 1956, 68: Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington;
• 1956: Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, Minnesota;
• 1962: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois;
• 1968: University of Minnesota; Benson Gallery, East Hampton, New York.

  Selected group exhibitions

• 1934: Society of Independent Artists, NYC;
• 1936: Federal Art Project Gallery, NYC;
• 1939: ACA Gallery, NYC;
• 1940: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, - annuals;
• 1941: American Drawing Annual, Albany Institute of Art and History, New York; 20th International Exhibition of Watercolors, Art Institute of Chicago; Elgin Academy of Fine Art, Illinois; San Diego Fine Art Society, California; Denver Art Museum, Colorado;
• 1942, 43, 44: Peggy Guggenheim's, The Art of This Century Gallery, Spring Salon for Younger Artists, NYC; San Francisco Art Association, California;
• 1943: Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey;
• 1944: Philadelphia Print Club;
• 1947: Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. – biennial; International Watercolor Show, Brooklyn Museum, New York City; "Abstract and Surrealist Art in America," Art Institute of Chicago;
• 1947, 58, 67: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, – annuals;
• 1948, 56, 60, 62, 64, 66, : Whitney Museum of American Art, Annuals; 1949: Brooklyn Museum, New York City;
• 1952: Drawings From Twelve Countries, Art Institute of Chicago; 1955, 56: American Watercolors in France, Paris;
• 1956: Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota; American Federation of Arts, New York City; "Monumentality in Modern Sculpture," Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Texas;
• 1957: "Irons in the Fire: An Exhibition of Metal Sculpture/Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas. October 17th–Dec. 1st, 1957"; "Eight American Artists – Contemporaries Abroad – Europe Edition", circ., sponsored by State Department; "Major Work in Minor Scale," American Federation of Arts, New York City;
• 1959: "Carnegie International," Carnegie International Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York;
• 1959, 66: National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York City;
• 1960: "Aspect de la Sculpture Americaine," Galerie Bernard, Paris France; "Business Buys American Art: Third Loan Exhibition by the Friends of the Whitney Museum of American Art," Whitney Museum of American Art. New York City;
• 1962: "The Architectural League of New York - National Gold Medal Exhibition of the Building Arts; A Survey of American Sculpture: Late 18th Century to 1962," The Newark Museum, NJ;
• 1964: "Westside Artists," Riverside Art Museum, New York City;
• 1965: "Major 19th and 20th Century Drawings," Gallery of Modern Art, NYC; "White on White," DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, Nebraska; "The Drawing Society National Exhibition 1965," American Federation of Arts, New York City;
• 1966: "Made of Iron," Fine Arts Gallery, University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas;
• 1971: "Modern Sculptors – Their Drawings, Watercolors," Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York.

  Works in museums and public collections

• The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
• Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia
• Hofstra, Hempstead, New York
• Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, New York
• New York Public Library, New York City, New York
• Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington,
• Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, New York
• Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York
• Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
• John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida
• The Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey
• Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, New York
• Woodstock Artists Association, Woodstock, New York
• Seamon Park, Saugerties, New York
• United Nations, New York City

  Books

• Marika Herskovic, ;, pp. 160–63