Larry Silver

Larry Silver (b. 1934) 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,^[1] Brooklyn Museum, Boston Museum of Fine Arts,^[2] Houston Museum of Fine Arts,^[3] Yale University Art Gallery and George Eastman House. Larry Silver's artwork has been exhibited in many solo and group exhibitions.

1 Chronology
2 Permanent Collections
3 Publications
4 References
5 External links

Chronology

2010 Discoveries, Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York, NY.^[4]
2007 Larry Silver - From The Medium to the Message, Bruce Silverstein Gallery, NY.^[5]
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 China.
1999 Photograph appears in book, “Photography from 1839 to Today.” George Eastman House, 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, Beijing.
1996 Begins series on China by special invitation from the city of Yangzhou, 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, Connecticut. Begins photographing “Connecticut Life” series.
1969 Attends film classes at New York University, 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 School 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 Museum 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 Gallery

Publications

2002 Larry Silver: Suburban Vision. Bruce Silverstein Gallery.
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. Taschen.
1991 10,000 Eyes: The American Society of Magazine Photographers' Celebration of the 150th Anniversary of Photography. Editor: Ann Clements Borum. Eastman Kodak Co.

References

^ http://www.artsmia.org/viewer/detail.php?v=12&id=27788 Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Collection. Accession Number 91.75
^ http://www.mfa.org/collections/search_art.asp?recview=true&id=265215&coll_keywords=%22larry+silver%22&coll_accession=&coll_name=&coll_artist=&coll_place=&coll_medium=&coll_culture=&coll_classification=&coll_credit=&coll_provenance=&coll_location=&coll_has_images=&coll_on_view=&coll_sort=0&coll_sort_order=0&coll_view=0&coll_package=0&coll_start=1 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Collections. Accession number 1991.613
^ http://www.mfah.org/pdf/Photography_Collection.pdf Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, Texas. Photography Collections.
^ http://www.brucesilverstein.com/documents/4c59cf6dcb562.jpg
^ http://www.luminous-lint.com/app/exhibition/BruceSilversteinGallery_03/

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Chronology

Permanent Collections

Publications

References

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