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A Forgotten Painter and Her Visionary Abstraction

John Yau

Oct 16, 2019
6 min

A Forgotten Painter and Her Visionary Abstraction

Hyperallergic John Yau October 12, 2019 During her lifetime, Sonia Gechtoff was feted on the West Coast and for many years showed her work in New York, but the art world has yet to adequately address her achievement. Sonia Gechtoff, who lived in San Francisco from 1951 until 1959, actively contributed to the burst of abstract painting that became a worldwide phenomenon in the late 1940s and ‘50s, with the rise of Abstract Expressionism in San Francisco and New York City,

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Extend Exhibition - Sonia Gechtoff "Forces of Nature on the Grand Stage: Paintings from 1988 to

David Eichholtz

Oct 7, 2019
1 min

Extend Exhibition - Sonia Gechtoff "Forces of Nature on the Grand Stage: Paintings from 1988 to

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sonia Gechtoff Paestum, 1991 Acrylic on canvas 60.5 x 54.5" Click here to view exhibition SONIA GECHTOFF Forces of Nature on the Grand Stage: Paintings from 1988 to 1995 September 10 - October 26, 2019 David Richard Gallery, LLC 211 East 121 ST | New York, NY 10035 P: (212) 882-1705 www.davidrichardgallery.com David Richard Gallery is pleased to present, Forces of Nature on the Grand Stage: Paintings from 1988 to 1995, a solo exhibiti

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Press Release - Sonia Gechtoff "Forces of Nature on the Grand Stage: Paintings from 1988 to 199

David Eichholtz

Aug 28, 2019
1 min

Press Release - Sonia Gechtoff "Forces of Nature on the Grand Stage: Paintings from 1988 to 199

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sonia Gechtoff Paestum, 1991 Acrylic on canvas 60.5 x 54.5" Click here to view exhibition SONIA GECHTOFF Forces of Nature on the Grand Stage: Paintings from 1988 to 1995 September 10 - October 5, 2019 Opening Reception: Sunday, September 15. 2019 4:00 - 7:00 PM David Richard Gallery, LLC 211 East 121 ST | New York, NY 10035 P: (212) 882-1705 www.davidrichardgallery.com David Richard Gallery is pleased to present, Forces of Nature on t

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The Divine Dozen: Sonia Gechtoff’s Star Still Shines Brightly

Rosemary Carstens

Aug 25, 2019
1 min

The Divine Dozen: Sonia Gechtoff’s Star Still Shines Brightly

Sonia Gechtoff. Children of Frejus, 1959. Oil paint on canvas; 76 3/4 x 102 in. Photo courtesy of the Denver Art Museum. During her years in California, women, including Gechtoff, became artistic leaders. Los Angeles’s Ferus Gallery gave its first solo exhibition to Sonia Gechtoff and Deborah Remington helped found the Six Gallery (the historic artist-run cooperative especially notable for the October 1955 reading of “Howl” by Allen Ginsberg that launched the Beat movement).

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Works On Paper: Unique Paintings, Watercolors, Pastels and Collage by Gechtoff, Kelly, Alcopley, Sih

David Eichholtz

Jun 11, 2019
3 min

Works On Paper: Unique Paintings, Watercolors, Pastels and Collage by Gechtoff, Kelly, Alcopley, Sih

Artwork on Front Cover: Sonia Gechtoff Flag Icon, 1962-63 Pastel, graphite and collage 18.75" x 14.75" Copyright © Sonia Gechtoff, Courtesy David Richard Gallery Works On Paper: Unique Paintings, Watercolors, Pastels and Collages Online Presentation Featuring Abstract Expressionism, Color Field, Hard Edge and Op Art Selections By: Alcopley Ernst Benkert Dean Fleming Sonia Gechtoff Theo Hios George Hofmann James Kelly Oli Sihvonen Nina Tryggvadottir David Rich

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Armory Week: Women Abstract Expressionist Painters Represented at David Richard Gallery, New York

David Eichholtz

Mar 6, 2019
2 min

Armory Week: Women Abstract Expressionist Painters Represented at David Richard Gallery, New York

SONIA GECHTOFF, NINA TRYGGVADOTTIR, BEATE WHEELER AND ANTHE ZACHARIAS Women Painters Abstract Expressionist Works from 1950s and 60s Sonia Gechtoff Sea Door, 1960 Oil on canvas 97" x 51” Copyright © Sonia Gechtoff Estate Click here to view artwork If you are in New York for Armory week, please visit David Richard Gallery uptown to view any of these or other artworks by these women painters. Please contact the gallery for prices, high resolution images and additional informa

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Sonia Gechtoff, Paintings from 1960 to 2017, The New York Years

David Eichholtz

Feb 3, 2019
3 min

Sonia Gechtoff, Paintings from 1960 to 2017, The New York Years

SONIA GECHTOFF A Selection of Paintings from the New York Years Sonia Gechtoff Sea Door, 1960 Oil on canvas 97" x 51” Click here to go to the artwork David Richard Gallery Represents the Sonia Gechtoff Estate Please contact the gallery for prices, high resolution images and additional information. David Richard Gallery, LLC 211 East 121 ST | New York, NY 10035 P: (212) 882-1705 www.davidrichardgallery.com Sonia Gechtoff Garden, Wave and Waterfall, 2001 Acrylic an

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HIDDEN FIGURES: Abstract Expressionist Women Painters In New York and California, 1950s to 60s - Pre

David Eichholtz

Jan 8, 2019
2 min

HIDDEN FIGURES: Abstract Expressionist Women Painters In New York and California, 1950s to 60s - Pre

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Beate Wheeler, Untitled (BW-5234),1961, Oil on canvas, 36 x 32 " Copyright © Beate Wheeler HIDDEN FIGURES Abstract Expressionist Women Painters in New York and California, 1950s to 60s SONIA GECHTOFF, NINA TRYGGVADOTTIR, BEATE WHEELER AND ANTHE ZACHARIAS January 27 through February 24, 2019 Opening Reception: Sunday, January 27 from 3:00 to 7:00 PM David Richard Gallery, LLC 211 East 121 ST | New York, NY 10035 P: (212) 882-1705 www.davidrichardgall

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