Baziotes, William, 1912-1963
Variant namesAbstract expressionist painter; New York City.
Born in Pittsburgh, Pa., Baziotes moved to New York City in 1933, where he studied painting at the National Academy of Design, 1933-1936. He participated on the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project as a teacher, 1936-1938, and painted for the Easel Painting Project, 1938-1940. In 1941 he married Ethel Copstein. He had his first one-man show at Peggy Guggenheim's Art of This Century Gallery in 1944. Baziotes taught at Subjects of the Artist, 1948; the Brooklyn Museum Art School; New York University; 1949-1952; the People's Art Center at the Museum of Modern Art, 1950-1952; and Hunter College, 1952-1962. Died June 1963, at age 52.
From the description of William and Ethel Baziotes papers, 1916-1992. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86132968
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| referencedIn | Oral history interview with George Segal | Archives of American Art | |
| referencedIn | Oral history interview with Herbert Ferber | Archives of American Art | |
| referencedIn | Oral history interview with Philip Pavia | Archives of American Art | |
| referencedIn | Oral history interview with Leo Rabkin | Archives of American Art |
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| associatedWith | Alloway, Lawrence, 1926-1990. | person |
| associatedWith | American Art Expositions (Firm) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | American Federation of Arts. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Barr, Alfred Hamilton, 1902- | person |
| associatedWith | Baziotes, Christos. | person |
| associatedWith | Baziotes, Ethel. | person |
| associatedWith | Baziotes, Harry. | person |
| associatedWith | Bernshṭin, Mei̕r, d. 1978. | person |
| associatedWith | Blesh, Rudi, 1899-1985. | person |
| associatedWith | Bodin, Paul, 1910-1994. | person |
| associatedWith | Breton, André, 1896-1966. | person |
| associatedWith | Canaday, John, 1907-1985. | person |
| associatedWith | Castano, Giovanni, 1896-1978. | person |
| associatedWith | Ferber, Herbert, 1906-1991 | person |
| associatedWith | Greenberg, Clement, 1909-1994. | person |
| associatedWith | Guggenheim, Peggy, 1898- | person |
| associatedWith | Halper, Nathan. | person |
| associatedWith | Hare, David, 1917-1992. | person |
| associatedWith | Hélion, Jean, 1904-1987. | person |
| associatedWith | Janis, Harriet Grossman. | person |
| associatedWith | Kamrowski, Gerome. | person |
| associatedWith | Kootz Gallery | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Kootz Gallery (N.Y.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Kootz Gallery (N.Y.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Kootz Gallery (N.Y.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Kootz Gallery (N.Y.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Kootz, Samuel Melvin, 1898-1982. | person |
| associatedWith | Lee, Francis P., 1913- , | person |
| associatedWith | Leen, Nina, 1909- | person |
| associatedWith | Licht, Michel, 1893-1953. | person |
| associatedWith | Lippold, Richard, 1915- | person |
| associatedWith | Matta Echaurren, Roberto Sebastián, 1911- | person |
| associatedWith | Matter, Herbert, 1907-1984. | person |
| associatedWith | Motherwell, Maria. | person |
| associatedWith | Motherwell, Robert. | person |
| associatedWith | Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Namuth, Hans. | person |
| associatedWith | Neuberger, Roy R. | person |
| associatedWith | Newman, Arnold, 1918-2006. | person |
| associatedWith | Onslow-Ford, Gordon. | person |
| associatedWith | Paneth, Donald. | person |
| associatedWith | Pavia, Philip, 1915-2005, | person |
| associatedWith | Peter A. Juley & Son. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Peterson, Charles. | person |
| associatedWith | Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973. | person |
| associatedWith | Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956. | person |
| associatedWith | Rabkin, Leo. | person |
| associatedWith | Reis, Bernard | person |
| associatedWith | Reis, Bernard. | person |
| associatedWith | Reis, Rebecca | person |
| associatedWith | Ricci, F. | person |
| associatedWith | Ruiz-Picasso, Maya. | person |
| associatedWith | Schaefer, Bertha, 1895-1971. | person |
| associatedWith | Schumm, Gertrud. | person |
| associatedWith | Schwabacher, Ethel, 1903-1984. | person |
| associatedWith | Segal, George, 1924-2000, | person |
| associatedWith | Seitz, William Chapin. | person |
| associatedWith | Sievan, Maurice. | person |
| associatedWith | Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Still, Clyfford, 1904- | person |
| associatedWith | Vazakas, Byron. | person |
| associatedWith | Whitney Museum of American Art. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Zulueta, Orlando. | person |
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| New York (State)--New York |
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| Abstract expressionism |
| Art, American |
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| Art, Abstract |
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Birth 1912-06-11
Death 1963-06-06
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