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Galerie Michael Haas
Niebuhrstraße 5
10629 Berlin
Galerie Michael Haas
Niebuhrstraße 5
10629 Berlin
Kunst Lager Haas
Lise-Meitner-Straße 7-9
10589 Berlin
Kunst Lager Haas
Lise-Meitner-Straße 7-9
10589 Berlin
Phone: +49 (0) 30 88 92 91 0
Mail: contact@galeriemichaelhaas.de
Phone: +49 (0) 30 88 92 91 0
Mail: contact@galeriemichaelhaas.de
1907 Born June 6 in South Bend, Indiana, the son of a mechanical engineer
1913 Relocation to Helensburgh, Scotland
1926 Graduates from Trinity College, Glenalmond and begins his studies of modern History at Balliol College, Oxford, England
1928–1929 Trips to Heidelberg and Paris. Graduates from Balliol College and begins studying modern drawing at the Académie Lhote and the Académie Moderne, Paris, France
1933–1935 Moves to New York. First solo exhibition of paintings at Caz-Delbo Gallery. Rickey’s father, Walter Rickey, dies. First solo museum exhibition at the Denver Art Museum, Colorado. He marries his first wife Susan Luhrs at New York’s Riverside Church
1939–1941 The marriage with Susan Luhrs ends. Travels to Mexico together with Ulfert Wilke (1907–1987) and in 1941 with his sister Alison. Acquaintance with Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956)
1942–1947 Rickey creates his first kinetic sculpture. He begins his studies at the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University, US. Marries Edith (Edie) Leighton in New York in 1947
1951 Rickey participates among others in group exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. He will exhibit seven more times at the Whitney Museum of American Art
1953-1955 Birth of his son Stuart Ross Rickey. First solo exhibition of kinetic sculptures at the John Herron School of Art Museum, Indianapolis
1957 First European exhibition at Amerika Haus in Hamburg, Germany
1959–1961 Rickey’s second son, Philip Leighton Rickey, is born in New Orleans. The family moves to Hand Hollow, East Chatham in New York. In 1960 he receives his first Guggenheim Fellowship, which is renewed the following year. His lifelong collaboration with Roland Hummel, professor of engineering at the School of Architecture, begins
1963–1966 Visits Naum Gabo (1890–1977) and Josef Albers (1888–1976) in Connecticut. Publishes his essay “The Morphology and Movement” in the Art Journal. Important exhibitions in London, Hamburg, New York, Berlin, Amsterdam, Venice, Tel Aviv, Paris and Bern, among others. The Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Modern Art, New York and the Hirschhorn Museum, Washington acquire works by Rickey. He takes part in documenta III in Kassel for the first time in 1964 (He will also participate in documenta IV and VII)
1968–1969 He receives a scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst „DAAD”). Rickey then rents a studio in West-Berlin and commutes between West-Berlin and East Chatham
1970–1979 He travels to more than a dozen countries, receives the Fine Arts Award of the American Institute of Architects and is elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters. Rickey is awarded ten honorary doctorates by the end of his life
1980–1990 Founding of the Hand Hollow Foundation. Seth Schneidman makes the documentary “George Rickey-Portrait of an Artist” (later renamed “The Moving World of George Rickey”) in collaboration with Rickey. Experiences the fall of the Berlin Wall
1994–1995 Establishes the George Rickey Foundation. He receives the Gold Medal for Sculpture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters
2001–2002 With his health failing he moves to St. Paul, Minnesota. George Rickey dies on July 17, 2002, in St. Paul
2022
Naumkeag House & Gardens, Stockbridge, MA, US
Axel Vervoordt Antwerp, Antwerpen/Antwerp, BE
2021
The Kasmin Sculpture Garden New York, NY, US
Kasmin Gallery in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Skulpturenausschuss des/in conjunction with the Fund for Park Avenue und/and NYC Parks’ Art in the Parks, New York, NY, US
2018
Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY, US
2017
Marlborough Fine Arts, London, UK
2016
Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY, US
Samuel Vanhoegaerden Gallery, Knokke, BE
2015
Galería Marlborough, Barcelona, SP
Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, NY, US
2013
Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY, US
2011
Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin, GER
Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, NY, US
Galerie Miro, Prag/Prague, CZ
2010
Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY, US
LongHouse Reserve, East Hampton, NY, US
2009
Arts Council, Cultural Development Commission and the City of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, US
Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN, US
South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN, US
2008
Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY, US
Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, NY, US
2007
Vero Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach, FL, US
Frederic Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, MI, US
McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX, US
2006
Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, NY, US
2004
Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, NY, US
University Art Museum, Santa Barbara, CA, US
2003
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, DE
Galerie Brockstedt, Hamburg, DE
2002
Airbus, Hamburg, DE
Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, NY, US
Scott White Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA, US
2001
Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, NY, US
2000
Gallery Kasahara, Tokio/Tokyo, JPN
Soma Gallery, La Jolla, CA, US
1999
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL, US
1998
Veranneman Foundation, Kruishoutem, BE
1997
Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, NY, US
Carl Schlosberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA, US
Galerie Dr. István Schlégl, Zürich, CH
Städtische Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Chemnitz, GER
The Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, IN, US
1995
Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, NY, US
1994
Galerie Utermann und Harenberg Verlag, Dortmund, GER
The Century Association, New York, NY, US
1993
Philharmonic Center for the Arts, Naples, FL, US
Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, US
Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA, US
Gallery Kasahara, Osaka, JPN
1992
Carl Schlosberg Fine Arts, Sherman Oaks, CA, US
Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, GER
Tony Birckhead Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, US
1991
Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY, US
Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, NY, US
1990
Galerie Utermann, Dortmund, GER
Thomas Segal Gallery, Boston, MA, US
Inkfish Gallery, Denver, CO, US
Ausbildungszentrum Wolfsberg, Ermitagen, CH
1989
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA, US
Marianne Friedland Gallery, Toronto, CAN
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, NL
Gallery Kasahara, Osaka, JPN
1988
Moderne Stadt, Köln/Cologne, GER
Veranneman Foundation, Kruishoutem, BE
The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA, US
1987
Carl Schlosberg Fine Arts, Sherman Oaks, CA, US
Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, GER
Galerie Pels Leusden, Berlin, GER
Galerie Schöller, Düsseldorf, GER
The Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of New York, Purchase, NY, US
1986
Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, NY, US
1985
South Bend Museum of Art, Indiana University, South Bend, IN, US
St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA, US
Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, South Bend, IN, US
1984
Galerie Schöller, Düsseldorf, GER
Bauhaus-Archiv, Berlin, GER
Josef Albers Museum, Bottrop, GER
Inkfish Gallery, Denver, CO, US
1983
Stadtmuseum, Düsseldorf, GER
Galerie Lauter, Mannheim, GER
Galerie Schöller, Düsseldorf, GER
Makler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, US
1982
Custom House Quay, St. Enoch Exhibition Centre and Carlton Place, Glasgow, UK
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, UK
Art Gallery, Newcomb College, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, US
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA, US
1981
Gimpel & Hanover Galerie und/and André Emmerich Galerie, Zürich/Zurich, CH
Musée d’Art Contemporain, Montréal, CAN
Carl Schlosberg Fine Arts, Sherman Oaks, CA, US
1980
Makler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, US
Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, NY, US
Wenger Gallery, San Diego, CA, US
1979
Amerika Haus, Berlin, GER
Galerie Skulima, Berlin, GER
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, US
1978
Gimpel & Hanover Galerie, Zürich/Zurich, CH
Gallery Kasahara, Osaka, JPN
Galerie Godula Buchholz, München/Munich, GER
1977
Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main, GER
Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza, New York, NY, US
Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA, US
Makler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, US
1976
Kunsthalle der Stadt Bielefeld, Bielefeld, GER
1975
Fordham University Plaza at Lincoln Center und/and Staempfli Gallery, New York, NY, US
CSR Gallery, New York, NY, US
Gimpel & Hanover Galerie, Zürich/Zurich, CH
1974
Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA, US
Galerie Espace, Amsterdam, NL
1973
Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover, GER
Nationalgalerie, Berlin, GER
Galerie Buchholz, München/Munich, GER
1972
Museum of Art, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, US
1971
University of California, Art Council and Art Galleries, Los Angeles, CA, US
Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA, US
Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS, US
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery (heute/today Sheldon Museum of Art), University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, US
The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL, US
The Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO, US
The San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA, US
1970
Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, DC, US
Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, DC, US
1969
Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, GER
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, NL
Kunstverein München, München/Munich, GER
1968
Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN, US
1967
Staempfli Gallery, New York, NY, US
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, US
1966
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, US
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, US
1964
Staempfli Gallery, New York, NY, US
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA, US
1963
Berkshire Art Center, Pittsfield, MA, US
Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL, US
Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, US
Williams College Museum, Williamstown, MA, US
1962
Galerie Springer, Berlin, GER
Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, GER
Primus-Stuart Galleries, Los Angeles, CA, US
Galerie Anna Roepcke, Wiesbaden, GER
1961
Kraushaar Gallery, New York, NY, US
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ, US
Museum of Art, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, US
1960
Orleans Gallery, New Orleans, LA, US
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA, US
1956
Isaac Delgado Museum of Art (heute/today New Orleans Museum of Art), New Orleans, LA, US
1955
Kraushaar Gallery, New York, NY, US
1953
John Herron Art Museum, Indianapolis, IN, US
The Little Gallery, Louisville, KY, US
1950
Associated American Artists, Chicago, IL, US
1935
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO, US
1933
Caz-Delbo Gallery, New York, NY, US
