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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
1899 Born as Leah Berliawsky in Pereiaslav near Kiev (now Ukraine) on September 23
1905 Louise Nevelson emigrates with her family to Rockland, Maine, US
1920 Marries wealthy entrepreneur Charles Nevelson and moves to New York
1922 Birth of the only son Myron (Mike)
1929–1930 Studies at the Art Students League in New York
1931 Separation from Charles Nevelson and her son, whom she leaves in the care of her parents in Rockland. Travels to Munich to study with Hans Hofmann (1880–1966). Works as a film extra in Vienna and Berlin. Travels to Italy and Paris
1932–End 1930s Return to New York to continue her studies at the Art Students League. She takes classes with George Grosz (1893–1959), Chaim Gross (1902–1991) and again with Hans Hofmann. Assists Diego Riviera (1886–1957) for the New Workers’ School and befriends Frida Kahlo (1907–1954)
1941 Nevelson begins to work with found objects. Her first solo exhibition at the Nierendorf Gallery, New York is not a success. Nevelson then destroys all of her work. She will exhibit with him several times until Nierendorf’s death
1943 Participation in the group exhibition Thirty-One Women, im museum Galerie Art of This Century, New York, curated by Peggy Guggenheim
1946 Nevelson’s father, Isaac Berliawsky, dies
1947 Karl Nierendorf, Nevelson’s close confidant and friend, dies
1948 Trip to England, Italy and France. Nevelson falls ill with cancer. After her operation, she falls into a depression. After that she experiences a productive and creative phase
1952–1953 Nevelson is elected to the National Association of American Women Artists and the Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors, and invited to join the Sculptors Guild
1955–1956 Nevelson first uses wooden crates as containers for her assemblages. The Whitney Museum of American Art acquires a work
1958 The Museum of Modern Art, New York purchases her work Sky Cathedral, Nevelson’s first wall assemblage
1961–1962 Participation in the group exhibition The Art of Assemblage at the Museum of Modern Art, New York
Participation in the 31st Venice Biennial. She begins to work with “new” materials such as metal, plexiglass and other synthetic materials
1965–1968 She takes part in the documenta III and IV in Kassel
1970s Nevelson becomes increasingly involved in the feminist movement. Her work Sky Covenant is unveiled at Temple Israel in Boston. She exhibits in Ohio, Tokyo, Bombay, Venice, and elsewhere, and is part of the exhibition Sculpture in the Age of Painting at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
1988 Louise Nevelson dies on April 17 in her home in New York
2022
Gió Marconi, Mailand/Milan, IT
Procuratie Vecchie, Venedig/Venice, IT
2020
Kunsten Museum of Modern Art, Aarlborg, SWE
2019
Galerie Thomas, München/Munich, GER
Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL, US
2018
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, US
Pace Gallery, New York, NY, US
2017
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, SWE
The Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA, US
Cortesi Gallery, Lugano, CH
2016
Pace Gallery, London, UK
Fondazione Marconi, Mailand/Milan, IT
Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, US
Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, TX, US
2015
Pace Gallery, New York, NY, US
Los Angeles County Museum of Art Park La Brea, Los Angeles, CA, US
2014
Die Galerie, Frankfurt am Main, GER
Cardi Gallery, Mailand/Milan, IT
2013
Fondazione Roma-Arte Musei, Rom/Rome, IT
Fondazione Puglisi-Consentino, Catania, IT
2012
Patty & Jay Baker Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL, US
Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, US
2011
Artiscope, Brüssel/Brussels, NL
Timothy Yarger Fine Arts, Beverly Hills, CA, US
Pace Prints, New York, NY, US
2010
Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME, US
Galerie Thomas, München/Munich, GER
Rosenbaum Contemporary, Boca Raton, FL, US
Artis-Naples, The Baker Museum, Naples, FL, US
2009
Pace Wildenstein, New York, NY, US
Mara Coccia Arte Contemporanea, Rom/Rome, IT
Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME, US
2008
Cornell Fine Arts Museums, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL, US
Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME, US
2007
Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, NY, US
Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Palm Desert, CA, US
McClain Gallery, Houston, TX, US
The Jewish Museum, New York, NY, US
The Young Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, US
Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rom/Rome, IT
2006
Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, US
Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME, US
2005
Bobbie Greenfield Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, US
Galerie Dreiseitel, Köln/Cologne, GER
Rosenbaum Contemporary, Boca Raton, FL, US
2004
Evansville Museum of Art, History and Science, Evansville, IN, US
Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA, US
Galerie Thomas, München/Munich, GER
2003
Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY, US
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY, US
Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, CT, US
Evansville Museum of Art, History and Science, Evansville, IN, US
Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL, US
Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA, US
Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN, US
Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, US
Jean-Gabriel Mitterand, Paris, FR
2002
Pace Wildenstein, New York, NY, US
2000
Fundaçao Aarpad Szenes-Vieira da Silva, Lissabon/Lisbon, PRT
Bobbie Greenfield Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, US
1999
News Art Centre Sculpture Park Gallery, Roche Court, East Winterslow, Salisbury, UK
Ernest Rubinstein Gallery at Educational Alliance, New York, NY, US
Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME, US
Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, US
Evelson Art Museum, Syracuse, NY, US
Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO, US
1998
U.J.A., Federation of New York, NY, US
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, US
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, OR, US
Lowe Art Museum, Miami, FL, US
Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainsville, FL, US
Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA, US
Galerie Lutz & Thalmann, Zürich/Zurich, CH
John T. Washburn Gallery, New York, NY, US
Bobbie Greenfield Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, US
1997
Joan T. Washburn Gallery, New York, NY, US
American Contemporary Art Gallery, München/Munich, GER
Pace Wildenstein, New York, NY, US
Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR
Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, US
Galleria Nova, Ronco Sopra Ascona, CH
1996
Galerie Marwan Hoss, Paris, FR
Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche, Fayence, FR
Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO, US
1995
Arij Gasiunasen Fine Art, Palm Beach, FL, US
Galerie Gmurzynska, Köln/Cologne, GER
1994
Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME, US
Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rom/Rome, IT
1993
The Pace Gallery, New York, NY, US
1992
Hokin Gallery, Palm Beach, FL, US
Bellas Artes, Santa Fe, NM, US
Wildenstein, Tokio/Tokyo, JPN
The Pace Gallery, New York, NY, US
1991
Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, US
1989
Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, IL, US
The Pace Gallery, New York, NY, US
1988
Hokin Gallery, Palm Beach, FL, US
Farnsworths Art Museum, Rockland, ME, US
1987
Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA, US
Whitney Museum of American Art, Stamford, CT, US
Muhlenberg College Center for the Arts, Allentown, PA, US
1986
Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, FR
Claude Bernard Gallery, New York, NY, US
Galerie Alice Pauli, Lausanne, FR
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, US
The Pace Gallery, New York, NY, US
Bakalar Sculpture Gallery, List Visual Arts Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, US
1985
Hokin Gallery, Palm Beach, FL, US
Ivory/Kimpton Gallery, San Francisco, CA, US
The Pace Gallery, New York, NY, US
Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME, US
1984
Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA, US
Hokin Gallery, Miami, FL, US
Makler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, US
Storm King Art Center, New Windsor, NY, US
Charles Burchfield Center (heute/today Burchfield Penney Art Center), Buffalo State College, NY, US
1983
The Pace Gallery, New York, NY, US
Grey Art Gallery and Study Center, New York University, New York, NY, US
1982
Harcus Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA, US
Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, IL, US
Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA, US
Wildenstein & Co., Tokio/Tokyo, JPN
1981
Wildenstein & Co., London, UK
The Pace Gallery, New York, NY, US
Makler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, US
Galerie de France, Paris, FR
1980
The Pace Gallery, New York, NY, US
Wildenstein & Co., New York, NY, US
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, US
Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, AZ, US
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ, US
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, US
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Manitoba, CAN
Stanley Museum of Art, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, US
Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH, US
1979
Makler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, US
William A. Farnsworth Library and Art Museum, Rockland, ME, US
Norton Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL, US
Jacksonville Art Museum, Jacksonville, FL, US
Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, AZ, US
1978
Hokin Gallery, Palm Beach, FL, US
Ella Sharp Museum, Jackson, MI, US
Linda Farris Gallery, Seattle, WA, US
The Pace Gallery, New York, NY, US
Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, IL, US
Storm King Art Center, New Windsor, NY, US
Charles Burchfield Center (heute/today Burchfield Penney Art Center), Buffalo State College, NY, US
1977
Truman Gallery, New York, NY, US
The Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of New York, Purchase, NY, US
The Pace Gallery, New York, NY, US
1976
The Pace Gallery, New York, NY, US
Makler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, US
Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Rom / Rome, IT
Villa Pignatelli, Neapel/Naples, IT
1975
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, US
Minami Gallery, Tokio/Tokyo, JPN
Galleria d’Arte Spagnoli, Florenz/Florence, IT
Harcus Krakow Rosen Sonnabend, Boston, MA, US
Galleria d’Arte l’Arcipelago, Turin, IT
Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay, IND
Hokin Gallery, Palm Beach, FL, US
1974
Palais des Beaux Arts, Brüssel/Brussels, BE
Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, FR
Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, GER
Makler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, US
Le MAGASIN CNAC (Centre National d’Art Contemporain), Paris, FR
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA, US
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, US
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, US
The Pace Gallery, Columbus, OH, US
Makler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, US
1973
Studio Marconi, Mailand/Milan, IT
Fendrick Gallery, Washington D.C., Washington, US
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, SWE
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, US
1972
The Pace Gallery, New York, NY, US
The Dunkelmann Gallery, Toronto, CAN
1971
Makler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, US
The Pace Gallery, New York, NY, US
Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, IL, US
1970
University Art Museum, University of Texas, Austin, TX, US
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, US
Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, NY, US
Galleria Galatea, Turin, IT
1969
Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna, Turin, IT
Bürgermeister-Ludwig-Reichert-Haus, Ludwigshafen, GER
Harcus Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA, US
The Pace Gallery, New York, NY, US
Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris, FR
Akron Art Institute, Akron, OH, US
Rijksmuseum Kroller-Muller, Otterlo, NL
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, US
Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, NY, US
1968
The Pace Gallery, New York, NY, US
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY, US
Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL, US
Benjamin Galleries, Chicago, IL, US
1967
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, US
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, US
Galerie Daniel Gervis, Paris, FR
Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY, US
1966
The Pace Gallery, New York, NY, US
Ferus-Pace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, US
1965
Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf, GER
The Jewish Museum, New York, NY, US
The Lotte Jacobi Place, Hillsborough, NH, US
David Mirvish Gallery, Toronto, CAN
1964
Gimpel-Hanover Gallery, Zürich/Zurich, CH
The Pace Gallery, Boston, MA, US
Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, CH
1963
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, NY, US
Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, NY, US
Hanover Gallery, London, UK
Balin-Traube Gallery, New York, NY, US
1962
Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, NY, US
1961
Galleria Schwarz, Mailand/Milan, IT
Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, NY, US
The Pace Gallery, Boston, MA, US
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, GER
Galerie Daniel Cordier, Paris, FR
1960
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, US
1959
Devorah Sherman Gallery, Chicago, IL, US
Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, NY, US
1958
Central Moderns Gallery, New York, NY, US
Esther Stuttman Gallery, New York, NY, US
Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris, FR
1957
Grand Central Moderns Gallery, New York, NY, US
1956
Grand Central Moderns Gallery, New York, NY, US
1955
Grand Central Moderns Gallery, New York, NY, US
1954
Lotte Jacobi Gallery, New York, NY, US
Marcia Clapp Gallery, New York, NY, US
1951
Grand Central Moderns Gallery, New York, NY, US
1950
Lotte Jacobi Gallery, New York, NY, US
1946
Nierendorf Gallery, New York, NY, US
1944
Nierendorf Gallery, New York, NY, US
1943
Nierendorf Gallery, New York, NY, US
Norlyst Gallery, New York, NY, US
1942
Nierendorf Gallery, New York, NY, US
1941
Nierendorf Gallery, New York, NY, US
