Seventeen Contemporary American Painters
1958–1959
Venues
Exhibition InfoOrganized by the American Federation of Arts for the American Pavilion at the Brussels World FairBrussels Universal and International Exhibition (World's Fair)
United States Information Service Library, London
World House Galleries, New York
April 17, 1958
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October 19, 1958
United States Information Service Library, London
October 31, 1958
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November 21, 1958
World House Galleries, New York
December 15, 1958
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January 17, 1959
Following the world fair, the exhibtion and accompanying catalogue traveled to the U.S. Embassy in London under the title Seventeen American Artists + Eight Sculptors. This was the first showing of Diebenkorn's work in London. British critic Lawrence Alloway said, "Though his subjects are unmistakably American (for example, long torsoed men with trousers resting low on the hips, which is as American as Hopper) his subjects are, more than Hopper allowed, parts of the painting." —Art International (December 1958–January 1959)
The exhibition then traveled to New York where it was re-titled again as Brussels '58—Contemporary American Art.
A catalogue was published on occasion of the exhibition.
"APRIL 1958–JANUARY 1959: Berkeley #24 (cat. 1347), Berkeley #58 (cat. 1493), and Girl on a Terrace (cat. 2079) are included in 'Seventeen Contemporary American Painters,' organized by the American Federation of Arts for the American Pavilion at the Brussels World Fair. The exhibition travels to the U.S. Embassy in London. British critic Lawrence Alloway says, 'Though his subjects are unmistakably American (for example, long torsoed men with trousers resting low on the hips, which is as American as Hopper) his subjects are, more than Hopper allowed, parts of the painting.' This is the first showing of Diebenkorn's work in London." —Chronology from Richard Diebenkorn: The Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. 1 (Yale University Press, 2016)
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