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Harry NadlerAbstract
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About the Item
Gary Nadler (1930–1990)
Untitled, c. 1980s
mixed media on paper
Sight size: 18 x 24 inches
Overall size with frame: 26.5 x 32.6 Inches
In this dynamic composition, Gary Nadler explores the tension between structure and spontaneity through a bold interplay of geometric framing and gestural abstraction. The canvas is bisected horizontally, with mirrored zones of color and form suggesting a dialogue between light and shadow, order and flux. Rectangular compartments in the upper register pulse with saturated blues, yellows, and greens—evoking windows into imagined landscapes or emotional states—while the lower half recedes into deeper, more contemplative tones of crimson and indigo.
Nadler’s brushwork is assertive yet lyrical, layering expressive marks atop rigid scaffolds to create a sense of movement within containment. The painting’s duality—both in palette and spatial rhythm—invites reflection on perception, memory, and the architecture of thought. A late-career work, it exemplifies Nadler’s commitment to abstraction as a vehicle for psychological depth and formal innovation.
An abstract painter who lived in New York City; Amagansett, Long Island, and Albuquerque, New Mexico, Harry Nadler is described as a "formalist abstract painter of the 1960s-90s whose works were marked by their rich colors, transparencies, and labyrinthine constructions. —The attempt to capture in a purely abstract imagery the quintessential quality of light and contour that emanate from a particular landscape is a hazardous pictorial ambition, but Mr. Nadler has met the challenge of this problem with remarkable success.˜ (Hilton Kramer, The New York Times, April 27, 1974.
He was a teacher at the University of California Los Angeles, UCLA, from 1958-59; New York University, 1960-65; Brooklyn Museum Art School, 1960-65; Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1965-71;and University New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1971-90.
He was a student at UCLA, earning a Bachelor's Degree in 1958, and a Fulbright Scholar to Spain in 1960.
Exhibition venues included the following: Los Angeles County Museum of Art annuals; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Annual; Denver Museum annual for Western artists; Butler Institute Art; Library of Congress; Northwest Printmakers annual; Santa Barbara (California) Museum Art, California, 1960; Nebli Gallery, Madrid, Spain, 1961; Drawing Shop Gallery, New York City, 1963; —Arte de America y Espana,˜ Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, 1963; Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1965, 1971; Dorsky Gallery, New York City, 1966; Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York, 1968, 1976; Tokyo, Japan, International Exhibition of Young Artists, 1967; Westmoreland County Museum Art, 1967; Heckscher Museum, New York City, 1969; Bertha Schaefer Gallery, New York City, 1969, 1972, 1974 (solos); Gallery Paul Facchetti, Paris, France, 1968 (Timeless Paintings from the U.S.A; Indianapolis Museum, 1969; Institute Franco-American, France, 1969; Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York, 1971; American Library, Brussels, Belgium, 1971; Museumée des Beaux Arts, Nancy, France, 1970; The New School, Boston Art Club, New York City, 1969-70; London Arts Gallery, Detroit, MI, 1973; Janus Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1973; Gruenebaum Gallery, New York City, 1979, 1981; Cantor/Lemberg Gallery, Birmingham, MI, 1981; Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania , 1982; University New Mexico, Fine Arts Museum, 1983, 1991 (retrospective); Eller Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1987; Sena Gallery East, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1989.
In 1987, he had an award grant from the Israeli Government, 1987.
Source:
Peter Hastings Falk, Editor, Who Was Who in American Art
- Creator:Harry Nadler (1930, American)
- Dimensions:Height: 18 in (45.72 cm)Width: 24 in (60.96 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Saratoga Springs, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1702463442
Harry Nadler
Nadler was born in 1930 in Los Angeles. He graduated from UCLA with a Masters degree and joined the faculty of Wesleyan University in CT. In 1971, he moved to New Mexico to teach painting at the University of New Mexico, while keeping a home in Amagansett, NY. Nadler died in 1990 in Albuquerque, NM.
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