Roshkowska Galleries

Emil James Bisttram

Biography

1895 Born: Hungary, near the Romanian border
1906 Immigrated with his family to New York, NY
1923 Began teaching at the Master Institute of the Roerich Museum, New York, NY
1920 - 1925 Taught at Parson's School of Design, New York, NY
1931 Awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to study in Mexico with Diego Rivera
1932 Founded the first commercial art gallery, the Heptagon Gallery, in Taos, NM
1933 Became supervisor for Treasury Relief Act Project, awarded Taos courthouse mural commission, Taos, NM
1936 Department of Justice Building mural commission, Washington, D.C
1937 United States Post Office mural commission, Ranger, TX
1938 Founded the Transcendental Painting Group with Raymond Johnson and several other painters, Santa Fe, NM
1941 Opened the Bisttram School of Fine Art, Phoenix, AZ
1952 Co-founded the Taos Art Association
1959 Grand Prize for painting at the New Mexico State Fair, NM
1975 April 7th declared “Emil Bisttram Day,” a New Mexico state holiday
1976 Died: Taos, NM

Exhibitions

2010 Inspired Vistas: Modernist Landscape Paintings of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM, USA
2007 Emil Bisttram, major works from the 1930s, 40s and 50s, Aaron Payne Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM, USA
2003 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2001 The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
1989 Modernist Themes in New Mexico: Works by Early Modernist Painters, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1980 The New Deal in the Southwest: Arizona and New Mexico, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ; Northern Arizona University Art Gallery, Flagstaff, AZ; Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
1971 Jamison Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (solo)
1970 Jonson Gallery, University Art Museum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (solo)
1968 Taos Collects Bisttram, Taos Artists Association, Taos, NM
1959 Retrospective, Harwood Art Museum, Taos, NM (solo)
Retrospective, Leone Kahl Galery, Dallas, Texas (solo)
1953 Jonson Gallery, University Art Museum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (solo)
Santa Fe Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM (solo)
Beaumont Museum of Art, Beaumont, TX (solo)
Springville Annual, UT (solo)
1951 The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
1946 San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA (solo)
1943 Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, OK (solo)
1936 Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX (solo)
Denton College for Women, Denton, TX (solo)
Houston Museum of Art, Houston, TX (solo)
1933 Witte Memorial Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX (solo)
Santa Fe Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
1928 Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
Boston Art Association, Boston, MA (solo)
1927 Buffalo Art Museum, Buffalo, NY (solo)

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:

Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM
Arizona State University Art Museum,Tempe, AZ
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Indianapolis, IN
Jonson Gallery of University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE
Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum,San Antonio, TX
Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM
Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, TX
San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
Sangre De Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo, CO
Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Stark Museum of Art, Orange, TX
The Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, NM
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
Nicholas Roerich Museum, New York, NY
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, UT
Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, TX
Philadelphia Museum or Art, Philadelphia, PA
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM





	Emil James Bisttram Biography 1895 Born: Hungary, near the Romanian border 1906 Immigrated with his family to New York, NY 1923 Began teaching at the Master Institute of the Roerich Museum, New York, NY 1920 - 1925 Taught at Parson's School of Design, New York, NY 1931 Awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to study in Mexico with Diego Rivera 1932 Founded the first commercial art gallery, the Heptagon Gallery, in Taos, NM 1933 Became supervisor for Treasury Relief Act Project, awarded Taos courthouse mural commission, Taos, NM 1936 Department of Justice Building mural commission, Washington, D.C 1937 United States Post Office mural commission, Ranger, TX 1938 Founded the Transcendental Painting Group with Raymond Johnson and several other painters, Santa Fe, NM 1941 Opened the Bisttram School of Fine Art, Phoenix, AZ 1952 Co-founded the Taos Art Association 1959 Grand Prize for painting at the New Mexico State Fair, NM 1975 April 7th declared “Emil Bisttram Day,” a New Mexico state holiday 1976 Died: Taos, NM Exhibitions 2010 Inspired Vistas: Modernist Landscape Paintings of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM, USA 2007 Emil Bisttram, major works from the 1930s, 40s and 50s, Aaron Payne Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM, USA 2003 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL 2001 The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 1989 Modernist Themes in New Mexico: Works by Early Modernist Painters, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 1980 The New Deal in the Southwest: Arizona and New Mexico, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ; Northern Arizona University Art Gallery, Flagstaff, AZ; Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ 1971 Jamison Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (solo) 1970 Jonson Gallery, University Art Museum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (solo) 1968 Taos Collects Bisttram, Taos Artists Association, Taos, NM 1959 Retrospective, Harwood Art Museum, Taos, NM (solo) Retrospective, Leone Kahl Galery, Dallas, Texas (solo) 1953 Jonson Gallery, University Art Museum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (solo) Santa Fe Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM (solo) Beaumont Museum of Art, Beaumont, TX (solo) Springville Annual, UT (solo) 1951 The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY 1946 San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA (solo) 1943 Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, OK (solo) 1936 Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX (solo) Denton College for Women, Denton, TX (solo) Houston Museum of Art, Houston, TX (solo) 1933 Witte Memorial Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX (solo) Santa Fe Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY 1928 Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA (solo) Boston Art Association, Boston, MA (solo) 1927 Buffalo Art Museum, Buffalo, NY (solo) SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS: Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM Arizona State University Art Museum,Tempe, AZ Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Indianapolis, IN Jonson Gallery of University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum,San Antonio, TX Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, TX San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA Sangre De Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo, CO Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC Stark Museum of Art, Orange, TX The Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, NM The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO Nicholas Roerich Museum, New York, NY Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, UT Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, OK Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, TX Philadelphia Museum or Art, Philadelphia, PA Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM