Tom Lieber, Large Abstract Expressionist Color Monotype, Oil Painting Tom Lieber, 1986

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Tom Alan Lieber, (American, born 1949),
GTW #11 -7, 1986,
Oil and mixed media on paper,
30.25 x 44 inches,
… Read more Tom Alan Lieber, (American, born 1949),
GTW #11 -7, 1986,
Oil and mixed media on paper,
30.25 x 44 inches,
Hand signed and dated lower right
Provenance: Garner Tullis Workshop, N.Y.

Tom Lieber is originally from St. Louis but moved to Berkeley in 1975 after finishing his BFA and MFA at the University of Illinois. Lieber then moved to San Francisco to fulfill his affinity with Bay Area color field painting. In 1975 he was a recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts. In 1982 he was selected for Emerging American Artists’ exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum, New York, by curator Diane Waldman. (Diane had studied and knew Mark Rothko, Joseph Cornell, Willem de Kooning, Philip Guston and Roy Lichtenstein, amongst others). At this time he was also invited to join the John Berggruen Gallery. In 1983 Lieber began making large scale monotypes with Garner Tullis at Experimental Press. Through Tullis he has met John Walker, Sean Scully, Friedel Dzubas, Helen Frankenthaler, Sam Francis, William Wiley, and others. Throughout the mid and late 80s and the 90s Lieber's work was shown nationally and internationally. Post war American Abstract Expressionism. Tom Lieber’s recognizable, calligraphic mark-making continues to be a focus in his paintings. The grace and shape of his bold lines appear over subtle neutral backgrounds with pockets of dense color and movement. Lieber’s new, large canvases, thick with paint, can evoke a reference to Joan Mitchell in the foreground mark-making, at the same time the nuanced color variation in the backgrounds leave a suggestion of Mark Rothko. While these visual influences are present, the work and the energy that it emits can be no other than Tom Lieber. Often a single brushstroke or gesture anchors the painting, allowing the underlying color fields and tonal variations to recede and advance across the ground. In the year 2000, Lieber moved to Kauai and continued painting works majorly influenced by the environment in Hawaii. He now shares his time painting between Los Angeles and Kauai.

SELECTED MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of Art, New York, NY
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Tate Gallery, London, England
Bowdoin College Museum, Brunswick, ME
Cedar Sinai Collection, Los Angeles, CA
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
David Museum and Cultural Center at Wellesley College,
Huntington Gallery at University of Texas, Austin, TX
Krannert Art Museum at University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
Mount Holyoke College Museum of Art, South Hadley, MA
Newport Museum of Art, Newport, RI
Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
Santa Fe Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
Stanford University Museum of Art, Palo Alto, CA
Ringling Museum, Sarasota, FL See less