David Einstein

{{Short description|American artist}}

David Einstein (born 1946, Detroit, Michigan) is an American artist based in Palm Springs, California.

Education

In 1968 Einstein received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Oakland University and in 1972 he received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Wayne State University.{{cite book |last1=Soltes |first1=Ori Z. |title=Fixing the world : Jewish American painters in the twentieth century |date=2003 |publisher=Brandeis University Press, published by University Press of New England |location=Hanover, NH |isbn=1-58-465049-4}}

In 1970 Einstein attended Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.{{cite web |title=Skowhegan School of Art Alumni and Faculty Database |url=https://people.skowheganart.org/index.php |website=Skowhegan School of Art}}

Einstein is professor Emeritus at College of the Desert in Palm Desert, CA. He has also taught at Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Oakland Community College and Wayne State University.{{cite journal |title=Around Wayne |journal=Wayne Report |date=March 12, 1973 |volume=34 |issue=27 |pages=2}}

Exhibitions

Einstein has participated in numerous exhibitions in art galleries and museums.

His 50 year retrospective was held at the Triton Museum of Art in 2018.{{cite book |last1=Einstein |first1=David |title=David Einstein : a 50-year retrospective |date=2018 |location=Santa Clara, California |isbn=0-99-970660-8 |edition=First U.S.}}

Einstein has had solo exhibitions at The University of Windsor, Hansen Galleries, Little Gallery,{{cite news |last1=Russu |first1=Julia I |title=Birmingham Gallery Opens 29th Season |agency=Press Special}} Michael H. Lord Gallery,{{cite web |title=David Einstein: A Forty-Year Survey – Paintings and Works on Paper |url=https://www.metroframe.com/blog/2011/02/david-einstein-a-forty-year-survey-paintings-and-works-on-paper/ |website=Metroframe Blog}} Lawrence Fine Art,{{cite web |title=David Einstein: Raw Gestures |url=https://www.lawrence-fine-arts.com/exhibition/150/ |website=Lawrence Fine Art}} Addison Rowe Gallery,{{cite web |title=The Art of David Einstein |url=https://issuu.com/matthewrowesf/docs/einstein_catalog_6-15-17_v3.compres |website=issuu}} East and Peggy Phelps Galleries.{{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Jacqueline Bell |title=Things are Brewing in the Inland Empire |url=https://artandcakela.com/2019/02/18/things-are-brewing-in-the-inland-empire/ |website=Art and Cake |publisher=Kristine Schomaker}} Einstein's work has been exhibited in group exhibitions at Crocker Art Museum, Autry Museum of the American West,{{cite book |last1=Scott |first1=Amy |title=Art of the West : selected works from the Autry Museum |date=2018 |location=Norman |isbn=0-80-616031-4}} Palm Springs Art Museum,{{cite web |last1=Biller |first1=Steven |title=David Einstein: Searching for the Light Within |url=https://www.palmspringslife.com/david-einstein-searching-for-the-light-within/ |website=Palm Springs Life |publisher=Desert Publications Inc.}} B'nai B'rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum,https://www.bnaibrith.org/about-us/programs/for-culture-and-education/museum-and-archives/bnai-brith-klutznick-national-jewish-museumreg-collection/{{cite book |last1=Granot |first1=Archie|title=Jewish Art? Judaic Content? Representational? Abstract?: Works by Archie Granot, William Giacalone, Chick Schwartz, David Einstein, and Morris Louis at the B'nai B'rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum |date=1996|publisher=The Museum |location=Washington, DC |isbn=1-88-145630-7}} and Cranbrook Art Museum.https://cranbrookartmuseum.org/

Collections

  • Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, Albuquerque, NM
  • Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA{{cite web |title=THE AUTRY PRESENTS "NEW ACQUISITIONS FEATURING THE KAUFMAN COLLECTION |url=https://www.discoverlosangeles.com/things-to-do/the-autry-presents-new-acquisitions-featuring-the-kaufman-collection |website=Discover Los Angeles}}
  • B'nai B'rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum, Washington, D.C{{cite book |last1=Granot |first1=Archie |title=Jewish Art? Judaic Content? Representational? Abstract?: Works by Archie Granot, William Giacalone, Chick Schwartz, David Einstein, and Morris Louis at the B'nai B'rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum |publisher=Washington, DC: The Museum |isbn=1-88-145630-7}}
  • Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
  • Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
  • Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Johnson County, KS.
  • The Newark Museum of Art, Newark, NJ
  • Oakland University, Rochester, MI
  • Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA{{cite web |last1=Biller |first1=Steven |title=David Einstein: Searching for the Light Within |url=https://www.palmspringslife.com/david-einstein-searching-for-the-light-within |website=Palm Springs Life |publisher=Desert Publications Inc.}}
  • Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK
  • Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA

Selected ARTLIFE edition pages in various museums, private and educational institutions such as:

Further reading

  • Biller, Steven. "The Light Within." Palm Springs Life Magazine, Winter/Spring 2006, pp. 12–13.
  • Biller, Steven. "Leading Exports." Palm Springs Life Magazine, Feb. 2004, pp. 82–84.
  • Bloom, Tricia Laughlin. Seeing America: The Arc of Abstraction. Newark Museum, 2019. {{ISBN|0-93-282829-9}}
  • Einstein, David. The Art of David Einstein. Addison Rowe Gallery, 2017.
  • Soltes, Ori. Modern Jewish Art: Definitions, Problems, and Opportunities. Brill, 2019. {{ISBN|9-00-439323-4}}
  • Soltes, Ori Z. Tradition and Transformation: Three Millennia of Jewish Art and Architecture. Canal Street Studios, 2016.{{ISBN|1-53-020127-6}}

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