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R. B. KITAJ

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

1981

Lucie-Smith, Edward: "A Hayward Annual 1981," Artscribe, June, pp. 14-23

 

Stevens, Mark: "Art- Pictures that have a plot," Newsweek, September 28, pp. 96-97

 

Hughes, Robert: "Art - Edgy Footnotes to an Era," Time, vol. 118, no. 17, October 26, pp. 76-77

1982

Schulze, Franz: "The Kitaj Retrospective -Too late or too early? ," Art News, Vol. 8, no. 1, January, pp. 122-125

 

Ashberry, John, "R.B. Kitaj: Hunger and Love," Art in America, 1, January, pp. 130-135

 

Carrier, David: "Morandi, Lichtenstein, Kitaj," ("Kitaj at the Hirshhorn"), Artscribe, no. 33, February, pp. 61-63

 

Welti, Alfred: "Vorwärts zu den Alten Meistern," Art - das Kunstmagazin, no. 2, February, pp. 136-137

 

Passmore, Simon: "Juxtapositions: Kitaj’s Compass," Times Literary Supplement, no. 4, 116. February 19, p.186

 

Winter, Peter: "Ausstellungs-Rückschau - R.B.Kitaj," Das Kunstwerk, vol. 2, no. XXXV, April, pp. 61 - 63

 

Haworth-Booth, Mark: "Kitaj/Brandt/Screenplay," Creative Camera, 210, June, pp. 546-549

 

Peppiatt, Michael: "R.B. Kitaj: Master of an Evasive Art," Connaissance des Arts, no. 20 December, pp. 28-35

 

Henning, Edward B. "R.B. Kitaj: The Garden," The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, December, pp. 319-323

1983

Hiley, Will: "R.B. Kitaj " Blitz, May Hyman, Timothy"R.B.Kitaj, painter Pound" Harpers and Queen, May, pp. 206-208

 

Christie’s "The Signature Collection" Self Portraits by International Artists 1983 in the medium of make-up. Sponsored and presented by Charles of the Ritz in aid of the Save the Children Fund. Auction, Monday 23rd May, London and New York, no. 27, illustr. p. 27

 

"Kitaj, Paintings Drawings Pastels," Thames and Hudson, London, essays by John Ashberry, Joe Shannon, Jane Livingston and interview by Timothy Hyman," Artline, no. 7, September, p.5

 

"Kitaj: Paintings, Drawings and Pastels," RA - The magazine for the friends of the Royal Academy, no. 1, September, p. 31

 

The Cape Times, October 5 (front page photograph with caption)

 

Peppiatt, Michael: "R.B. Kitaj," Kunst og Kultur, no.3, pp. 166-174

 

Nathan, Arlene: "Towards the New Masters," Avantgarde International, November, p. 27

 

Daniels, Jeffrey: "The feminist connexion ‘The Male Nude’, The Times, November 22, p. 11

 

Time, vol. 122, no. 23, November 28, no. 48, front cover illustration

1983

Spalding, Frances, "The Male Nude’, Arts Review, vol. xxxV, no. 23, November 25, p. 649

 

Scotsman "Preview - Collection goes on ," November 21

 

Alexander, Lucy "Mixed Reactions to the New Kitaj Painting" (In the Mountains 1982), Friends of the S.A. National Gallery, Newsletter no. 9, December, pp. 13-16

1984

Plante, David: "R.B. Kitaj," Sulfur 9, January, pp. 96-110

 

de Coniinck, Herman: "Portfolio - Kitaj," NWT, May, pp. 40-47

 

Russell, John: "American Art Gains New Energies," The New York Times, August 19, section 2, pp. 1 and 18

 

Schear, Catherine Klaus "Photomontage in the Early Work of R.B. Kitaj," Arts Magazine, September, pp. 74-77

 

Deppner, Martin Roman: "R.B. Kitaj’s Reflection of Violence" - Idea, Jahrbuch der Hamburger Kunsthalle III, Prestel, pp. 139-166

1985

Tom Phillips ‘New Members’, RA Friends of the Royal Academy Magazine, no.7, Summer 1985, p. 19

 

"A Paris Visit," Five Poems by Robert Duncan, Drawings and afterword by R.B. Kitaj, The Grenfell Press, New York

 

Nissa Torrents: "Entrevista con R.B. Kitaj, La Figura es Casi Sagrada’, Lapiz, vol III, no. 28, October, pp. 22-27

 

Taylor, John Russell: "R.B. Kitaj," The Times, 12 November, p. 10

 

Jannszezak, Waldemar: "Portrait of the Artist as a Jew," The Guardian, 12 November, p. 11

 

Livingstone, Marco: "R.B. Kitaj," Phaidon Press, Oxford

 

"R.B. Kitaj," Art And Design, November, pp.20 -25

 

"New Drawings," London Magazine, November, pp. 37-40

1986

Livingstone, Marco: ‘Kitaj at Marlborough’, Burlington Magazine, January, p. 53

 

Brighton, Andrew: "Conversations with R.B. Kitaj," Art in America, June, pp. 9-105

 

Kuspit, Donald: "R.B. Kitaj, Marlborough Gallery," review of exhibition, Artforum International, Summer, pp. 124-126

 

Fuller, Peter: "Kitaj at Christmas," Art Monthly, December/January, no. 92, pp. 11-14

 

Shenker, Isabel; "Always against the Grain," Art News, March, vol. 85, no. 3, pp. 79-85

 

Russell, John: "Into the Labyrinth of Dreams with Kitaj," The New York Times, section 2, March 16, pp. 31 and 36

 

"Recent Acquisitions: A Selection of 1985-86," The Metropolitain Museum of Art, p. 57

1987

Russell, John: "Provocative Show Rethinks British Art of the 20th Century," The New York Times, section 2, 1 February, p. 1 and p.35

 

Art Review, 27 February, illustration of Sir Ernst Gombrich on front cover, description p. 101

 

Peppiatt, Michael: "Six New Masters," Connoisseur, September, pp. 79-84

 

Perez, Annie: "Une Collection en Toscane," Décoration Internationale, Maison d’Artistes, October - November, pp. 46-57

 

Christie’s International Magazine, October -November, illustration

 

"A Passion" & "R.B. Kitaj - an introduction," World Art, no. 3 pp. 56-60

1988

Friedrichs, Yvonne: "Eine Londoner Malerschule," Weltkunst, 1 January

 

Review of the exhibition ‘London School, Six Figurative Painters’ at Kunstmuseum, Düsseldorf (in German)

 

R.B. Kitaj: "An uneasy participant in the tragicomedy of modern art, mad about drawing," Burlington Magazine, March, p. 179

 

Platschek, Hans: "Nichts passt und doch stimmt alles," Art - das Kunstmagazin, no. 5, Mai, pp. 32-46

 

The Independent, 17 August

 

Cohen, David: "R.B. Kitaj and the art of return," The Jewish Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 2 (130), pp. 32 -36

 

Richardson, Sarah: "National Art Collections Fund," Review, p. 133

 

"Von der Weltsprache Abstraktion zu den Silly Sixties," Artis-Das Aktuelle Kunstmagazin, July/August, pp. 10-15

1989

Katz, Agi: "Philosopher-painter puts us in the picture," Jewish Chronicle, 18 August, p. VII

 

Russell, John: "An American Abroad Undertakes a Self-Excavation," The New York Times, 30 July, pp 31 & 33

 

Kramer, Hilton: "R.B. Kitaj, First Diasporist Manifesto," Times Literary Supplement, September 8-14, p. 970

 

Fealdman, Barry: "School of the figurative," Jewish Chronicle, planner no. 87-127

 

Hill, Anthony, "Single shots in anger," Art Monthly, Planner No. 84A-80, October

 

Perl,Jed: "Diasporism," The New Criterion, vol. 8, no. 4, December, p. 51-54

 

Osterwold, Tilman: "Pop Art," Benedikt Taschen Verlag

 

Hicks, Alistair: "New British Art in the Saatchi Collection," Thames and Hudson, London, pp. 56-60

 

Ehrlich, Doreen: "Masterpieces of 20th Century Painting," Brompton Books (TheRefugees), 1983-84, illustrated p. 187

1990

"R.B. Kitaj," Künstler, Kritisches Lexikon der Gegenwartskunst, WB Verlag, München

 

Forge, Andrew: "At the Cafe Central," London Review of Books, vol. 12, no.6, 22 March, p. 11

 

Blume, Mary: "Artist R.B. Kitaj’s Route to Auschwitz," International Herald Tribune, 23 April

 

Hofstadter, Dan, "Annals of Art: Dungeon Masters," The New Yorker, November 12, 1990, pp. 53-91

 

"Ein unreiner Modernist," Studienbegleitbrief 12, Funkkolleg Moderne Kunst, Beltz Verlag,Weinheim und Basel

 

Cohen, David: "The Viennese Inspiration, In Search of Self," RA, no. 29/Winter, pp. 34-36

 

Cohen, David, "Toward a definition," Royal Academy Magazine, Winter 1990, no. 29, pp. 63-9

 

Robert Snell, "Seeking a sense of belonging," Times Literary Supplement, November, no. 4571, p. 1209

1991

Cecily Lowenthal, "R.B. Kitaj: Cecil Court, London, WC2," in Colin Naylor ed., Contemporary Masterworks, Chicago, London

 

Hilary Robinson, "Artists of a Diaspora," Alba, Jan-Feb., vol. I, no. 1, pp.22-23

1991

Klaus Herding, "Kitaj: Weltkultur aus der Diaspora," Kunstforum, Jan-Feb., no. III, pp. 140-5

 

Martin Roman Deppner, "Kitaj, Kiefer," Kunstforum, Jan-Feb, no. III, pp. 148-165

1992

Andrew Benjamin, "A guest in the house of art," Art and Design, March-April, vol. 7, pp. 6-11

 

Monica Bohm-Duchen, "The Tribal Passion: R.B. Kitaj," Jewish Quarterly, Summer, vol. 39, no. 2 (no. 146), pp. 17-23

 

Tom Lubbock, "Grand designs of an unmodern man," Independent on Sunday, The Sunday Review, 25 October, pp. 18, 21

 

Felice Maranz, "Figures at an Exhibition," Jerusalem Report, 3 December, vol. 3, no. 15, pp.42-3

1993

Zima Amishai-Maisels, "Depiction and Interpretation: The Inflluence of the Holocaust on the Visual Arts," Orford

 

Candida Lycett Green, "Fisher’s tale," Vogue, May, pp. 150-53

 

Martin Roman Deppner, "Jewish School and London Diaspora," Babylon: Beitrage zur Judischen Gegenwart, October, vol. 12, pp. 37-57

 

Jed Perl, "Figuring it out," Vogue, November, pp. 180-87

1995

Lane, Anthony and Richard Avedon, "American Diasporist," The New Yorker. March 13, 1995, pp. 88-91

 

Hughes, Robert, "History’s Bad Dreams," Time, March 6, 1995, pp.90-91

1997

Bernhard, Brendan, "The Refugee: Expatriate Artist R.B. Kitaj’s Bittersweet Homecoming," LA Weekly Magazine, Vol 19, No. 42, September 12-18, 1997, pp. 26-33

 

Riding, Alan, "An Artist Who Seeks Revenge Through His Art," The New York Times, June, 7,1997, pp. 13-17

 

Cork, Richard, "Tears Rain on the Summer Parade," The London Times, June 3, 1997, pp. 33

 

"The Killer Critic Assassinated," Forward, Arts and Letters, November 21, 1997, pp. 11

1998

"R.B. Kitaj. An American in Vienna," Newsletter, Jewish Museum Vienna, Vol. 18, Summer 1998, pp. 1-2

 

Plagens, Peter, "Welcome to the Hotel California," Newsweek, April 27, 1998, pp. 74-75

 

Germak, Christian, "L’Ecole de Londres," Arts Actualites Magazine, November 1998

 

Giovanni, Joseph, "At Home with R.B. Kitaj: A Second Exile, His Rage Intact," The New York Times, March 19, 1998 pp.F-1, 13

1999

McKenna, Kristine, "Studio Mogul," Los Angeles Magazine, November 1999, pp.115-119

2000

Weschler, Lawrence, "Art Under the Influence," New York Times Magazine, May 28, 2000, pp.38-42

 

Mahoney, Robert, "Uptown Rounds," artnet.com, Nov. 17, 2000

 

Henry, Clare, "The Jewish Questions," The Scotsman, Nov. 28, 2000

2001

Lambirth, Andrew and R. B. Kitaj, "Letters from LA," Modern Painters, Winter 2001, pp. 52-57

2002

Feaver, William, "R. B. Kitaj," ARTnews, February 2002, p. 134

2003 Ollman, Leah, “R. B. Kitaj roams far and wide for complex works”, Los Angeles Times, May 30, 2003, p. 16
  Bernhard, Brendan, “Love and Orthodoxy”, L. A. Weekly, May 16-22, 2003, pp. 36-37
  Roug, Louise,“The Art of an enduring love.” Los Angeles Times, June 20, 2003
2004 Bevan, Roger,“Sotheby’s Contemporary: Best Sale Ever in London,” The Art Newspaper, March 2004, p. 37
  Serraller, Francisco Calvo,“La huella española en Kitaj,” El País, May 29
  Larrauri, Eva,“Una veintena de cuadros muestra el interés por España de Ronald B. Kitaj,” El País, July 2
  Blanco, Pilar,“La fascinación española de Kitaj,” El Mundo, June 1, p. 45
  Miranda, J.H., “Kitaj: la Mirada de un hispanista,” El Punto de las Artes, June 4 – 10
2005 Barker, Godfrey,“A Return Engagement,” Art and Auction, June
  Johnson, Ken,“ R.B. Kitaj: How to Reach 72 in a Jewish Art,” The New York Times, March 11, p. E39
  Kramer, Hilton,“Painter R.B. Kitaj Letting Loose at 72, But Far From London,” New York Observer, March 21, pp. 1, 16
  Litt, Steven,“MOCA exhibit enticing, flawed,” The Plain Dealer, October 26
  Messinger, Lisa M., “R.B. Kitaj.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Recent Acquisitions, Fall, p. 45
  Mullarkey, Maureen, “Do-It-Yourself Mythmaking,” The New York Sun, March 17, p. 17
  Vicente, Josep, “R.B Kitaj I Sant Feliu de 1953 a 1982,” Bonart, November, p. 50
  Wecker, Menachem, “Self Portrait of the Artist as a Jew, with a Los Angeles Dodgers Cap,” The Jewish Press Magazine, April 8
2007 Bernstein, Adam, “R.B Kitaj; Art Had Historical, Literary Themes,” The Washington Post, October 24, p. B9
  Blanco, Julio Valdeón, “Un pintor clave de la ‘Escuela de Londres’,” El Mundo, October 25, p. 7
  Cohen, David, “Visual Artist R.B Kitaj is Dead at 74,” The New York Sun, October 24, p. 6
  Cohen, Josh, “R.B Kitaj’s Final Draft,” Forward.com, December 19
  Feaver, William, “R.B Kitaj,” ARTnews, March, p. 156
  McNay, Michael, “R.B Kitaj,” The Guardian, October 23, p. 28
  Morphet, Richard, “R.B Kitaj,” Independentnews.com, October 25
  Perl, Jed, “Impassioned,” The New Republic, October 24
  “R.B Kitaj,” The London Times, October 23, pp. 61-62
  “R.B Kitaj, 1932-2007,” Artnews.com, October 23
  “R.B Kitaj,” The Economist, November 1
  Salus, Carol, “R.B. Kitaj: The Tate Fiasco and Some Key History Paintings,” Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies, Vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 63-81
  Schwendener, Martha, “R.B Kitaj, Painter of Moody Human Dramas,” The New York Times, October 24
  Serraller, Francisco Calvo, “Roland B. Kitaj, un American nada impasible,” El País, October 24, p. 62
  Smith, Roberta, “R.B Kitaj, American Artist,” International Herald Tribune, October 24
  Thurber, Jon, “R.B Kitaj, 74: Figurative L.A Painter had an Eclectic Career,” The Los Angeles Times, October 24, p. B6

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