Cecile Gray Bazelon

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Cecile Gray Bazelon
Born
Cecile Gray

(1927-09-25)September 25, 1927
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
DiedJanuary 17, 2023(2023-01-17) (aged 95)
Education Syracuse University
Spouse
(m. 1960;died 1995)

Cecile Gray Bazelon (September 25, 1927 - January 17, 2023) was an American painter living in New York City. Bazelon was best known for her perspectives of unpeopled New York cityscapes, and her depictions of interior spaces framed in geometric patterns. [1] [2] [3]

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Early life

Bazelon was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She graduated from Syracuse University in 1949 and was awarded the Graduate Fellowship in Painting. [4]

Career

Bazelon's early work focused on landscapes that include architectural elements and interiors. [5] [6] [7] [8] Bazelon often set these scenes against intensely patterned decorative borders—a stylistic device that became an integral part of her work. [9] [10] In 1969, Bazelon received a fellowship at the renowned Yaddo artists’ colony in Saratoga Springs, NY. Several years later, the artist held her first solo exhibition in New York City at the Robert Schoelkopf Gallery in 1971. [11] Over the next few decades, Bazelon would be the subject of numerous one-person shows and group exhibitions held at the Museum of Modern Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Design Museum, and others. Her work resides in numerous collections internationally. [12]

Personal life

In 1953, Bazelon moved to New York City, where she met and subsequently married the late American composer Irwin Bazelon in 1960.

Death

Bazelon died on January 17, 2023, due to illness. [13]

Selected solo exhibitions

Selected group exhibitions

Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York City

Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery

Columbus Museum, Members Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery

Baltimore Museum of Art, Collectors Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
Columbus Museum, Members Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery

Out of New York, Root Art Center, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York

Awards and fellowships

Public collections

Selected book, magazine, CD and album covers

Music of Irwin Bazelon, Albany Records, Albany, New York [CD Cover: Night Sky Over Lexington, 1994].

West Publishing Company: 1992 Calendar, Eagan, MN. [Book Cover: Winterset, 1990].

Selected bibliography

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