Adolph Gottlieb's Pictograph and Burst periods (1942–1965)

1. Gottlieb begins the Pictographs series

   Jan 1, 1941Labels: Adolph Gottlieb, Pictographs

   • Art Institute
   • Encyclopedia com

2. Rothko and Gottlieb publish New York Times letter

   Jun 7, 1943Labels: Adolph Gottlieb, Mark Rothko

   • FedArtNYC

3. Pictographs develop into a long-running body of work

   Jan 1, 1944Labels: Pictographs, Adolph Gottlieb

   • Art Institute
   • Whitney

4. Pictographs move toward looser grids and transition

   Jan 1, 1950Labels: Pictographs, Adolph Gottlieb

   • AAA Interview

5. First Imaginary Landscape painting marks a break

   Jan 1, 1951Labels: Imaginary Landscape, Adolph Gottlieb

   • Gottlieb Foundation
   • AAA Interview

6. A New York Times–listed museum retrospective at the Jewish Museum

   Jan 29, 1957Labels: Jewish Museum, Adolph Gottlieb

   • Gottlieb Foundation

7. First Burst paintings shown and the Burst series begins

   Feb 1, 1957Labels: Burst series, Adolph Gottlieb

   • Smithsonian
   • Marlborough

8. MoMA’s “New American Painting” includes Gottlieb

   May 28, 1959Labels: MoMA, The New

   • MoMA

9. Burst works become larger and more mature examples

   Jan 1, 1960Labels: Burst series, Adolph Gottlieb

   • Smithsonian
   • Smithsonian

10. Gottlieb joins Marlborough, expanding print collaborations

    Jan 1, 1964Labels: Marlborough Gallery, Adolph Gottlieb

    • Marlborough

11. Oral history documents Gottlieb’s account of his series

    Oct 25, 1967Labels: Oral history, Smithsonian Archives

    • AAA Interview

12. Whitney and Guggenheim open joint Gottlieb exhibitions

    Feb 14, 1968Labels: Whitney Museum, Guggenheim Museum

    • Whitney
    • Gottlieb Foundation
    • AAA Interview