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Max Ferguson


Education

1979 Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam 


1980 New York University, B.S.

 

 

Selected Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Richard Brown Baker

The New York Historical Society

The Estate of H.W. Janson

City of Amsterdam

Martin Margulies

The British Museum

Edward Asner

Michigan Bell Telephone

Spencer Museum, University of Kansas

Mr. and Mrs. Eric Javits

Seven Bridges Foundation

Richard Massey

Yeshiva University Museum

Margo Feiden

Herb Kessler

Cindy Stein

Richard McKenzie

The New York Public Library

Staatliche Museen Zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett

Hebrew Union College

Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich

The Museum of the City of New York

Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna

Forbes Magazine Collection

MTA, New York

The Brooklyn Historical Society

U.S. State Department

Lawrence Van Gelder

King's College, New York

Douglas Martin

John Drury

Lauren Howard

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Apfelbaum

Racine Museum of Art, Wisconsin

 

 

Exhibitions

2006

"The Eye of the Collector" Hebrew Union College (curator Laura Kruger), New York


 

2005

Yeshiva University Museum (solo) (curator Reba Wulkan), New York 


"Impressions of New York" New-York Historical Society (curator Marilyn Symmes), New York

"Beauty and the Book" The Isreal Museum (curator Hagit Alon), Jerusalem


 

2004

Israel Museum "Sports in Art" Jerusalem (curated by Efrat Natan)


Hebrew Union College "The Art of Aging" New York (curated by Laura Kruger),

92nd Street Y (solo), New York


 

2003

ACA Galleries, New York (solo)


 

2002

"Summer in the City" ACA Galleries, New York

Madison Art Partners, New York (solo)


 

2000

Cow Parade, New York
Art for Embassies Program U.S. State Department


 

1999

"First Annual Realism Invitational" Jenkins-Johnson Gallery. San Francisco


 

1998 Amarillo Museum of Fine Arts, Realism (curated by Jay Fletcher) TDI Bus Poster, International public service bus poster campaign: "Mental Illness Should Not Be Faced Alone"


 

1997

Ogunquit Museum of American Art, 20th Century Realism


Van Der Griff Gallery, Contemporary Realism, Santa Fe


 

1996

Gallery Henoch, New York (Solo)


Art Miami


 

1995

Virtual Reality, The Armory, New York


"Picturing New York" The Museum of the City of New York


 

1994

New York Realism - Touring exhibition, Japan (curated by Douglas Dreishpoon)


 

1993

Gallery Henoch, New York (Solo)


 

1992

"Urban Realities," Fairfield University (curated by Amy Simon)


 

1991

"Monochrome/Polychrome," Florida State University Museurn, Tallahassee
(curated by Allys Palladino-Craig)


"Artists Love New York," City Arts, New York


Art Cologne, Galerie Ulrich Gering, Cologne


Basel Art Fair, Galerie Inge Baecker


 

1990

"Coney Island", Gallery Henoch, New York (Solo)


 

1989

Gallery Henoch, New York (Solo)


"Self Portraits" - John Szoke Graphics, New York


 

1988

Art at the Armory, New York


 

1987

"Urban Visions: The Contemporary Artist and New York" Adelphi University,
Garden City, New York (curated by Amy Simon)


 

"Nocturnes and Nightmares", Florida State University Museum, Tallahassee
(created by Allys Palladino-Craig)


 

"Prints in Motion" Associated American Artists, New York


 

1987

"Mainstream America: The Collection of Phil Dessing" The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio


 

Mural Project, Canal Street Post Office


 

1986

Littlejohn-Smith Gallery, New York (Solo)


 

Musee D'Arte Contemporain de Dunkurque, Dunkurque, France
"Nocturnal Imagery"

 

OK Harris Works of Art


 

Pratt/Silvermine International Print Competition, New Canaan, Conn.
(curated by William S. Lieberman, purchase award)


 

1985

"Starved for Art" School of Visual Arts Museum (curated by Lowery Sims)


 

1984

Gallery Henoch, New York (Solo)


 

1983

Audubon Artists' Annual Stefan Hirsch Award


 

1981

Gallery Mokurn, Amsterdam


 

1980

Small Works Exhibition, New York University Washington Square East Galleries


 

1979

Koopt Kunst, Museum Fodor, Amsterdam

 

Selected Publications

 

Periodicals

 

The New York Times:

Chronicle, May 8, 1996 Nadine Brozan

(Westchester Edition) March 15, 1992 Vivien Raynor

(Westchester Edition) August 4, 1991 William Zimmer

May 27, 1990 Lonnie Schlein

(Connecticut Edition) October 25, 1987 Phyllis Braff

August 14, 1987 Vivien Raynor

December 9, 1987 Richard Levine

(Connecticut Edition) February 16, 1986 William Zimmer


New York Magazine September 9, 1996 John Connolly

Artnews April, 1998 Milton Esterow

The Robb Report December, 2002

The New Yorker September 29, 1986

Arts Magazine November, 1986 John Loughery

Art & Antiques:

CollectorÕs Sourcebook 2007, Joseph Jacobs

May 1991 Patrick Pacheco

Artspeak January, 1998 Ed McCormack

The New York Post:

April 12, 1998 Neal Travis

January 28, 1998 Cindy Adams

May 5, 1996 Elisa Zuritsky

May 8, 1996 Philip Messing

May 14, 1996 Matt Rader

April 30, 1993 Jerry Tallmer

June 15, 1990 JerryTallmer

The Daily News:

September 2, 1996 Salvatore Arena

May 3, 1996 George Rush, Joanna Molloy

Where Magazine:

January, 1998 Paulette Weiss

May, 1996, Paulette Weiss

May, 1993, Paulette Weiss

June, 1990, Paulette Weiss

July, 1989, Paulette Weiss

New York Newsday:

May 11, 1987 Scott Ladd

September 3, 1986 Stuart Troup

Our Town April 25, 1996

Manhattan Spirit September, 1992 Tim Cavanaugh

Downtown Express June 11, 1990

Downtown June 6, 1990

Cover May, 1989 Jeff Wright

Arts Magazine November, 1986

X Man Magazine (Japanese) March, 1987 Hajima Koyama

Art Business News July, 1996 Emmett Murphy

SunStorm June, 1986

The Bay News June, 1990 Kenneth Brown

The Trenton Times June 2, 1996 Catjy Viksjo

The Forward:

May 16, 1997 painting featured in 100th Anniversary issue

June 7, 1996 Sylvia Barack Fishman

May 17, 1996 Douglas Century

May 7, 1993 Douglas Century

Yiddish Forverts May 28, 1993 Miriam Schmulevitz - Hoffman

Hadassah Magazine March, 1994 Joan Schwartz - Michel

The Jewish Press May 14, 1993

The Jewish Week May 21, 1993

Ha Doar (Hebrew) July, 1993 Doreet Cohen

New Israelitisch Weekblad (Dutch) June 26, 1981

The Villager January 21, 1998 Jerry Tallmer

Advertising Age January 16, 1998 David Hathcox

The Dublin Examiner January 8, 1998 Sean McCarthaigh

The Irish Times January 7, 1998 Christine Newman

The Evening Herald (London) January 6, 1998 Smantha McCaughren 



Television:

ABC New York Views with Roz Abrarns July, 1996

ARD Television (Germany) Brighton Beach April, 1992

National Geographic Explorer Series (The Subways) September, 1991

Radio:

WINS - AM September 2, 1996 May 8, 1996

Talk Live with Zev Brenner August 24, 1996

John Gambling WOR May 8, 1996

Film:

Chasidim in America: A Life Apart 1997

Publications:

Going, Going, Gone: Paintings of a Vanishing New York New York 48 pp.

The Eye of the Collector: The Jewish Vision of Sigmond R. Balka Hebrew Union Collage 2006 Laura Kruger New York 220 pp.

40 Years: A Dealer's Collection Gallery Henoch 2006 New York 32 pp.

Impressions of New York New-York Historical Society 2005 Marilyn Symmes New York 304 pp.

Beauty and the Book Isreal Museum 2005 Hagit Alon Jerusalem 24 pp.

The Art of Aging Hebrew Union Collage 2003 Laura Kruger New York 102 pp.

Max Ferguson Exhibition Catalog ACA Galleries 2003 New York 32 pp.

Love: A Celebration in Art and Literature Edited by Jane Lahr Stewart, Tabori and Chang 2001 New York 240 pp.

Painting the Town Paintings from the Museum of the City of New York, Yale University Press 2000 374 pp.

Great Jewish Quotations Alfred J. Kolatch 1996 Jonathan David publishers, Inc. 612 pp

Max Ferguson exhibition catalogue Henoch Gallery, 1996, New York 24 pp.

Choosing to be Jews, Samuel C. Heilman 1995 University of Washington press 190 pp. (painting, "Ralph Lauren's Worst Nightmare" used to illustrate cover)

New York Realism - Past and Present exhibition catalogue Douglas Dreishpoon, Ph.D. 1994 166 pp. (touring exhibition of five museums in Japan and the United States)

Yiddish II textbook (painting, "Who Killed Yankel Rosenbaum?" Reproduced as illustration) Mordekhe Schaechter Yiddish Language Resource Center, New York 1993 561 pp.

Monochrome/Polychrome exhibition catalogue Jerome Stern Florida State University Gallery & Museum 1999 48 pp.

Nocturnes & Nightmares exhibition catalogue Allys Palladino-Craig Florida State University Gallery & Museum 1987 56 pp.

Prints in Motion exhibition catalogue Robert P. Conway Associated American Artists New York 1987 12 pp.

International Prints exhibition catalogue Pratt Graphics Center and the Silverrnine Guild Center for the Arts William S. Lieberman 1986 24 pp.

Audobon Artists Annual exhibition catalogue New York 1983 16pp.

Koopt Kunst exhibition catalogue Gemeentekunstaankopen Amsterdam 1978 264 pp.4 








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