Charles Cajori was born in Palo Alto, CA in 1921. He was a co-founder of the Tanager Gallery and has been exhibiting his work continuously since the 1950s. Cajori’s work is represented in public collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum, the Hirshhorn Museum, Walker Art Center, the Weatherspoon Art Museum, the Denver Art Museum, and the National Academy of Design. He has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, a National Endowment for the Arts Grant, a Louis Comfort Tiffany Award, and a Fulbright Grant, among others. Cajori is a faculty member of the New York Studio School and has taught at numerous other schools, including Queens College, Cooper Union, Cornell University, and University of California at Berkeley. His work has been reviewed in publications such as the New York Times, Art in America, Art News, Arts Magazine, The New York Observer, and Art New England. Cajori lives and works in Watertown, CT.
 

Charles Cajori

American, born 1921, Palo Alto, CA.

Education

Colorado Springs Art Center, 1939

Cleveland Art School, 1940-42

Columbia University, 1946-48

Skowhegan, summers of 1947 and 1948

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2008 Lohin Geduld Gallery, New York, NY

2007 David Findlay Jr. Gallery, New York, NY

2005 David Findlay Jr. Gallery, New York, NY

2004 Lohin Geduld Gallery, New York, NY

Wright State University, Dayton, OH

2003 New Arts Gallery, Litchfield, CT

2002 Paesaggio Gallery, West Hartford, CT

2000 New York Studio School, New York, NY

1996 Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

1992 Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT

Lightner Gallery, Keuka College, NY

1988 New York Studio School, New York, NY

American University, Washington DC

Washington Art Association, Washington, CT

1985 Gross-McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1983 Gross-McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1981 Landmark Gallery, New York, NY

1980 Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT

Washington Art Association, Washington Depot, CT

1977 American University, Washington, DC

1976 Cincinnati Art Academy, Cincinnati, OH

University of Texas, Austin, TX

Ingber Gallery, New York, NY

1974 Landmark Gallery, New York, NY

1972 Kirkland College, Clinton, NY

1969 Bennington College, Bennington, VT

1964 University of Washington, Seattle, WA

1963 Howard Wise Gallery, New York, NY

1961 Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Tanager Gallery, New York, NY

1960 Santa Barbara Art Museum, Santa Barbara, CA

1959 Oakland Art Museum, Oakland, CA

1958 Bertha Schaefer Gallery, New York, NY

1956 Tanager Gallery, New York, NY

1955 Watkins Gallery, Washington, DC

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008 Selections, Lohin Geduld Gallery, New York, NY

2006 The Figure in American Painting 1985-2006, Ogunquit Museum of American Art,

ME.

David Findlay Jr. Salutes The National Academy Museum, New York, NY

Twelve New York Painters, David Findlay Jr., New York, NY

Invitational, Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY

1983- 2007 Annuals, National Academy of Design Museum, New York, NY

2005 About Paint Westport Arts Center, Westport, CT

Continuous Mark, New York Studio School, New York, NY

2004 Transforming the Page, National Academy of Design Museum, New York, NY

Drawing Now, National Academy of Design, New York, NY

2003 Selections, Lohin Geduld Gallery, New York, NY

A Fine Line, National Academy of Design, New York, NY

2002 Abstraction to Representation, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA

Artist’s Eye, Jane Freilicher, Curator, National Academy of Design, New York, NY

Charles Cajori and Barbara Grossman, New Arts Gallery, Litchfield, CT

Founding Five, David Findlay Jr. Gallery, New York, NY

Decade of American Figurative Drawing, Frye Museum, Seattle, WA

2001 Institute of Arts and Letters Invitational

2000 Figurative Painting Now, 55 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY

Jane Piper and Her Circle, State Museum, Harrisburg, Pa

Figuration: Two Views, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA

1999 Artists/Mentors, Denise Bibro Gallery, New York, NY

Approaching the Figure, Marymount College, Tarrytown, NY

1998 Drawing Plus One, New York Studio School, NY

Aspects of Representation, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC

Gallery Artists Choose Artists, Mangel Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa

Contemporary Selections, Silvermine Guild, New Canaan, Ct

1996 Connecticut Artists Collection, Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, Ct

A Thirty Mile Circle, Bachelier-Cardonsky, Kent, CT

1995 Artist Collection, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT

10 x 10 Artists Selection, New York Studio School, New York, NY

1993 Drawing Invitational, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

1992 Connecticut Artists Collection, CCSU, New Britain, CT

1991 Biennial ‘91, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE

Invitational, Graham Modern Gallery, New York, NY

1990 American Couples, Pollack/Krasner and Cajori/Grossman, Bachelier-Cardonsky,

Kent CT

Faculty Show, New York Studio School, New York, NY

Connecticut Now, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT

1989-90 An American Collection, National Academy of Design, New York, NY and Tour

1989 Quest, New York Studio School, New York, NY

1987 Selection of Moderns, Madison Gallery, Madison, Ct

Drawing Invitational, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

1986 Works of the Figure, Allegheny College, PA

1984 Artist’s Choice Museum, New York, NY

American Drawings, New York Studio School, New York, NY

1983 Connecticut Painters, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT

1982 On Color, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY

1979 Recent Acquisitions, Metropolitan Museum, New York, NY

1978 Six Draughtsmen Westminster College, PA

1977 10th Street Days, New York, NY and Tour

1974 The Figure - 8 Artists, Landmark Gallery, New York, NY

1971 American Drawing - 71, Iowa State University

Contemporary Figure Drawing, Glassboro State, NJ

1970 Three Artists, Loeb Center, New York, NY

1969 Artists Abroad, Graham Gallery, New York, NY and Tour

Five Figurative Painters Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

Drawings of the Sixties, New School for Social Research, New York, NY

1968 Humanist Tradition, New School for Social Research, New York, NY

Painting, University of Texas, Austin, TX

1967 20th Century Painting, Whitney Museum, New York, NY

New York Artists, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE

Ten Drawings by Ten Artists, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

American Drawings, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Protest and Hope, New School for Social Research, New York, NY

1966 Weatherspoon Annual, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC

Drawings &, University of Texas, Austin, TX

1965 Decade of American Drawings, Whitney Museum, New York, NY

1964 67th American Exhibition, Chicago Art Institute

Some Paintings to Consider, Santa Barbara, CA

1962 The Figure, Kornblee Gallery, New York, NY

American Abstract Drawing, MOMA, New York, NY and Tour

1961 International Selection, Dayton Art Museum, OH

1959-60 100 Works on Paper, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Boston and Tour

1959 Corcoran Biennial, Washington, DC

Watercolor Annual, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY

1958 Festival of Two Worlds, Spoletto, Italy

1957, 61 University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

1957, 62 Whitney Annual, Whitney Museum, New York, NY

1956 Painters and Sculptors on 10th, Tanager Gallery, New York, NY

1955 Vanguard, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN

1954-56 Artist’s Annuals, Stable Gallery, New York, NY

1952 Cajori, Morris, Slivka, Tanager Gallery, New York, NY

Selected Bibliography

Goodrich, John, Review, The New York Sun, September, 2007

Dantzic, Cynthia Maris, One Hundred New York Painters, Shiffer Publishing, 2006.

Student Union Collection of Contemporary Art. Wake Forest University, NC. 2006.

Goodman, Jonathan, Review, Art in America, January, 2006

Sievert, Robert, Review, www.artezine.com #12, 2005

La Rocco, Benjamin, Review, The Brooklyn Rail, June, 2005

Mullarky, Maureen, Review, The New York Sun, November 26-28, 2004

Starger, Steve, Article, Art New England, June-July, 2003

Johnson, Ken, Review, New York Times, April 28, 2000

Goodrich, John, Review, Review, May 1, 2000

Naves, Mario, New York Observer, May 22, 2000

Sawin, Martica, The New York Studio Exhibition Catalogue, 2000

Godfrey, Robert , Western Carolina University Exhibition Catalogue, 1998

Wilkin, Karen. Dartmouth College Exhibition Catalogue, 1996

Raynor, Vivian. New York Times, December 6, 1992

Forge, Andrew. Central Connecticut State University Exhibition Catalogue, 1992

Lenhart, Gary. Interview. Transfer, Volume 2, no. 2, 1989-90

Campbell, Lawrence. Review. Art in America, May 1989

Turner, Norman. Review. Arts, April 1981

Raynor, Vivian, Review, The New York Times, May 7, 1980

Monroe, Gerald. "Teaching Drawing" The Drawing Society, November - December 1979

"10th St. Days", Interview with Lois Dodd and Cajori, Art in America,1977

Dreiss, Joseph. Review, Arts, June 1976

Kramer, Hilton. Review. New York Times, May 1, 1976

Rosing, Larry, "Matisse Influence", Arts, May 1975

Mainardi, Pat. Review. Art in America, March - April, 1975

Gruen, John. Review. SoHo Weekly News, December 12, 1974

Friedensohn, Eli. Kirkland College Exhibition Catalogue, 1972

Potter, Clarkson N. The Artist and the Nude, Ed. Mervin Levy, 1965

Ashton, Dore. Review. Studio International, May 1964

Ashton Dore, Review, Art International, 1963

Finkelstein, Louis. "Cajori: Figure in the Scene" ArtNews, March 1963

Sandler, Irving, Review, New York Post, March 31, 1963

Judd, Donald, Review, Arts, May-June 1963

Finkelstein, Louis. "Cajori" Scrap, March 1961

Sandler, Irving, Review, Art International, May 1961

Porter, Fairfield. Review. ArtNews, April 1958

A. V. Review, Arts, May 1958

Mellow, James R., Review, Arts, March 1956

Schuyler, James, Review, ArtNews, March 1956

Finkelstein, Louis. "Abstract Expressionism" ArtNews, March 1956

Portner, Leslie Judd, Washington Times Herald, May 1, 1955

Preston, Stuart, Review, New York Times, February 7, 1954

B.G, Review, Art News, 1952

Preston, Stuart. Review, New York Times, November 15, 1952

Awards and Grants

Institute of Arts and Letters Purchase Award, 2005

John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, 2001

Benjamin Altman, Figure Prize, National Academy of Design, New York City, 1983, 87, 94, 2000

Ralph Fabri Prize, National Academy, New York City, 1985

Ranger Fund Purchase Award, 1984

National Endowment for the Arts Grant, 1981

Childe Hassam Purchase Awards, Institute of Arts and Letters, 1975, 76, 80

Louis Comfort Tiffany Award, 1979

American Institute of Art and Letters Award, 1970

Ford Foundation Purchase Award, 1963

Longview Foundation Purchase Award, 1962

Distinction in Arts, Yale University, 1959

Fulbright Grant to Italy, 1952-53

 

Principal Public Collections

American University, Washington, DC

Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AK

Ciba-Geigy Chemical Corporation, Ardsley, NY

Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH

Connecticut Artists Collection, Connecticut Commission on the Arts

Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Delaware Art Center, Wilmington, DE

Denver Museum of Art, Denver, CO

Kalamazoo Art Center, Kalamazoo, MI

Fidelity Bank, Philadelphia, PA

Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC

Honolulu Art Academy, Honolulu, HI

Houstatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT

Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL

Lakeview Museum of Art and Sciences, Peoria, IL

Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Miami University, Oxford, OH

Mitchener Collection, Austin, TX

New York University, New York, NY

National Academy of Design, New York, NY

The Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, IL

The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA

University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL

University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM

Wake Forest College, Winton-Salem, NC

Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN

Weatherspoon Gallery, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Whitney Museum, New York, NY

Teaching Experience

1964-present New York Studio School, New York, NY

1986 summer Studio School of the Aegean, Samos, Greece

1965-86 Queens College-CUNY, Queens, NY

1956-65 Cooper Union, New York, NY

1964 summer Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, CO

1964 University of Washington, Seattle

1961 summer Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

1959-60 University of California, Berkeley, CA

1956-57 Philadelphia Museum School, Philadelphia, PA

1955-56 American University, Washington, DC

1950-56 Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore, MD

Visiting Critic

American University, Washington, DC

Bennington College, Bennington, VT

Boston University, Boston, MA

Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY

Columbia University, New York, NY

Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

Haverford College, Haverford, PA

Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA

Parsons School of Design, New York, NY

Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

Wright State University, Dayton, OH

Yale University, New Haven, CT