Ronald Brooks Kitaj
American, 1932-2007
Born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1932, R.B. (Ronald Brooks) Kitaj is considered a key figure in European and American contemporary painting. While his work has been considered controversial, he is regarded as a master draftsman with a commitment to figurative art. His highly personal paintings and drawings reflect his deep interest in history; cultural, social and political ideologies; and issues of identity.
Among his various honors are election to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1982, and election to the Royal Academy in 1985 (the first American since John Singer Sargent to receive this honor.)
Numerous retrospective exhibitions of his work include shows at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C.; The Jewish Museum, Berlin; The Jewish Museum, London; and the Hamburger Kunsthalle in Germany.
Raised in Cleveland, Ohio, and Troy, New York, Kitaj joined the Merchant Marines in 1949.
In 1950, between sailings, he attended classes at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York. He went on to study drawing at the Academy of Fine Art in Vienna, Austria.
Kitaj moved to Oxford, England in 1957, and enrolled at The Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, University of Oxford.
In 1959, Kitaj was accepted into Royal College of Art, London, where he befriended classmate David Hockney. Upon graduation from the RCA, Kitaj signed with Marlborough Fine Art, London, where he had his first solo exhibition in 1963. His art career began in earnest, and he found critical acclaim alongside commercial success.
A second solo show followed at Marlborough Gallery, New York, in 1965, and he sold “The Ohio Gang” to The Museum of Modern Art.
In 1969, Kitaj taught for a year at the University of California, Los Angeles.
In 1976, he coined the term “School of London” in an essay he wrote as curator of the polemical exhibition, “The Human Clay,” at the Hayward Gallery, London. The term, though loose, continues to define a group of stylistically diverse artists, including Kitaj, who were working in London at that time focusing on figural representation.
In 1981, he spent a year in Paris, France, where he focused on drawing and use of pastel.
In 1994, the Tate Gallery, London, organized a major retrospective of Kitaj’s work. Hostile and personal attacks from some critics led to what Kitaj referred to as the “Tate War.” The exhibition subsequently traveled to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Kitaj moved to Los Angeles, California, and continued to exhibit with Marlborough Fine Art and the Marlborough Gallery, New York.
In 2001 the National Gallery London organized a solo exhibition of paintings: “R.B. Kitaj In the Aura of Cezanne and Other Masters.” Kitaj focused on his “late style” in his Yellow Studio in Westwood and died in 2007.
His gift of his archive to the UCLA Library Special Collections was celebrated with exhibitions at the Skirball Cultural Center and UCLA’s Young Research Library.to
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Creator: Ronald Brooks Kitaj
R.B. Kitaj, Civic Virtue All Over The Floor, 53/100, Screenprint, 1967
By Ronald Brooks Kitaj
Located in San Francisco, CA
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R.B. Kitaj, Civic Virtue All Over The Floor
Screenprint, Serigraphy.
Edition of 100. 53/100.
Signed in pencil lower left.
Unframed.
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Mid-20th Century British Folk Art Ronald Brooks Kitaj
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R.B. Kitaj, The Adding Machine, 63/70 Screenprint 1972
By Ronald Brooks Kitaj
Located in San Francisco, CA
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R.B. Kitaj, The Adding Machine, Edition of 70, Signed and numbered 63/70 in pencil lower right. Unframed. Printed by Kelpra Studios, London, with their ink stamp on the back.
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Mid-20th Century British Folk Art Ronald Brooks Kitaj
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R.B. Kitaj, Turk Sib: The Most Important Film Ever Made, Signed 1972
By Ronald Brooks Kitaj
Located in San Francisco, CA
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R.B. Kitaj, Turk Sib: The Most Important Film Ever Made, Screenprint
Edition of 70
Signed and numbered 63/70 in pencil lower right.
Unframed.
CREATOR R.B. Kitaj, United ...
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Mid-20th Century British Folk Art Ronald Brooks Kitaj
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R.B. Kitaj, The cultural value of fear, distrust and hypochondria, 1964-1966
By Ronald Brooks Kitaj
Located in San Francisco, CA
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R.B. Kitaj, The cultural value of fear, distrust and hypochondria. Screenprint
Edition of 70
Signed in pencil lower right.
Unframed.
Color lithograph on different types of pa...
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Mid-20th Century British Folk Art Ronald Brooks Kitaj
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Original Vintage Sport Poster Munich Summer Olympics 1972 Swimming RB Kitaj
By Ronald Brooks Kitaj
Located in London, GB
Original vintage sports poster for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich - Olympische Spiele Munchen - designed by the painter and printmaker Kitaj (Ronald Brooks Kitaj; 1932-2007) depi...
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R.B. Kitaj, Portrait, 13/70 Color Silkscreen 1970-1974
By Ronald Brooks Kitaj
Located in San Francisco, CA
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R.B. Kitaj, Portrait, Edition of 70, Color silkscreen. Signed and numbered 13/70 in pencil upper right. Unframed.
CREATOR R.B. Kitaj, United Kingdom and USA.
DATE O...
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R.B. Kitaj, Cutie, 17/70, Screenprint 1974
By Ronald Brooks Kitaj
Located in San Francisco, CA
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R.B. Kitaj, Cutie 1974
Edition of 70
Signed and numbered 17/70 in pencil lower left.
Unframed.
CREATOR R.B. Kitaj, United Kingdom.
DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.1974
MA...
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Mid-20th Century British Folk Art Ronald Brooks Kitaj
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Original Vintage London Underground Poster Michelangelo Victoria Albert Museum
By Ronald Brooks Kitaj
Located in London, GB
Original vintage London Underground poster - Find Michelangelo at the V&A nearest station South Kensington - featuring a sketch pasti...
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1964 Born Yorkshire, England
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1987 – 1988 MA Chelsea College of Art, London
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