EXHIBITION LIST

1934 First one-man show at the Contemporary Arts Gallery, NYC, where Mark Tobey and Mark Rothko were also introduced
1935 Formation of the group "The Ten" at Solman's studio, including Rothko, Gottlieb, Ben-Zion, Bolotowsky, and others
1935-41 Worked in the easel division of the WPA Arts Project
1936 First show of "The Ten", Montross Gallery, New York
1936 Exhibition of "Les Dix", Galerie Bonaparte, Paris
1937 Second show of "The Ten", Montross, New York
1937 “Recent Oils - Joseph Solman”, Another Place Gallery, New York
1937-38 Editor-in-Chief, Art Front Magazine
1938 Becomes a member of J.B. Neumann's New Art Circle, which includes Beckman, Chagall, Grosz, Klee, Knaths, and Weber
1940 Three-man show with Gromaire and Rothko at the Neumann-Willard Gallery, New York
1942 Recent Paintings - Joseph Solman, Bonestell Gallery, New York
1949 Retrospective at the Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
1950 One-man show at A.C.A. Gallery, New York
1952 Solman joins A.C.A. Gallery, New York
1952-54 Instructor of Painting, Museum of Modern Art, New York
1956-67 International Association of Plastic Arts traveling show of 75 contemporary Americans throughout Europe
1961 National Institute of Arts and Letters Award for painting
1965-67 President, Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors
1967-75 Instructor of Painting and Drawing, City College of New York
1968 One-man exhibit of recent portraits at A.C.A. Gallery, NYC
1969 Childe Hassam Awards
1969 First Exhibition of monotypes, Herbert E. Feist Gallery, New York
1971 Saltus Gold Medal and Ranger Fund Purchase of oil at National Academy of Design
1972 Childe Hassam Awards
1975 Maynard and Neilson Portrait Awards at the National Academy
1976 Maynard and Neilson Portrait Awards at the National Academy
1977 One-man show of oils and monotypes at A.C.A. Gallery, New York
1983 Retrospective of work of the thirties at A.C.A. Gallery and A.M.A. Adler Fine Arts, New York
1984 Joseph Solman: Paintings, sixty works at the Wichita Art
Museum, KS
1985 Joseph Solman's New York: 50 Years of Painting, 1934 - 1984 at Robert Brown Contemporary Art, Washington, D.C.
1986 Joseph Solman - Portraits - A Fifty Year Survey, A.C.A. Gallery, NY
1988 Joseph Solman - Paintings from 1929 to 1949, Judi Rotenberg Gallery, Boston
1990 Joseph Solman's Portraits from the 60's, Judi Rotenberg
Gallery, Boston
1990 Joseph Solman's Mozartiana is published by Random House
1991 Joseph Solman's Mozart, Judi Rotenberg Gallery, Boston
1993 Retrospective of Works on Paper, Judi Rotenberg Gallery,
Boston, MA
1994 Joseph Solman: A Retrospective of Portraits from 1929-1994, Mercury Gallery, Boston, MA
1995 Celebrating Sixty-Five Years of Painting & The Publication of A New Book, Mercury Gallery, Boston, MA
1996 Monotypes and Related Works on Paper, Mercury Gallery,
Boston, MA
1998 Paintings from 1935-1996, Mercury Gallery, Boston, MA
1999 The Ten: The Birth of the American Avant-garde, Mercury Gallery, Boston, MA
2001 Joseph Solman: Portrait Retrospective and Subway Riders, Mercury Gallery, Boston, MA
2002 Joseph Solman: Cape Ann Diary, Mercury Gallery, Rockport, MA
2003 Two of The Ten: Adolph Gottlieb and Joseph Solman, Mercury Gallery, Boston, MA
2004 Joseph Solman: Seventy Years of Painting, Mercury Gallery, Boston, MA
2005 Revelations: Joseph Solman Paintings Exhibited for the First Time, Mercury Gallery, Boston, MA
2006 In My Studio: Paintings by Joseph Solman, Mercury Gallery, Boston, MA
2007 Paintings from the WPA, Mercury Gallery, Boston, MA