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Hall Groat Sr.
Biography,
American Impressionist
Learn about the
life and career of this important American Impressionist painter, living
and working in Central New York.
Hall Groat Sr, an American Impressionist painter
is a native of Syracuse, New York, where he studied painting; worked
towards his Master of Fines Arts degree and began his life long career as
an artist. Groat has dedicated his entire full-time professional career,
spanning over forty years, to pursuing his passion for art. The Berkshire
Museum was the first of several museums worldwide to acquire a major
Groat work. The Museum purchased the prize winner, Megalopolis, one of
the largest of Groat’s railroad paintings. This is where the late Norman
Rockwell first discovered him and invited the then twenty-nine year old
to dinner in the Berkshires.
The United Nations awarded Groat with the honor of having a series of
paintings for their stamp reproduction. The series of ten paintings is in
the permanent collections of United Nations Philatelic Museum in Geneva,
Switzerland. In addition, Groat’s paintings are included in the
collections of notables such as President Jimmy Carter, the late Jacob
Javits, Henry Kissinger, Fred Perry, Sir Michael Tippett, Christopher
Keane, and the late Arthur Fiedler. Ambassadors among countless others
have also invested in his work.
In recent years,
Groat has turned his attention to the corporate world with emphasis on
banks, churches, brokerage houses, and insurance companies. His work is
included in numerous corporate collections throughout the world today.
Clement Greenberg, one of the nation’s foremost art critics, once stated
that “Hall Groat was an artist who could make it” and he was proven correct.
American
Impressionist: Hall Groat Sr.
By Jim Hall, Art
Critic, Rochester, New York
Always
self-confident, Groat’s brushwork has become even bolder and more
assertive. In many of the works presented, we find the paint is applied
in broad strokes or highly apparent daubs and drips, heightening our
sense of disparity between the creative energy of the artist and the
refined sophistication of the image. The surface of these paintings is
thicker, with the addition of sand and occasionally collage to the
medium, so that lines are inscribed into the surface as often as painted
upon it. The hallmark of Groat’s style remains his uncanny ability to
organize compositions through color. But those who recall the soft,
brooding landscapes of the past will find here a warmer, more vibrant
palette, with more strident contrasts of both hue and value. So, too, has
the ambient light of earlier landscapes become more focused and dramatic.
In paintings like Monhegan Surf, the light which illuminates the
landscape has become the subject of the painting. “Groat’s depiction
often treads a fine line between realism and abstraction. Objects or
entire scenes come into our presence with the force of belated
recognition.”
The
Self-representing Artist
By Hall Groat
Sr.
Forty years of
dragging art to galleries from Cape Cod to Sarasota and struggling to
make a living have come to an end. The way artists have had to work with
galleries as middlemen was a big disaster.
Most artists
have had to put their art on consignment while the galleries keep hiking
up their commissions. Freedom for artists has come by way of
cyberspace and a new breed of self-representing artists are enjoying what
is rightfully theirs–direct contact with their customers. We are now the
deal makers and can reap the profits without working through an
established gallery.
No longer is
there a need for a critic to nod approval to a young artist who dreads
what a bad review can do to his career. The artist is in the driver’s
seat now and galleries as we know them are dying on the vine. each year
there are fewer of these antiquated establishments in business. Art
lovers can now enjoy the luxury of attending an opening on-line and meet
the artist through his podcast or personal on line store or any number of
innovating ideas.
EDUCATION:
1959
Syracuse University, School of Art, BFA
1962
Syracuse University Graduate School of Art, Studied with Josef
Albers, Yale University
ONE PERSON
EXHIBITIONS:
2003
Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY
2001
Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY
1997
Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY
1993 Two
Generations of Painting, Olin Fine Arts Center, Washington &
Jefferson, College,
Washington, PA
1992
John H. Mulroy Civic Center, Syracuse, NY
1987
Left Bank Gallery, Wellfleet, MA
1986
Kendall Art Gallery, Wellfleet, MA
1985
Arlene Mc Daniels Gallery, Simsbury, CT
1983
LeMoyne College Art Gallery, Syracuse, NY
1975
SUNY Morrisville, Morrisville, NY
1973
Wellfleet Art Gallery, Wellfleet, MA
1971
Main Street Gallery, Wilkes Barre, PA
1970
Sarasota Art Association, Sarasota, FL
1969
Janet Fleisher Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1968
Longboat Key Art Center, L.K., FL
1967
Beau Arts Gallery, Sarasota, FL
1966
Roberson Center, Binghamton, NY
1962
Berskshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA
PUBLIC
COLLECTIONS:
Syracuse
University
United Nations
Philatelic Museum, Palais des, Geneva, Switzerland
Berkshire Museum
of Art
Paine-Webber
Corporation
First National Bank
Chemical Bank
Norstar Bank
Key Bank
Deliote Haskins
Hartford
National Bank
Emhart
Corporation
Merrill Lynch
Bristol-Myers-Squibb
Syracuse China
Security Mutual
Mutual of New
York Insurance
Bond Shoeneck
& King Law Firm
PRIVATE
COLLECTIONS:
Jimmy Carter
(former U.S. President)
John Kennedy
Henry Kissinger
Senator Tarky
Lombardi
Emilo Pucci
Senator Leverne
Fred Perry
LECTURES /
DEMONSTRATIONS:
Berkshire
Museum, Pittsfield, MA
Cooperstown Art
Association, Cooperstown, NY
Sherburne Art
Society, Sherburne, NY
Everson Museum
of Art, Syracuse, NY
Onieda Library,
Onieda, NY
Temple Adath
Yeshurun, Syracuse, NY
Jewish Community
Center, Syracuse, NY
Baldwinsville
Art Guild, Baldwinsville, NY
Thousand Islands
Art Association, Clayton, NY
Elmira Art
Association, Elmira, NY
Geneva Art
Association, Geneva, NY
Masonic
Temple/Philo Lodge, Syracuse, NY
Rotary Club of
Syracuse
Savannah College
of Art & Design, Savannah, GA
Syracuse
Symphony
Onondaga Public
Library
MURALS:
John H. Mulroy
Onondaga County Civic Center
Saint James
Church, Syracuse, NY
Republic of
Korea (Naval)
General Electric
Co., Pittsfield, MA (Admirals Gate)
Johnstown, NY,
Public Auditorium
Fay Drug Co.,
Syracuse, NY
SUNY Morrisville
Library
Ther Merrill Center,
Merrill Trust Company, Bangor, ME
Bank of America
(Formerly Norstar Bank and Syracuse Savings Bank, Syracuse, NY.
Building included in National Register of Historic Landmarks)
Skaneateles
Savings Bank, Skaneateles, NY
Miller Brewing
Company, Fulton, NY
Bristol-Myers
Squibb, Dewitt, NY
St. John The
Evangelist Church, Syracuse, NY
St. Elizabeth
Anne Seton Church, Clay, NY
MONY Tower II,
Syracuse, NY
Blue Cross/Blue
Shield, Syracuse, NY
North Medical
Center, Syracuse, NY
EXHIBITIONS /
AWARDS:
United Nations,
NYC, Philatelic Award, 1973
Butler Institute
of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
Avenue Art
Gallery National Small Works Painting Exhibition, Endicott, NY
Everson Museum
of Art, Syracuse, NY
Rochester-Finger
Lakes, Rochester, NY
Munson-Williams-Proctor
Institute, Utica, NY
Cooperstown Art
Association, Cooperstown, NY, Frederick A. Godley Award
Memorial, Prize/CAA
Purchase Award
Springfield
National, Springfield, MA
New York State
Fair, Syracuse, NY
Sarasota Art
Association, Sarasota, FL
Pittsfield Art
League, Pittsfield, MA, Best In Show
Associated
Artists of Syracuse, Best In Show & Gordon Steele Memorial
Award
Medal, One-man
Show Award
Williams
College, Williamsville, MA
Central New York
Art Open, First Prize
State of the
Arts, Boston, MA
JUROR:
Sarasota Art
Association, Sarasota, FL, Abstract & Non-Objective Show, 1973
Chittenango Art
League, Chittenango, NY
Camillus Art
Association, Camillus, NY, 1973, 1978
WCNY-TV (Channel
24), TEL AUC Artists of NYC
Manlius, NY,
Annual Art Exhibition
National
Exhibition, Ellsworth Gallery, Simsbury, CT, 1979
Associated
Artists of Syracuse, 1980
Tioga Art
Association, Owego, NY
PUBLICATIONS:
National Society
of Mural Painters
Who’s Who In
American Art
Who’s Who In The
East
International
Biographies, London,
England
Sarasota Art
Association, Sarasota, FL
Secretariat News, United Nations
World Federation
of United Nations Associations, ten, First Day of Issue
cover painting,
(Pablo Picasso 90th birthday commemorative design)
WCNY Public
Television, documentary film, Hall Groat, A Man and His Art
EDUCATION:
1959
Syracuse University, School of Art, BFA
1962
Syracuse University Graduate School of Art
Studied with
Josef Albers, Yale University
ONE PERSON
EXHIBITIONS:
2003
Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY
2001
Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY
1997
Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY
1993 Two
Generations of Painting, Olin Fine Arts Center, Washington &
Jefferson, College, Washington, PA
1992
John H. Mulroy Civic Center, Syracuse, NY
1987
Left Bank Gallery, Wellfleet, MA
1986
Kendall Art Gallery, Wellfleet, MA
1985
Arlene Mc Daniels Gallery, Simsbury, CT
1983
LeMoyne College Art Gallery, Syracuse, NY
1975
SUNY Morrisville, Morrisville, NY
1973
Wellfleet Art Gallery, Wellfleet, MA
1971
Main Street Gallery, Wilkes Barre, PA
1970
Sarasota Art Association, Sarasota, FL
1969
Janet Fleisher Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1968
Longboat Key Art Center, L.K., FL
1967
Beau Arts Gallery, Sarasota, FL
1966
Roberson Center, Binghamton, NY
1962
Berskshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA
PUBLIC
COLLECTIONS:
Syracuse
University
United Nations
Philatelic Museum, Palais des, Geneva, Switzerland
Berkshire Museum
of Art
Paine-Webber
Corporation
First National
Bank
Chemical Bank
Norstar Bank
Key Bank
Deliote Haskins
Hartford
National Bank
Emhart
Corporation
Merrill Lynch
Bristol-Myers-Squibb
Syracuse China
Security Mutual
Mutual of New
York Insurance
Bond Shoeneck
& King Law Firm
PRIVATE
COLLECTIONS:
Jimmy Carter
(former U.S. President)
John Kennedy
Henry Kissinger
Senator Tarky
Lombardi
Emilo Pucci
Senator Leverne
Fred Perry
LECTURES /
DEMONSTRATIONS:
Berkshire
Museum, Pittsfield, MA
Cooperstown Art
Association, Cooperstown, NY
Sherburne Art
Society, Sherburne, NY
Everson Museum
of Art, Syracuse, NY
Onieda Library,
Onieda, NY
Temple Adath
Yeshurun, Syracuse, NY
Jewish Community
Center, Syracuse, NY
Baldwinsville
Art Guild, Baldwinsville, NY
Thousand Islands
Art Association, Clayton, NY
Elmira Art
Association, Elmira, NY
Geneva Art
Association, Geneva, NY
Masonic
Temple/Philo Lodge, Syracuse, NY
Rotary Club of
Syracuse
Savannah College
of Art & Design, Savannah, GA
Syracuse
Symphony
Onondaga Public
Library
MURALS:
John H. Mulroy
Onondaga County Civic Center
Saint James
Church, Syracuse, NY
Republic of
Korea (Naval)
General Electric
Co., Pittsfield, MA (Admirals Gate)
Johnstown, NY,
Public Auditorium
Fay Drug Co.,
Syracuse, NY
SUNY Morrisville
Library
Ther Merrill
Center, Merrill Trust Company, Bangor, ME
Bank of America
(Formerly Norstar Bank and Syracuse Savings Bank, Syracuse, NY
Skaneateles
Savings Bank, Skaneateles, NY
Miller Brewing
Company, Fulton, NY
Bristol-Myers
Squibb, Dewitt, NY
St. John The
Evangelist Church, Syracuse, NY
St. Elizabeth
Anne Seton Church, Clay, NY
MONY Tower II,
Syracuse, NY
Blue Cross/Blue
Shield, Syracuse, NY
North Medical
Center, Syracuse, NY
EXHIBITIONS /
AWARDS:
United Nations,
NYC, Philatelic Award, 1973
Butler Institute
of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
Avenue Art
Gallery National Small Works Painting Exhibition, Endicott, NY
Everson Museum
of Art, Syracuse, NY
Rochester-Finger
Lakes, Rochester, NY
Munson-Williams-Proctor
Institute, Utica, NY
Cooperstown Art
Association, Cooperstown, NY, Frederick A. Godley Award
Memorial, Prize/CAA
Purchase Award
Springfield
National, Springfield, MA
New York State
Fair, Syracuse, NY
Sarasota Art
Association, Sarasota, FL
Pittsfield Art
League, Pittsfield, MA, Best In Show
Associated
Artists of Syracuse, Best In Show & Gordon Steele Memorial
Award
Medal, One-man
Show Award
Williams
College, Williamsville, MA
Central New York
Art Open, First Prize
State of the
Arts, Boston, MA
JUROR:
Sarasota Art
Association, Sarasota, FL, Abstract & Non-Objective Show, 1973
Chittenango Art
League, Chittenango, NY
Camillus Art
Association, Camillus, NY, 1973, 1978
WCNY-TV (Channel
24), TEL AUC Artists of NYC
Manlius, NY,
Annual Art Exhibition
National
Exhibition, Ellsworth Gallery, Simsbury, CT, 1979
Associated
Artists of Syracuse, 1980
Tioga Art
Association, Owego, NY
PUBLICATIONS:
National Society
of Mural Painters
Who’s Who In
American Art
Who’s Who In The
East
International
Biographies, London,
England
Sarasota Art
Association, Sarasota, FL
Secretariat News, United Nations
World Federation
of United Nations Associations, ten, First Day of Issue
cover painting,
(Pablo Picasso 90th birthday commemorative design)
WCNY Public
Television, documentary film, Hall Groat, A Man and His Art
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