ABE WEINER 

Artist and Teacher

Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Nov. 5, 1917- June 4, 1993

EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS:

            Painting in the United States (Invitational)

                        Annual exhibition of selected American Artists

                        Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

                        1946, 1947, 1948, 1949

            Carnegie International (Invitational)

                        Exhibition of selected American and International artists

                        Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

                        1950.                     2^nd Popular Prize

          Associated Artists of Pittsburgh (Juried)

            Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

          Exhibited annually from 1941-1959 and in later years.

1941. First Prize.  Purchase award (One Hundred Friends of Art.)

                   1945. Second Prize

                   1957. Popular Prize

                   1958. Martin Leisser School of Design Prize  

                    1959. Honorable Mention

1976. Purchase Award (One Hundred Friends of Art )  

Participation in Invitational Exhibits

The Society for Contemporary American Art .   

Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, Illinois                                      1948

   13^th Annual New-Year Show                                                                  1948

                   Butler Art Institute, Youngstown, Ohio

  15^th Annual New-Year Show                                                                      1950

                   Butler Art Institute, Youngstown, Ohio  

                   Honorable Mention

Young American Artists:

Life Magazine’s Fifty Most Promising Painters in the United States.

                   Metropolitan Museum of Art . New York, New York                       1950

            Pittsburgh Playhouse Exhibition (Invitational)                                   1952

                   Pittsburgh Playhouse, Pittsburgh, PA

           First Prize  

            “The Ludgin Collection of Contemporary Art ”                                         1954

                   Corcoran Gallery of Art , Washington, D.C.

            “Ten American Collectors”

                   Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas

from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Earle Ludgin                         1955

Other Invitational Shows

                26th Annual Art Exhibition-Latrobe Public Schools                                 1951

            Purchase Award, One Hundred Friends of Art

          Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana

                                                                                                    1954, 1955

            Westmoreland Museum of Art, Greensburg, Pennsylvania                        1964

          Three Rivers Arts Festival

                   Outdoor Exhibit, Pittsburgh, PA                                                 1968

                   Variations on a City            First Prize (Purchase Award)

          One Man Show

                   Ivy School of Professional Art , Pittsburgh, PA                             1968

          University of Pittsburgh Solo Exhibition (Invitational)

                   UP Gallery, Pittsburgh PA                                                         1981

          70+ and Working (Invitational)

                   Exhibition of Pittsburgh Artists over 70 years old

                   Jewish Community Center, Pittsburgh, PA                                    1991

COMMISSIONS:

          ALCOA (Aluminum Company of America)                                               1958

                   Pittsburgh, PA

Mixed Media using aluminum sheets

and egg tempera, on aluminum.

TEACHING:

            Ivy School of Professional Art

                   Pittsburgh, PA

                   Assistant Director                                                          1961-1972

                   Teacher of Drawing and Painting                                      1961-1980

            Pittsburgh Center for the Arts

                    Teacher of Drawing and Painting                                      1965-1993

          Irene Kaufman Center (YM&WHA)                                               1956-1960

LECTURER AND ART JUROR:

Lectured and judged many art exhibits in the Pittsburgh area including Butler, Kittanning Art Association, Vandergrift, and New Kensington Art shows.

EDUCATION:

            Certificate, Carnegie Institute of Technology                                     1941

                   Department of Painting and Design

                   Art studies with Samuel Rosenberg, Robert Gwathmey

BIBLIOGRAPHY LISTINGS:

Lorant , Stefan . Pittsburgh  (1964) (Painting, Back of Isaly’s, used as depicting Pittsburgh scene). Doubleday Press.  

Who was who in American Art.

Who was who in American Jewry.

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