Nell Sinton
Biography

1910–1997

Born
1910 San Francisco, CA

Education
1926-29, 1937-38    California School of  Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA

Solo Exhibitions

1997        Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Early Abstractions
1993        Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Mini-Survey
1990        Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
1989        Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1987        Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Early Works
1986        Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1983        Braunstein Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1981        Mills College, Oakland, CA, 30 Year Retrospective
1980        Braunstein Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1978        Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1977        Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
                  Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
1976        Louisiana State University, New Orleans, LA
                  Arion Press, San Francisco, CA
                  University of California, San Francisco, CA
1975        Mt. Holyoke College, MA
1974        Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1972        Jaqueline Anhalt Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1970        San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA
1969        Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1966        Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1964        John Bolles Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1962        John Bolles Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1957        San Francisco Museum of Art (with William T. Brown)
1950        Santa Barbara Museum of Art
1949        Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2010        "Rehistoricizing Abstract Expressionism in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1950s –1960s",
                        Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007         "Coming Attractions: Gallery Group Show," Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002        “Revisited”, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998        “Art Making Book Making Art”, The San Francisco Art Institute in
                        Conjunction with the San Francisco Center for the Book, CA
1997        “Making Art Histories: On the Trail of David Park”, San Francisco                    
                  Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
1996        “Abstract Expression”, Mendenhall Gallery, Pasadena, CA
1995        “Facing Eden: The First 100 Years”, M.H. DeYoung Museum of Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
1994        “100 Years of Women in the Arts”, San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
                  “Braunstein/Quay Gallery Artists”, Shasta College Gallery, Redding, CA
                  Richmond Art Center Holiday Arts Festival Exhibition, CA
                  “The Women’s Mentor Show”, The San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1993        “Revolution into the Second Century at the San Francisco Art Institute, One Market Plaza, San Francisco, CA
1987        “The Triumph of the Figure; Bay Area Art 1950-65”, 871 Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
1986        “Bay Area Contemporary Art: A Jewish Perspective”, Jewish Community Museum, San Francisco, CA
                  “History of California Women Artists”, Fresno Art Center, Fresno, CA
1985        “Best of San Francisco”, Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO
1984        Bank of America, San Francisco, CA
                  “Political Cartoons and Other Options”, Braunstein Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1981        “20th Anniversary Show”, Braunstein Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1980        Fine Art Museums at San Francisco Downtown Center
1979        “Collage”, Impressions Gallery, Boston, MA
1978        Federal Building, Honolulu, HI
                  Edna Guerwich Gallery, New York, NY
1977        “Studio Sweepings”, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA
1976        National Collection of  Fine Art, Washington, DC, Modern Era Exhibit, traveling
1974        Pomona College Art Gallery, Claremont, CA
1972        “The Artist and His Source”, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
                  “Works on Paper by California Artists”, University Art Museum, UC Berkeley, CA
1971        “Sculpture with Sound”, Civic Arts Center, Walnut Creek, CA
1967        American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
1963        “Four Artists”, with DeForest, DeLap, and Martin, San Francisco Museum Of Art, CA
1960        Staemfli Gallery, New York, NY
1958        Denver Museum, CO
                  Vancouver Museum, British Columbia, Canada
                  “Art USA,” San Francisco Museum of Art, American Federation of Arts, traveling
1952        Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Awards

1993        Oral History Award, University of California, Berkeley
1984        Award of Honor for Painting, San Francisco Art Commission

Collections

American Telephone and Telegraph Building, NJ
Chase Manhattan Bank, NY
Greenbriar Capitol Corporation, San Francisco, CA
Lytton Trust Company, San Jose, CA
The Oakland Museum, CA
Phoenix Art Museum, AZ
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA
University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, CA

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