Gallery Directory

About Washburn Gallery

For over thirty-five years, the Washburn Gallery has organized carefully selected exhibitions of works by major 19th and 20th century American artists. The gallery opened in 1971 and immediately was recognized by museums and collectors for the quality of its shows. During the inaugural season, the gallery presented the first New York exhibition of paintings by Joshua Johnson (active c. 1797 - c. 1820), the earliest known African-American artist; paintings by Martin Johnson Heade; and in contrast, 1930s and 1940s paintings by Jean Xceron.

The Washburn Gallery has continued an active, innovative schedule of exhibitions including the Stieglitz Group; American Abstract Artists of the 1930s and 1940s; the Abstract Expressionists and contemporary artists. Exhibitions have been devoted to unusual facets of the careers of artists such as Stuart Davis, Charles Demuth, Burgoyne Diller, Arshile Gorky, Ammi Phillips and Albert Pinkham Ryder.

The Washburn Gallery represents a number of Estates and Foundations including Ilya Bolotowsky, Ray Parker, Jackson Pollock, David Smith (1930s and 1940s paintings), Leon Polk Smith, and George Sugarman. The gallery also represents contemporary artists including Varujan Boghosian, Tom Levine, Gwynn Murrill and Jack Youngerman. 

Artist Roster

William Baziotes, Oscar Bluemner, Norman Bluhm, Varujan Boghosian, Ilya Bolotowsky, James Brooks, Alexander Calder, Henry Church, Marjorie Content, Perle Fine, Fritz Glarner, Arshile Gorky, Gertrude Greene, Philip Guston, Al Held, John Henry Hill, Harry Holtzman, Leon Kelly, Franz Kline, Elaine de Kooning, Willem de Kooning, Tom Levine, Conrad Marca-Relli, John Marin, Alice Trumbull Mason, Gwynn Murrill, Georgia O’Keeffe, John Opper, Ray Parker, Jackson Pollock, Richard Pousette-Dart, William Trost Richards, Mark Rothko, Anne Ryan, Rolph Scarlett, David Smith, Leon Polk Smith, Alfred Steiglitz, Myron Stout, George Sugarman, Jean Xceron, Jack Youngerman