Artist's arttributes:
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Male |
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Painting |
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Geometric Abstraction |
Most exhibitions in:
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| USA | 49 |
| Germany | 4 |
| Spain | 2 |
Most exhibitions held at:
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Claremont Museum of Art, USA |
4 |
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Sullivan Goss - An American Gallery - Santa Barbara, USA |
4 |
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Louis Stern Fine Arts, USA |
4 |
Biography: 
29.12.1925 Born in Chicago, IL (US)
26.6.2012 Died
External links:
| | Public exhibitions (Selection) 58 
Solo shows 12
2011
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| Karl Benjamin and the Evolution of Abstraction, 1950-1980 - Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, CA |
2010
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| under the influence - Royale Projects, Indian Wells, CA |
2008
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| Karl Benjamin - Brian Gross Fine Art - One Post Street, San Francisco, CA |
2007
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| Dance the Line: Paintings by Karl Benjamin - Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, CA |
2006
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| A Conversation with Color - Karl Benjamin, Paintings 1953 - 1995 - Claremont Museum of Art, Claremont, CA |
2005
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| Karl Benjamin: Drawings 1950-1965 - Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, CA |
2004
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| Karl Benjamin - Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA |
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| Karl Benjamin: Paintings from 1950-1965 - Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, CA |
2003
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| Karl Benjamin - Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA |
2001
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| Karl Benjamin - Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA |
1954
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| Karl S. Benjamin - Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena, CA |
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| Karl S. Benjamin - Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena, CA |
Group shows 46
2012
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| Intercambio global. Abstracción geométrica desde 1950 - MACBA - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires |
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| Abstract Classicists - Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA |
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| Pacific Standard Time - Kunst in Los Angeles 1950–1980 - Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin |
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| The Postwar Era: From the Collection, 1945-1980 - Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA |
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| Claremont Modern: The Artists of the GI Bill - Claremont Museum of Art, Claremont, CA |
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| Pasadena to Santa Barbara: A Selected History of Art in Southern California, 1951–1969 - Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA |
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| Alex Couwenberg & Karl Benjamin - William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
2011
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| Experiments in Abstraction - Art in Southern California, 1945 to 1980 - San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA |
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| Claremont Modern: The Fiesta Artists of Padua Hills 1953-1959 - Claremont Museum of Art, Claremont, CA |
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| Contemporary Drawings from the Irving Stenn Jr. Collection - The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
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| Claremont Modern: Post-War California Dreaming - Claremont Museum of Art, Claremont, CA |
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| La's Risen - Sullivan Goss - An American Gallery - Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA |
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| Blast from the Past: 60s and 70s Geometric Abstractions - Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA |
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| Southern California Painting: 1970s Painting Per Se - David Richard Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM |
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| Color Field Revised - Loretta Howard Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Structured Color - D. Wigmore Fine Art, Inc., New York City, NY |
2010
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| Softcore Hard Edge - The Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, AB |
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| Geometric Abstraction - Sullivan Goss - An American Gallery - Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA |
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| Wall to Wall - Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
2009
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| Explorations in Black and White: The 1930s through the 1960s - D. Wigmore Fine Art, Inc., New York City, NY |
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| California Calling: Works from Santa Barbara Collections, 1948 - 2008 (Part I) - Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA |
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| Birth of the Cool: California Art, Design, and Culture At Midcentury - Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX |
2008
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| New American Abstraction 1960-1975 - Gary Snyder Project Space, New York City, NY |
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| Modernism and the Wichner Collection - Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA |
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| Thirty Years of California Modernism - Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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| Birth of the Cool: California Art, Design, and Culture at Midcentury - Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA |
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| MAXImin - Fundación Juan March, Madrid |
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| New American Abstraction 1950-1970 - Gary Snyder Project Space, New York City, NY |
2007
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| 1957 - Sullivan Goss - An American Gallery - Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA |
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| Birth of the Cool: California Art, Design, and Culture at Midcentury - Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach |
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| Antes y después del minimalismo - Museu d´Art Espanyol Contemporani (Fundación Juan March), Palma de Mallorca |
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| After Image: Optical Art of the 1960s - Loretta Howard Gallery, New York City, NY |
2006
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| A Little So Cal Abstraction - - Mandarin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (closed, 2008) |
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| Outside Europe - Stadtgalerie Kiel, Kiel |
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| Geometric Abstraction and Color Function: Two Generations - D. Wigmore Fine Art, Inc., New York City, NY |
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| California Modern - Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach |
2005
2004
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| The LA That Influenced My Eye - Sullivan Goss - An American Gallery - Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA |
2002
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| Flatline - Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
2001
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| SIMPLY ABSTRACT - Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
2000
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| CALIFORNIA MODERNISM & ABSTRACTION - Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
1997
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| Elusive Paradise - The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, CA |
1970
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| Recent Work: Eugene Berman and Karl Benjamin - Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT |
1962
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| Geometric abstraction in America : March - Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, NY |
1960
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| West Coast Hard-Edge: Four Abstract Classicists - ICA - Institute of Contemporary Arts London, London (England) |
Dealer Directory 2 |
USA
| | Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
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| | Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, CA
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Collections 10

Argentina
| | MACBA - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
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Germany
USA
| | Claremont Museum of Art, Claremont, CA
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| | Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA
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| | Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, East Logan, UT
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| | Los Angeles County Museum of Art - LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
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| | MOCA Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
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| | Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach
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| | San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
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| | Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
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