1932 - 2007 Born Cleveland, Ohio, US. Kitaj studied at Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York from 1950 to 1951, at the Academy of Fine Art, Vienna form 1951 to 1952, at the Ruskin School of Drawing, Oxford from 1953 to 1959 and at the Royal College of Art, London form 1959 to 1961. Kitaj went on to teach at Camberwell School of Art form 1962 to 1966 and at the University of California, Berkeley form 1970 to 1971. He was Artist in residence at Dartmouth College, USA from 1978 to 1979. Kitaj's fist one-man show was held at the Marlborough New London Gallery in 1963. This quickly led to a succession of solo exhibitions throughout the world including the Marlborough-Geson Gallery, New York in 1965; Cleveland Museum of Art in 1967; the Icon Galley, Birmingham in 1977; and FIAC, Paris in 1978. He continued to exhibit regularly with Marlborough Fine Art in London, New York and Zurich. retrospectives of his work were held at the Hirshhon Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC in 1981 and at the Tate Gallery, London in 1994. His work has also been included in numerous group exhibitions from 1958 to the present day. Kitaj was elected Royal Academician in 1991 (AA in 1984), and in 1997 moved to Los Angeles, where he now lives and works.  Obituary Guardian 23/10/07

Photographie greetings Pablo Ruiz (from Hommage à Picasso)
75.0 x 52.5
Lithograph
edition of 90
£600

New York Centre For The Performing Arts
Screenprint
1970
edition of 250
74x56
£900
SOLD