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George Dunbar - Artists - Callan Contemporary

BIOGRAPHY

A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, George Dunbar graduated from Temple University’s Tyler School of Art in 1953 and went on to study at the Grande Chaumiere in Paris, France. For most of his life, George Dunbar lived and maintained a studio on Bayou Bonfouca outside of Slidell, Louisiana.
Since his first exhibition in Philadelphia in 1953, Dunbar’s artwork has been displayed in museums and galleries around the world. He was a founding member of the ground-breaking  Orleans Gallery and was later represented locally by Galerie Simmone Stern and Heriard-Cimino Gallery before joining Callan Contemporary. His exhibition history includes solo shows at the New Orleans Museum of Art, the Hilliard Art Museum, and the Ogden Museum of Southern Art to name a few. His work has been acquired by the Whitney Museum of American Art, the British Museum, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art and the New Orleans Museum of Art.
Dunbar received the Governor's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008 for his contributions to art and culture in Louisiana. He was also awarded the Delgado Society's Distinguished Art Award by the New Orleans Museum of Art in 2001. In 2022, he was honored by the Ogden Museum of Southern Art with the Opus Lifetime Achievement Award. He taught at 331 Art School in New Orleans and was artist in residence at both Isidore Newman School and Tulane University.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023    Paquet, Callan Contemporary, New Orleans, LA 
2022    Mining the Surface, Callan Contemporary, New orleans, LA
2021    Torregano, Callan Contemporary, New Orleans, LA
2020    Meredian, Callan Contemporary, New Orleans, LA 
2019    Moon Gold, Callan Contemporary, New Orleans, LA
2018    Alluvion, Callan Contemporary, New Orleans, LA 
2017    Palladium, Callan Contemporary, New Orleans, LA
2016    New Orleans Museum of Art, George Dunbar: Elements of Chance; a retrospective curated by Katie A. Pfohl
2015    Callan Contemporary, New Orleans, LA
2014    Callan Contemporary, New Orleans, LA
2012    Callan Contemporary, New Orleans, LA
2006    Ochi Fine Art, Ketchum, ID
2006    Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2004    Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York, NY
2002    University of the South, Sewanee, TN
2002    Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans
, LA
2000    Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA
1997    Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA
1994    Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA
1994    Cultural Arts Center, Slidell, Retrospective
1992    Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA
1991    Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA
1991    Galerie Nadeau, Philadelphia, PA
1989    St. Tammany Art Association, Covington, LA
1988    Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA
1987    Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA
1985    Heath Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1984    Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA
1983    Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA
1980    Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans
, LA
1978    Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA
1976    Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA
1974    Heath Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1974    Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA
1973    Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA
1970    Orleans Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1969    Orleans Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1968    Orleans Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1965    Orleans Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1963    Orleans Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1960    Orleans Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1958    Parma Gallery, New York, NY
1957    Orleans Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1956    Parma Gallery, New York, NY
1955    Dubin-Luch Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1955    331 Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1953    Dubin-Luch Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
2016    New Orleans Museum of Art, George Dunbar: Elements of Chance; a retrospective    curated by Katie A. Pfohl
2007    Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
1997    New Orleans Museum of Art, Mining the Surfaces, a retrospective curated by Edward   Lucie-Smith
1992    Imperial Calcasieu Museum, Lake Charles, L
1964    Delgado Museum, (New Orleans Museum of Art) New Orleans

SELECTED JOINT EXHIBITIONS
South American Touring Exhibit
Louisiana World Exposition, New Orleans, LA
Historic New Orleans Collection, New Orleans, LA 
 
State Capital, Baton Rouge, LA
Pensacola Art Center, Pensacola, FL
Louisiana Art Commission, Baton Rouge, LA
1968 Volkfest, West Germany
Birmingham Museum, Birmingham, AL
Touring Exhibition:  Vienna, Austria; Hong Kong, BCC;  Manila,
Philippine Island; Sidney, Australia
Denver Museum, Denver, CO
Newcomb Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Bressler Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Sea Island Museum, Sea Island, GA
Riverside Museum, New York City, NY
Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Rose Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
University of New Orleans, Fine Arts Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Delfina Studio Trust, London, Louisiana Story, curated by Edward Lucie Smith
Drawing Invitational, Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA
1997    St. Tammany Art Assn., Covington, LA
2007    Lord & Taylor, New York City

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS         
Ogden Museum, New Orleans, LA
Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA
The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC 1B 3DG
Tulane University, Law School, New Orleans, LA
Alexandria Museum of Art
Arts Council of New Orleans
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
Monroe, Lemann, Attorneys, New Orleans, LA
New Orleans Museum of Art
Pan American Life Corporation, New Orleans, LA
Lenfantís Restaurant, New Orleans, LA
City National Bank, Baton Rouge, LA
Jones Walker, et al, Attorneys, New Orleans, LA
Westminister City Properties, The Equitable Center, 1615 Poydras St., New Orleans, LA
Bank of New Orleans
Texaco Center (Lobby), New Orleans, LA
Phelps, Dunbar , Marks, Claverie and Simms, Attorneys, New Orleans, LA First National Bank of Commerce, Covington, LA
L L & E Tower (Lobby), New Orleans, LA
Lykes Steamship Co., New Orleans, LA
Jefferson Guaranty Bank (Lobby), New Orleans, LA
One River Place (Lobby), New Orleans, LA
Commerce Bank (Lobby), St. Louis, MO 
Entergy Corp., Washington, D.C.
Rose Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Lambert and Nelson, Attorneys, New Orleans, LA

HONORS (AMONG OTHERS)
1974 Louisiana Bicentennial Exhibition- 2 Purchase Prize
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA, Award Winner-Southeastern Texas Exhibition
Rose Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, Purchase Prize
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA, First Prize, Painting
Tyler School of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, First Prize, Painting
Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA, Silver Circle  Artist 1995 96
New Orleans Museum of Art, Delgado Society Distinguished Art Award, 2001
Bravo Award, City of Slidell, 2001

PUBLICATIONS (AMONG OTHERS)
Ogden Museum of Southern Art Catalog
John Kemp, Review, The Times Picayune, April 21, 1994
Lagniappe, Ted Calas, November 27. 1992
Roger Green, Review, The Times Picayune, January 3, 1991
New Orleans Art Review, Ted Calas, January, 1991
Benson & Hedges, advertisement, 1991
Louisiana Artists Pages, Lew Thomas and Tom Dolan, Contemporary Arts Center, Feb. 25, 1989
Myrna Bridgeman, Review, The Daily Sentry News, October 2, 1988
John Kemp, Review, The Times Picayune, January 8, 1988
Louisiana Life Magazine,  January/February 1988
Louisiana Life Magazine,  November/December 1987, featured
Roger Green, Review, The Times Picayune, May 22, 1987
New Orleans Magazine, Jason Berry, April 1985, review 
Art News, 1984 New Orleans Art Review Magazine, Ted Calas, May 1983
The Historic New Orleans Collection,  1982
Abstraction in Louisiana, Contemporary Arts Center, Ted Calas, October 4-26, 1980
Figaro, November 22, 1978, review
Alberta Collier, Review, The Times Picayune, May 6, 1976
The Atlanta Journal,  April 18, 1974
Alberta Collier, Review, The Times Picayune, February 11, 1973
Figaro, February 24, 1973
Vieux Carre Courier, February 1973, Review
Accolade, November 1972, feature
Alberta Collier, Review, The Times Picayune, January 25, 1968
La Revue Moderne, Paris, France, May 1, 1967, feature
Art in America, New Talent USA, Al Lansford, featured, February 1955 Walter Baum, Review, Inquirer, November 1953
Artnews, November 1953


2020    Meredian, Callan Contemporary, New Orleans, LA (upcoming)
2019    Moon Gold, Callan Contemporary, New Orleans, LA
2018    Alluvion, Callan Contemporary, New Orleans, LA 
2017    Palladium, Callan Contemporary, New Orleans, LA
2016    New Orleans Museum of Art, George Dunbar: Elements of Chance; a retrospective curated by Katie A. Pfohl
2015    Callan Contemporary, New Orleans, LA
2014    Callan Contemporary, New Orleans, LA
2012    Callan Contemporary, New Orleans, LA
2006    Ochi Fine Art, Ketchum, ID
2006    Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2004    Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York, NY
2002    University of the South, Sewanee, TN
2002    Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans
, LA
2000    Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA
1997    Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA
1994    Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA
1994    Cultural Arts Center, Slidell, Retrospective
1992    Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA
1991    Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA
1991    Galerie Nadeau, Philadelphia, PA
1989    St. Tammany Art Association, Covington, LA

1988    Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA
1987    Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA

1985    Heath Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1984    Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA
1983    Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA
1980    Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans
, LA
1978    Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA
1976    Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA
1974    Heath Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1974    Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA
1973    Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA
1970    Orleans Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1969    Orleans Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1968    Orleans Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1965    Orleans Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1963    Orleans Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1960    Orleans Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1958    Parma Gallery, New York, NY
1957    Orleans Gallery, New Orleans, LA

1956    Parma Gallery, New York, NY
1955    Dubin-Luch Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1955    331 Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1953    Dubin-Luch Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
2016    New Orleans Museum of Art, George Dunbar: Elements of Chance; a retrospective    curated by Katie A. Pfohl
2007    Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
1997    New Orleans Museum of Art, Mining the Surfaces, a retrospective curated by Edward   Lucie-Smith
1992    Imperial Calcasieu Museum, Lake Charles, L
1964    Delgado Museum, (New Orleans Museum of Art) New Orleans

SELECTED JOINT EXHIBITIONS
South American Touring Exhibit
Louisiana World Exposition, New Orleans, LA
Historic New Orleans Collection, New Orleans, LA 
 
State Capital, Baton Rouge, LA 

Pensacola Art Center, Pensacola, FL
Louisiana Art Commission, Baton Rouge, LA
1968 Volkfest, West Germany 

Birmingham Museum, Birmingham, AL 

Touring Exhibition:  Vienna, Austria; Hong Kong, BCC;  Manila,
Philippine Island; Sidney, Australia 

Denver Museum, Denver, CO 

Newcomb Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 

Bressler Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 

Sea Island Museum, Sea Island, GA 

Riverside Museum, New York City, NY 

Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA 

New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 

Rose Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 

University of New Orleans, Fine Arts Gallery, New Orleans, LA 

Delfina Studio Trust, London, Louisiana Story, curated by Edward Lucie Smith 

Drawing Invitational, Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA
1997    St. Tammany Art Assn., Covington, LA
2007    Lord & Taylor, New York City


PUBLIC COLLECTIONS         
Ogden Museum, New Orleans, LA 

Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA 

The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC 1B 3DG 

Tulane University, Law School, New Orleans, LA 

Alexandria Museum of Art 

Arts Council of New Orleans 

North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC 

Monroe, Lemann, Attorneys, New Orleans, LA 

New Orleans Museum of Art 

Pan American Life Corporation, New Orleans, LA 

Lenfantís Restaurant, New Orleans, LA 

City National Bank, Baton Rouge, LA 

Jones Walker, et al, Attorneys, New Orleans, LA 

Westminister City Properties, The Equitable Center, 1615 Poydras St., New Orleans, LA 

Bank of New Orleans 

Texaco Center (Lobby), New Orleans, LA 

Phelps, Dunbar , Marks, Claverie and Simms, Attorneys, New Orleans, LA First National Bank of Commerce, Covington, LA 

L L & E Tower (Lobby), New Orleans, LA 

Lykes Steamship Co., New Orleans, LA 

Jefferson Guaranty Bank (Lobby), New Orleans, LA 

One River Place (Lobby), New Orleans, LA 

Commerce Bank (Lobby), St. Louis, MO 
Entergy Corp., Washington, D.C.
Rose Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 

Lambert and Nelson, Attorneys, New Orleans, LA

HONORS (AMONG OTHERS)
1974 Louisiana Bicentennial Exhibition- 2 Purchase Prize
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA, Award Winner-Southeastern Texas Exhibition 

Rose Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, Purchase Prize
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA, First Prize, Painting
Tyler School of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, First Prize, Painting
Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA, Silver Circle  Artist 1995 96 

New Orleans Museum of Art, Delgado Society Distinguished Art Award, 2001 

Bravo Award, City of Slidell, 2001 



PUBLICATIONS (AMONG OTHERS)
Ogden Museum of Southern Art Catalog

John Kemp, Review, The Times Picayune, April 21, 1994 

Lagniappe, Ted Calas, November 27. 1992 

Roger Green, Review, The Times Picayune, January 3, 1991 

New Orleans Art Review, Ted Calas, January, 1991
Benson & Hedges, advertisement, 1991 

Louisiana Artists Pages, Lew Thomas and Tom Dolan, Contemporary Arts Center, Feb. 25, 1989
Myrna Bridgeman, Review, The Daily Sentry News, October 2, 1988 

John Kemp, Review, The Times Picayune, January 8, 1988 

Louisiana Life Magazine,  January/February 1988 

Louisiana Life Magazine,  November/December 1987, featured 

Roger Green, Review, The Times Picayune, May 22, 1987 

New Orleans Magazine, Jason Berry, April 1985, review 
Art News, 1984 New Orleans Art Review Magazine, Ted Calas, May 1983 

The Historic New Orleans Collection,  1982 

Abstraction in Louisiana, Contemporary Arts Center, Ted Calas, October 4-26, 1980 

Figaro, November 22, 1978, review 

Alberta Collier, Review, The Times Picayune, May 6, 1976 

The Atlanta Journal,  April 18, 1974 

Alberta Collier, Review, The Times Picayune, February 11, 1973 

Figaro, February 24, 1973 

Vieux Carre Courier, February 1973, Review 

Accolade, November 1972, feature
Alberta Collier, Review, The Times Picayune, January 25, 1968
La Revue Moderne, Paris, France, May 1, 1967, feature 

Art in America, New Talent USA, Al Lansford, featured, February 1955 Walter Baum, Review, Inquirer, November 1953 

Artnews, November 1953

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