EXHIBITIONS
Solo Exhibitions
1933
Stanley Rose Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
Assistance League, Los Angeles, California.
1935
Stanley Rose Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
1952
Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
1953
The Pasadena Art Institute, Pasadena, California.
1959
Paul Rivas Galley, Los Angeles, California.
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California.
1960
Paul Rivas Galley, Los Angeles, California.
1961
Paul Rivas Galley, Los Angeles, California.
1962
Ankrum Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
Paul Rivas Galley, Los Angeles, California.
1963
Ankrum Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California.
1964
Ankrum Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
1967
David Stuart Galleries, Los Angeles, California.
1970
David Stuart Galleries, Los Angeles, California.
1971
David Stuart Galleries, Los Angeles, California.
1971-72
Helen Lundeberg / A Retrospective Exhibition, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, California. Catalogue Published.
1976
Helen Lundeberg: Recent Small Paintings, David Stuart Galleries, Los Angeles, California.
1977
David Stuart Galleries, Los Angeles, California.
1979
Helen Lundeberg / A Retrospective Exhibition, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California Catalogue published.
1980
Helen Lundberg: Selected Works, The North Point Gallery, San Francisco, California.
1981
Helen Lunderberg: Painting, Prints, Drawings, Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
1982
Helen Lundeberg: Paintings through Five Decades, Graham Gallery, New York, New York. Catalogue published.
Helen Lundeberg: Works on Paper, Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
1983
Helen Lundeberg Since 1970, Palm Springs, Desert Museum, Palm Springs, California. Catalogue published.
Helen Lundeberg: Paintings, Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, California
University Art Museum, Santa Barbara, California
1985
Helen Lundeberg: Still Lifes, Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, California Catalogue published.
1987
Helen Lundeberg: by Land and By Sea, Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles California.
California Contemporary Artist: Helen Lundeberg, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California.
1988
Helen Lundeberg: A Retrospective View, Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery, University of California, Santa Cruz, California. Catalogue published.
1988-89
80th A birthday Salute to Helen Lundeberg, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California. Catalogue published.
1989
Helen Lundeberg: An American Visionary, Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, California.
1992
Helen Lundeberg: The Sunset Years: 1980-1990, Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
1995
Helen Lundeberg: Still Lifes and Interiors, Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
Helen Lundeberg: Then and Now, Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
1997
Helen Lundeberg: Still Life Through Five Decades, Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
1998
Helen Lundeberg: Post-Surrealism to Hard Edge. Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
1999
Helen Lundeberg: A Memorial Exhibition, Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
2001
Helen Lundeberg: Inner Visions of Outer Space, Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
2004
Helen Lundeberg and the Illusory Landscape: Five Decades of Painting, Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, California. Catalogue published.
2006/07
Fourteen Paintings by Helen Lundeberg, Residence of the French Consul, Los Angeles, California.
2007
Infinite Distance – Architectural Compositions by Helen Lundeberg, Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, California. Catalogue published.
2014
Helen Lundeberg, SCAPE Gallery, Laguna Beach, California.
2016
Helen Lundeberg: A Retrospective, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California.
Helen Lundeberg: The Classic Attitude, Christin Tierney Gallery, New York, New York.
DUAL EXHIBITIONS
1949
A Selected Group of Paintings by Lorser Feitelson and Helen Lundeberg, The Art Center School Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
1958
Scripps College Art Galleries, Florence Rand Lang Art Building, Claremont, California (with Lorser Feitelson)
1972
Lundeberg, Feitelson, First Showing: A Series of New Color Prints, Los Angeles Art Association Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
1980-81
Lorser Feitelson and Helen Lundeberg: A Retrospective Exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California Catalogue published. Also shown at The Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, California.
1987-88
Two Views: 1970-1987 / Helen Lundeberg & Martha Alf, Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, California. Catalogue published.
1993
Lundeberg & Feitelson: Together Again, Los Angeles Art Association Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
2009
Modern Parallels: The Paintings of Mary Henry and Helen Lundeberg, The Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley, Idaho.
2011
Kindred Vision: Lorser Feitelson / Helen Lundeberg, Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, California.
2014
Helen Lundeberg/Lorser Feitelson and Synergy of Geometric Abstraction, Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, California.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1931
Sixth Annual Exhibition of Southern California Art, Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, San Diego California. Catalogue published.
1932
Thirteenth Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Los Angeles Museum, Los Angeles, California. Catalogue published.
1933
Fourteenth Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, Los Angeles Museum, Los Angeles, California. Catalogue published.
Progressive Painters of Southern California, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California. Catalogue published.
Progressive Painters of Southern California, Fine Art Gallery of San Diego, San Diego, California. Catalogue published.
1934
Eighth Annual Southern California Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, San Diego, California. Catalogue published.
Painting by California Modernists, Foundation of Western Art, Los Angeles, California.
Surrealism and Post-Surrealism (New Classicism), Centaur Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
1935
Post Surrealist Exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco California. Traveled to the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, 1936, under the title Post-Surrealism.
Post-Surrealists and Other Moderns, Stanley Rose Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
Group Exhibition, Hollywood Gallery of Modern Art, Los Angeles California.
1936
Fantastic Art Dada Surrealism, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York.
1938
Postsurrealism, Stendahl Galleries, Los Angeles, California.
1939
Southern California Art Project, Los Angeles Museum, Los Angeles, California. Catalogue published.
1942
Americans 1942 / 18 Artists from 9 States, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York. Catalogue published.
1944
Fifth Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture by Artists of Los Angeles and Vicinity, Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, California. Catalogue published.
Third Group Show, Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, California. Catalogue published.
1945
The First Biennial Exhibition of Drawings by American Artists, Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, California Catalogue published.
1947
Abstract and Surrealist American Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. Catalogue published.
1949
Ninth Invitational Purchase Prize Art Exhibition, Chaffey Community Art Association, Ontario, California Catalogue published.
1950
1950 Annual Exhibition / Artist of Los Angeles and Vicinity, Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles California. Catalogue published.
1950 / Sixth Annual Exhibition by the Artists of Los Angeles and Vicinity, sponsored by Municipal Art Commission, Recreation and Park Commission and Council of the City of Los Angeles; shown at Greek Theater, Los Angeles, California. Catalogue published.
University of Illinois Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, College of Fine and Applied Arts, Urbana, Illinois. Catalogue published.
1951
Annual Exhibition / Contemporary Painting in the United States, Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, California.
Seventh Annual Exhibition by the Artists of Los Angeles and Vicinity, sponsored by Municipal Art Commission, Recreation and Park Commission and Council of the City of Los Angeles; shown at Greek Theater, Los Angeles, California. Catalogue published.
University of Illinois Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, College of Fine and Applied Arts, Urbana, Illinois. Catalogue published.
1952
Pittsburgh International Exhibition of Contemporary Painting, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Catalogue published.
University of Illinois Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, College of Fine and Applied Arts, Urbana, Illinois. Catalogue published.
1953
Fourteenth Artists West of the Mississippi, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Catalogue published.
1953 Annual Exhibition / Artist of Los Angeles and Vicinity, Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, California. Catalogue published.
Group Exhibition, Pasadena Art Institute, Pasadena, California.
1954
Functionists West, Los Angeles Art Association Galleries, Los Angeles, California.
1955
Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture, College of Fine and Applied Arts, Urbana, Illinois. Catalogue published.
Ill Bienal de Sao Paulo, Museu de Arte Moderna de Sao Paulo, Brazil. Catalogue published under the title Pacific Coast Art, United States’ Representation at the Illrd Biennial of Sao Paulo. Also shown at Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio; Colorado Springs, Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
1956
1956 Annual Exhibition / Artists of Los Angeles and Vicinity, Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, California. Catalogue published.
62nd Annual for Western Artists, The Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado. Catalogue published.
1957
Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture, College of Fine and Applied Arts, Urbana, Illinois. Catalogue published.
1957 Annual Exhibition / Artist of Los Angeles and Vicinity, Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, California. Catalogue published.
16th Artists West of the Mississippi, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Catalogue published.
1958
Sixth-Eighth Annual Exhibition, University of Nebraska Art Galleries, Lincoln, Nebraska. Catalogue published.
1959
Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture, College of Fine and Applied Arts, Urbana, Illinois. Catalogue published.
1960
Fifty Paintings by Thirty Seven Painters of the Los Angeles Area, San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, California. Catalogue published.
Paintings From the Pacific: Japan, America, Australia, New Zealand, Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand. Catalogue published.
1962
The Artist’s Environment: West Coast, The Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Forth Worth, Texas. Catalogue published. Organized by and shown at the UCLA Art Galleries, Los Angeles, California; also shown at Oakland Art Museum, Oakland, California.
Fifty California Artists, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York New York. Catalogue published. Organized by San Francisco Museum of Art with the assistance of Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Also shown at Walker Art Center., Minneapolis Minnesota; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; and Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa.
Geometric Abstraction in America, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York.
30 Friends, Los Angeles Art Association Galleries, Los Angeles, California.
1963
Arts of Southern California – XIV: Early Moderns, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California.
1964
California Hard-Edge Painting, Pavilion Gallery, Balboa, California. Catalogue published.
Of Time and The Image, Ankrum Gallery Artists Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona. Catalogue published.
Early Moderns of Southern California, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California.
1965
1965 Annual Exhibition / Contemporary American Painting, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York.
The San Francisco Collector, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, California. Catalogue published.
Twelfth Exhibition of Contemporary American Paintingand Sculpture, Krannert Art Museum, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. Catalogue published.
1966
Contemporary California Art from The Lytton Collection, Lytton Center of The Visual Arts, Los Angeles, California. Catalogue published.
The Search / Ten Leading California Artists in Pursuit of a Personal Vision, Lytton Center of The Visual Arts, Los Angeles, California. Catalogue published.
1967
Artists’ Artists, Lytton Center of The Visual Arts, Los Angeles, California. Catalogue published.
1967 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York.
Selected Artists – ’67, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa. Catalogue published.
1968
The California Landscape, Lytton Center of The Visual Arts, Los Angeles, California. Catalogue published.
1968 Invitational, West Coast ’68 Painters and Sculptors, E.B. Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, California. Catalogue published.
25 California Women of Art, Lytton Center of The Visual Arts, Los Angeles, California. Catalogue published.
Group Exhibition, David Stuart Galleries, Los Angeles, California.
1969
Color in Control, Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida. Catalogue published. Traveled to The Loch Haven Art Center, Orlando, Florida
Group Exhibition, David Stuart Galleries, Los Angeles, California (January)
Group Exhibition, David Stuart Galleries, Los Angeles, California (July/August).
1970
Group Exhibition, David Stuart Galleries, Los Angeles, California (July/August).
Group Exhibition, David Stuart Galleries, Los Angeles, California (November).
Nine Senior Southern California Painters, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California.
1976
American Artists ’76: A Celebration, Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, Texas. Catalogue published.
New Deal Art: California, de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, California. Catalogue published.
Painting and Sculpture in California: The Modern Era, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California; National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
1977
Still and Not So Still Lifes, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California. Brochure published (biographical information only).
Surrealism and American Art: 1931-1947, Rutgers University Art Gallery, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Catalogue published.
Women in Surrealism, The Image and The Myth Gallery, Beverly Hills, California
Group Exhibition, David Stuart Galleries, Los Angeles, California.
1979
The First Western States Biennial Exhibition, The Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado. Catalogue published. Also shown at National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California; and Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington.
1981
Art from the Vice President’s House, National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.
Los Angeles Prints, 1883-1980, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California. Catalogue published.
Painting and Sculpture in Los Angeles, 1900-1945, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California. Catalogue published.
Women of Art: Women’s Caucus for Art Honors Exhibition, North Point Gallery, San Francisco, California. Catalogue published.
1982
The West As Art: Changing Perceptions of Western Art in California Collections, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, California. Catalogue published.
Drawings and Illustrations by Southern California Artists Before 1950, Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, California. Catalogue published.
Realism and Realities, The Other Side of American Painting, 1940-1960, Rutgers University Art Gallery. New Brunswick, New Jersey. Catalogue published.
1983
Ceci n’est pas le surrealisme: California: Idioms of Surrealism, Fisher Gallery. Univesity of Southern California, Los Angeles, California. Catalogue published.
American Prints & Drawings from the Federal Arts Project and images of Work & Play: 1920s-1950s, Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
1984
Between the Olympics, Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
1985
The Muse as Artist: Women in the Surrealist Movement, Jeffrey Hoffeld and Co. Gallery, New York, New York.
1986
California 1920-1945, Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Kindred Spirits, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
Aspects of California Modernism 1920-1950, Federal Reserve System, Washington, D.C.
1986-87
Elders of the Tribe, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, New York, New York,
1987-88
The Artists of California, Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, California Also shown at Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California; Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California.
The Artist’s Mother: Portraits and Hommages. National Portrait Gallery, Washington D.C. Catalogue published. Also shown at the Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, New York.
1988-89
80th: A Birthday Salute to Helen Lundeberg, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California.
Women Artists of the New Deal Era: A Selection of Prints and Drawings, National Museum of Women in the Arts. Washington, D.C. Catalogue published.
1989
Art in The Public Eye: Selected Developments. Security Pacific Gallery, South Coast Metro Center, Costa Mesa, California. Catalogue published.
1990
Functionists High, The American Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Heroes, Heroines, Idols & Icons, Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, California.
1990-92
Turning The Tide: Early Los Angeles Modernists 1920-1956, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California Catalogue published. Also shown at Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California; Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, California; Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, San Antonia, Texas; Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan Utah; Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, California.
1991
Greater Years, Greater Visions, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, California.
1992
Choice Encounters, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California.
1992-93
California Painting: The Essential Modernist Framework, University Art Gallery, California State University, San Bernardino. Also shown at Fine Art Gallery, California State University, Redlands, California.
1993
75 Years: 75 Works Collecting the Art of California, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California Catalogue published.
1994
Independent Visions: California Modernism 1940-1970, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California.
1994-95
A Generation of Mentors, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.. Catalogue published. Also shown at Fresno Metropolitan Museum, Fresno, California; Mount St. Mary’s College, Los Angeles, California.
Washington Print Club: 30th Anniversary Exhibition: Graphic Legacy, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C. Catalogue published.
Pacific Dreams: Currents of Surrealism and Fantasy in California Art, 1934-1957, UCLA/Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California.
1995-96
Independent Spirits: Women painters of the American West, 1890-1945, Autry Museum of Western Heritage, Los Angeles, California Catalogue published. Also shown at the Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Museum of Art, Brigham Young University, Salt Lake City, Utah.
1996
American Paintings in Southern California Collections: From Gilbert Stuart to Georgia O’Keefe. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California. Catalogue published.
California Focus. Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California
Grounded: Suburban Landscapes. Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, California.
Imaginary Realities: Surrealism Then and Now. Louis Stern Fine Arts, Los Angeles, California.
1997
Sensuality in the Abstract. Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California Catalogue published.
Made in California, City of Brea Gallery, City of Brea, California.
2000
Made in California, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California Catalogue published.
Rooms with a View, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California
Pure de(Sign), Otis College of Art and Design - Ben Maltz Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
2002
The Art of Giving: Recent Acquisitions of the Norton Simon Museum, Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California. Brochure published.
2002-03
On Ramps / Post Surrealism: Genesis and Equilibrium / Pictures From the Cerebral World, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, California Catalogue published. Also shown at Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan, Utah.
2003-04
The Not So Still Life, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California Catalogue published. Also shown at Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, California.
Into the Woods, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California.
2004
The LA That Influenced My Eye (curated by Barry Berkus), Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, California, July 22-September 22.
2005
Surrealism USA, National Academy Museum, New York, New York.
The First 80 Years, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, California.
2006
Masters, Mentors, & Metamorphosis, Fullerton College, Fullerton, California.
2006-07
Married 2 Art: Exciting Works by Famous Couples in the Arts, Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara, California.
2007-09
Birth of the Cool: California Art, Design and Culture at Mid-century, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, California, Addiso, Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts; Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, California; Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri; The Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin.
2007-08
Burgoyne Diller and Hard-Edge Abstraction: Underpinnings and Continuity, Spanierman Modern, New York, New York.
2009
Modern Parallels: The Paintings of Mary Henry and Helen Lundeberg, Sun Valley Center for the Arts. Sun Valley, Idaho.
2010
Abstraction X3: June Harwood, Helen Lundeberg, Anita Payro, Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, California.
Afterglow: New Light and Space Art from the West Coast, Wiegand Gallery, Notre Dame De Namur University, Belmont, California.
2011-12
Real/Surreal, Whitney Museum of Art, New York, New York.
Pacific Standard Time, Crosscurrents in L.A. Painting and Sculpture 1950 – 1970, J. Paul Getty Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California.
Featured in Kindred Vision: Lorser Feitelson / Helen Lundeberg, Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, California.
2012
In Wonderland: The Surrealist Adventures of Artists in Mexico and The United States, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
Pasadena to Santa Barbara A Selected History of Art in Southern California, 1951 – 1969, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California.
Abstract Classicists, Laguna Art Museum.
2014
Helen Lundeberg & The Four Abstract Classicists, Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, California.