Louis Leon Ribak (1902-1979)
by Robert Parsons
and Ashley Rolshoven
Ribak married Taos artist Beatrice Mandelman in 1942.
As his work became more abstract, he said that as an artist he was,
"not truly anything. I am against everything. Damned abstract[ionists], realists, illustrators…"
Louis Leon Ribak (1902-1979) Highest Auction Prices
"Chess Players" Price: $5,500
"Mesa" Price: $4,000
"Shiprock Encampment" Price: $3,450
"New York Harbor" Price: $3,450
"Hooverville" Price*: $2,600
"Hooverville along the East River" Price: $2,400
"First Light" Price: $2,250
"Rockport" Price: $2,185
"Aegeon Dream" Price: $2,128
"The Hay Wagon" Price: $2,090
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Parsons does not offer Louis Leon Ribak reproductions, because no reproduction can compare to the real paintings.
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Louis Ribak Art Biography:
He was a New Mexico Modernist
He was Born on December 3, 1902 at Grodno (Hrodna), Belarus Lithuania
Ribak moved to New York 1912
Ribak studied at the Pennsylvanian Academy of Fine Arts in 1920
John Sloan was his mentor
He studied at the Arts Student League in New York in 1922
In 1925 Ribak exhibited at the Society of Independent Artists
In 1929 he helped create the John Reed Club
He joined the Silk Screen Group in 1930
In 1931 he exhibited at “American Group inc.”
His first show was at the Barbizon Hotel in 1932
Ribak worked for the Federal Works Project Administration in 1935
He exhibited with the Whitney Museum of Art in New York from 1932 to 1944
In 1934 Ribak became an American Citzen
He exhibited at the Venice Biennial in 1934
In 1938 he had a one-man exhibition at ACA Gallery in New York
In 1939 he showed at the Golden Gate Exposition
In 1942 he married Beatrice Mandelman
In 1942 Ribak served as a member U.S. Armed Forces
He moved to Santa Fe, then to Taos, New Mexico in 1944
In 1946 he had a one-man Exhibition in New York’s World Fair
Ribak created the Taos Valley Art School in 1947
In 1947 he exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery biennial
In 1953 he took up full time residence in Taos, New Mexico
Ribak started Gallery Ribak in 1959
In 1969 he won the First Purchase Award at the El Paso Sun Carnival
Louise Ribak died 1979 in Taos, New Mexico
Parsons Related Artist
Louis Leon Ribak Museum Collections include:
(Click on Links below to view Art Works)
"Old Gloucester"
NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF ART
http://ncartmuseum.org/art/detail/old_gloucester
"Sandpipers"
1967 pencil on paper
Spencer Museum, University of Kansas
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