MILTON RESNICK: 1980s

September 8, 2022 - February 25, 2023

The Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation is proud to present Milton Resnick: 1980s — a selection of rarely seen figurative as well as more commonly known abstract paintings from Milton Resnick (1927-2004) ranging in date from 1971-1989, on view September 8, 2022 - February 25, 2023.

Milton Resnick was born in Ukraine in 1917, and immigrated to New York City with his family in 1923. He grew up in the Lower East Side, and entered the American Artists School in 1933. In the 1930s he was on the WPA artist project, and met Willem de Kooning, Arshile Gorky, John Graham and other downtown artists. In 1940 Resnick was drafted and served in the U.S. Army through all of World War II. After returning to New York in September 1945, Resnick immediately began painting abstractions thereby cementing his historical position as a member of the first generation of American Abstract Expressionists. He was a founding member of the Artists’ Club of the 1950s.