Biografía
(1927 Poland-1977 USA)
1927 Maryan is born the 1st of January in Nowy-Sacz, Poland.
1939 His family was arrested and placed in various ghettos and then in labor concentration camps.
1945-1947 Russians liberated the camps in Germany. Maryan had lost a leg but survived. None of his family lived. Maryan was 18.
1947-1950 lived in Israel where he studied for one and a half years at the Bezalel Art Institute in Jerusalem; He had in 1949 his first one-man show at the Y.M.C.A in Jerusalem.
1950-1962 Moved to Paris, where he studied art at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts for three years (two in the department of Lithography) and studied with Fernand Léger among others. He produced a series of lithographs, including those for "Le Procès" by Kafka. He established his reputation in Europe before moving to New York.
1962-1977 Moved to New York, after an earlier visit to Chicago. Became an American citizen in 1969, and changed his name to Maryan S. Maryan. French Government awarded him the honorary title, Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Dec 15, 1976. Died June, 14, 1977, in New York city. He is buried at the Cimetière de Montparnasse, Paris.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2008 " The American Period. Paintings & Works on paper". Michel Soskine Inc. Madrid.
2006 "Holzdrucke" Galerie Marie-José Van de Loo. Munich. Alemania
2001 "Entre noir et blanc". Galerie Idées d'artistes, Paris. France
"Druckgraphik aus Frankreich nach 45". Museum Moderner Kunst. Stiftung Wörlen, Passau.
1990 Galerie Nova Spectra, the Hague (10 acrylic paintings)
"Maryan, La période americaine" Gaerie Jacques Benador, Geneva
"Maryan. Personnages, from the Napoleon Series" Claude Bernard Gallery, New York.
1988 "Maryan" Galerie Fanny Guillon-Lafaille, Paris
1987 "Maryan pastels et crayons gras", Galerie Ariel Rive Gacuhe, Paris
1985 "Maryan 1927-1977, a survey of his paintings", Claude Bernard
Gallery and Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York.
1984 "Maryan", Galérie Sonia Zannettacci, Ginebra.
1983 "Maryan's Personnages, Works in Chicago Collections. 1958-
1975" Spertus Museum, Chicago.
1980 "Maryan Oeuvres de 1952 à 1972" Château d'Ancy-le-Franc.
1979 "Maryan 1927-1977, Retrospective exhibiton" University of Haifax. Art Gallery, Tel-Aviv Museum.
1978 "Hommage a Maryan" Galérie de France, Paris.
1977 Galerie Beno d'Incelli, Paris.
"De Koningen, serie gekleur de krijttekeningen uit 1975 den 1976 door Maryan"Galeria Nova Spectra, The Hague.
"Maryan" Galerie Ariel, Paris
Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York (Memorial exhibition).
1976 Galería Arte Contacto, Caracas (Paintings and Drawings)
Galería Sen, Madrid (Pasteles)
1975 Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York. (Paintings)
1974 Galérie Espace, Amsterdam.
Galérie de France, Paris.
1973 Galérie Nicolas, Amsterdam "Maryan" (paintings and drawings)
Galérie Espace, Amsterdam.
1972 "10 Independents" Guggenheim Museum, New York.
1971 Nova Spectra Gallery, The Hague.
Galérie Nicolas, Amsterdam.
"Personaggi" (with Enrico Baj) Galleria d'arte "La Bussola", Torino.
1970 Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York, Chicago
Galería Sen, Madrid, Dibujos.
Galerie Nord, Lille "Maryan, watercolors 1968 et 1970.
Galérie Claude Bernard, Paris.
Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven. (Watercolors).
1968 Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York. Watercolors and lithographs.
1966 "Maryan, peintures, dessins et gravures de 1955 à 1965" Galérie D. Benador, Ginenbra.
"Maryan, Ölbider und Zeichnungen". Galerie Van de Loo, Munich
Galerie Nova Spectra, The Haghe.
Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York, Chicago
Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris. Drawings, pastels and lithographs.
1965 Galérie de France, Paris.
Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York, Chicago.
1964 Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York, Chicago.
Galería Juana Mordó, Madrid.
David Smart Gallery, Los Angeles.
1963 Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York, Chicago.
1962 "La Ménagerie humaine" (40 drawings) Galérie de France, Paris.
1961 Galerie Kunstnernes Kunsthandel, Conpenhagen.
1960 Galérie de France, Paris. "Paintings, Pastels and Drawings".
André Emmerich Gallery, New York.
Galerie Fenestra, Helsinki.
1959 Galérie Kunstnernes Kunsthandel, Conpenhagen.
1958 Galérie de France, Paris
1957 "Maryan and Mihaïlovitch", Galérie Rive Gauehe, Paris.
1956 Musée des Beaux-Arts, Tourcoing. "Dix Jeunes Peintures de l'Ecole de Paris".
Galérie de France, Paris.
1955 Galérie Breteau, Paris.
1954 Galérie Le Miroir, Brussels.
1953 Galérie Saint-Placide, Paris.
Galérie 25, Paris.
1952 Galérie Breteau, Paris.
1949 Y.M.C.A. Building, Jerusalem.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 "Nouvelle Figuration: acte III". Polad-Hardouin. París.
"The Look in Photography & New acquisitions". Michel Soskine Inc. Madrid.
"No Images of Man" Curated by Mitchell Algus. Jun-Ago.
Gering & López Gallery. Nueva York. EEUU.
1990-91 "From Chagall to Kitaj: Jewish Experience in Twentieth Century Art". Barbican Art Center, London.
1977 "The Collector Theodor Ahrenberg
