Galerie Huit

Last updated
Galerie Huit
Formation1950
Dissolved1954
PurposeCooperative Gallery space
Location
  • 8, rue Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre, Paris, France

Galerie Huit was an art collective and gallery established by American artists in Paris in 1950. During the mid-twentieth century American artists traveled and lived in Paris to study and make art. Many of the male American artists were able to finance excursions to France because of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (the G.I. Bill). The city provided access to modern art as well as African art. Led by Haywood Rivers, American artists in Paris at that time united to create a cooperative gallery space to show their work. [1] [2]

The Galerie Huit was located at 8 rue Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre in the 5th arrondissement. It existed from 1950 through 1954 according to a catalogue for the Reina Sofia Museum, [1] other sources state that exhibitions were held from 1950 through 1952. [3] [2] The space was donated by artist Robert Rosenwald after he left Paris. Artists took turns to attend to gallery visitors. [4] Joe Downing [5] and Al Held held their first solo exhibition at Galerie Huit. [4] The Galerie Huit's community of artists did not mix with the Parisian art scene, despite the Galerie's central location. Picasso had visited the Galerie. [6]

Artists associated with the gallery include: [7] [3]

In 2002 the Studio 18 Gallery in New York City held an exhibition entitled Galerie Huit: American Artists in Paris 1950-1952 featuring Galerie Huit artists. [3] In 2018 the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid, Spain held an exhibition entitled Lost, Loose and Loved: Foreign Artists in Paris 1944-1968 that featured several of the Galerie Huit artists. [9]

References

  1. 1 2 Lost, Loose and Loved: Foreign Artists in Paris 1944-1968 by Museo Reina Sofía. Reina Sofia Museum. 2019. pp. 67–68.
  2. 1 2 Kimmelman, Michael (18 February 1996). "Black Artists At Home In Postwar Paris". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 Dannatt, Adrian (1 July 2021). ""Galerie Huit: American Artists in Paris 1950-52" at Studio 18". Art in America. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  4. 1 2 Communications, NYU Web. "NYU's Grey Art Museum Reopens with Ambitious 'Americans in Paris' Show". www.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2025-07-07.
  5. ↑ "Paris est une île". Musée Info (in French). 2021-08-30. Retrieved 2025-07-08.
  6. ↑ Sorman, Guy (2023-07-20). ""Paris Has Always Attracted American Artists"". France-Amérique. Retrieved 2025-07-08.
  7. ↑ "Galerie Huit American Artists in Paris 1950-52 Catalog". Worthpoint. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  8. ↑ Hilarie M. Sheets (15 March 2024). "French connection: how post-war Paris lured US artists". Theartnewspaper.com.
  9. ↑ "Lost, Loose and Loved: Foreign Artists in Paris 1944-1968". Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.