Artist

Leon Golub

born Chicago, IL 1922-died New York City 2004
Also known as
  • Leon Albert Golub
Born
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died
New York, New York, United States
Active in
  • New York, New York, United States

Works by this artist (6 items)

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Leon Golub, Head I 1961, 1961, oil and lacquer on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., 1968.52.19
Head I 1961
Artist
Date1961
oil and lacquer on canvas
Not on view
Leon Golub, Youth and Seer, 1949, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1986.25, © 1978, Leon Golub
Youth and Seer
Artist
Date1949
lithograph on paper
Not on view
Leon Golub, Napalm Head, 1969, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the S. W. and B. M. Koffler Foundation, 1979.53.12
Napalm Head
Artist
Date1969
oil on canvas
Not on view
Leon Golub, Interrogation, from the portfolio 10: Artist as Catalyst, 1992, screenprint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Tom and Judy Brody, 2010.37.1.3
Interrogation, from the portfolio 10: Artist as Catalyst
Artist
Date1992
screenprint on paper
Not on view

Exhibitions

Media - 1979.53.34 - SAAM-1979.53.34_2 - 134744
Made in Chicago: The Koffler Collection
August 12, 2011–March 4, 2012
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Made in Chicago: The Koffler Collection features twenty-five paintings, sculpture, and works on paper from 1960 to 1980, including works by Roger Brown, Leon Golub, Theodore Halkin, Vera Klement, Ellen Lanyon, Jim Nutt, Ed Paschke, Barry Tinsley, and Ray
Martha Rosler, Red Strip Kitchen
Artists Respond: American Art and the Vietnam War, 1965 – 1975
March 15, 2019–August 18, 2019
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Artists Respond: American Art and the Vietnam War, 1965-1975 makes vivid an era in which artists endeavored to respond to the turbulent times and openly questioned issues central to American civic life.