1960 to 1979
Open Window, c. 1964, Oil on canvas, 45 1/2 x 34 3/4 in (116.8 x 88.3 cm) Estate No. 088, Collection of the Estate of Janice Biala, New York
During the decades of 1960-1979, Biala completes many of her largest scale works to date. These include themes that incorporate painting and collage, expanding on the themes of interiors and portraiture. Variations of the open window, not so unlike Matisse’s Open Window, Collioure (1905), also appear this period. Additionally, a concert of studies and paintings on Diego Velázquez’s Equestrian Portrait of Elisabeth of France (c.1635) or Reine Isabella, demonstrate Biala's continued interest in Velázquez and Spain. Lastly, views of the storied cities of Poitiers in France and Spoletto in Italy are uniquely associated with these decades.
Solo exhibitions include: Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris (’60); Stable Gallery, New York (’61, ‘63); Galerie Point Cardinal, Paris (’62, ’63); Rina Gallery, Jerusalem (’62); Musee de Beaux-Arts, Rennes (’62); Galerie Jacob, Paris (’67); Gruenebaum Gallery, New York (’78)
Group exhibitions include: “La Peinture Francaise d’Aujourd’hui,” Association des Musée d’Israel: Musée de Tel-Aviv; Musée National ‘Bezalel’, Jerusalem; Musée de l’Art Moderne, Haifa, (’60-’61); “Whitney Annual,” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (’61); “La Peau de l’Ours,” Kunsthalle Basel (’64); “10 Américains de Paris,” American Cultural Center, Berlin (’66); “Contemporary Portraits,” The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (’66); “Americans in Paris,” Centre George Pompidou, Paris (’77)
