1946
Participated in a forum, "Problems of Art and Artists Today and
Tomorrow." Chaired forum, "The Function of Art
Criticism." Included in exhibition International Exhibition of
Modern Art at the Musee d'Art Moderne, Paris, France,
November-December.
1947
Included in exhibition Introduction a la Peintures Moderne Americains
at Galerie Maeght, Paris, France
1948
Participated in forum, "The Modern Artist Speaks" at The
Museum of Modern Art, New York. Participated in forum, "The Schism
Between Artist and Public". Organized protest of exhibition jury at
the Metropolitan Museum of Art, through which Gottlieb and his
colleagues became know as The Irascibles.
1952
Designed the Ark curtain for Congregation B'nai Israel, Milburn, NJ.
Received purchase prize, Univ of Illinois, Contemporary American
Painting. Designed and supervised fabrication of 1300 square-foot
stained glass facade for The Milton Steinberg Memorial Center, New York.
First "Imaginary Landscape" shown at Kootz Gallery, NYC
1953
Designed Ark curtain for Congregation Beth El, Springfield, MA.
Participated in conference, "Art Education and the Creative
Process," sponsored by The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Retrospective exhibition organized by Bennington College, VT
1957
First "Burst" painting shown in January, at the Martha Jackson
Gallery, NYC
Taught
at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York and at the University of
California at Los Angeles
1961
Awarded Third Prize, Pittsburgh International Exhibition, Carnegie
Institute,
Pittsburgh, PA
1963
Awarded Grand Premio, VII Bienal de Sao Paolo, Brazil
1965
Received award, American Academy of Achievement, Dallas, Texas
1966
Studio and contents destroyed by fire
1967
Appointed to The Art Commission, City of New York
1968
Retrospective exhibition organized jointly by the Whitney Museum of
American Art, New York and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York;
opened at both museums simultaneously, February 14
1970
Suffered stroke; confined to wheel-chair, left side paralyzed,
continued
painting.
1972
Elected member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters
1974
Died March 4, New York City