Frank Lobdell
Bibliography
BOOKS
Albright, Thomas. Art in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945–1980: An Illustrated History. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1985
_____. On Art and Artists: Essays by Thomas Albright. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1989. Cover illus.: Spring 1982
Hayakawa, S. I., ed. The Use and Misuse of Language. Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications, Inc., 1962. Illustrations by Willliam H. Schneider and Frank Lobdell
Jones, Caroline A. Bay Area Figurative Art: 1950–1965. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press; San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1990
Kramer, Hilton, ed. Arts Yearbook 4. New York: Art Digest, 1961
Landauer, Susan. The San Francisco School of Abstract Expressionism. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. Illus.: Untitled, 1948; Ascent (Red), 1962; Poster for 5 Young Moderns, 1948; photo of Lobdell, c. 1949; November 1947; September 3, 1948; Untitled, c. 1948; April 1954, Number 1; Black Edge III, 1962; January 1955; April 1957 ______, ed.; Northrup, JoAnne; Wolfe, Ann M.; Wylie, Lindsey M. Selections: The San Jose Museum of Art Permanent Collection. San Jose, CA: San Jose Museum of Art, 2004. Illus.: February 1963 Motherwell, Robert, and Ad Reinhardt, eds. Modern Artists in America. New York: Wittenborn Schultz, 1951
Natsoulas, John et al. The Beat Generation Galleries and Beyond. Davis, CA: John Natsoulas Press, 1996
Northwestern University. Printmaking in America: Collaborative Prints and Presses, 1960–1990. New York: Abrams, and Chicago: Northwestern University; pp. 34-36, 44
Plagens, Peter. Sunshine Muse. New York: Praeger, 1974
Sawyer, Kenneth, and Frank Lobdell. Poems of Kenneth Sawyer. San Francisco: Bern Porter, 1949. Illustrations by Frank Lobdell
Tapie, Michel. Morphologie autre. Turin, Italy: Edizione d’Arte Fratelli Pozzo, 1960
CATALOGUES
Albright, Thomas, and Boswell, Peter. Frank Lobdell: Paintings and Monotypes, 1955–1981. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1983
Allentown Art Museum. The James A. Michener Foundation Collection. Allentown, PA: Allentown Art Museum, 1963. Illus.: February 1961
Arnason, H. H. 60 American Painters. Minneapolis, MN: Walker Art Center, 1960
Art Center of La Jolla. Fourth Art Center Annual of California Painting and Sculpture. La Jolla, CA: Art Center in La Jolla, 1963. Illus.: 15 April
Bauersfeld, Erik. Frank Lobdell: Catalogue of Paintings, 1953–1959. New York: Martha Jackson Gallery, 1960. Illus.: August 1959; December 1955; Drawing in Black and White (1953); Drawing in Red, Black and Yellow, 1953; June 1959; April 1959
Beneke, Daphne Lane. Fifteen Profiles: Distinguished California Modernists. Fresno, CA: Fresno Art Museum, 1995. Illus.: March 1954; November 1961; 2.19.94 (green); Dance III, 1970
Boynton, James, ed. San Francisco 9. Houston, TX: Contemporary Arts Museum, 1962
Burgard, Timothy Anglin; Guenther, Bruce; Hopps, Walter; Nixon, Bruce; Torres, Anthony; Roby, Diane. Frank Lobdell: The Art of Making and Meaning. San Francisco: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 2003
California Palace of the Legion of Honor. Second Annual Exhibition of Painting. Foreword by Thomas Carr Howe, Jr.; introduction by Jermayne MacAgy. San Francisco: California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1947
Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery. Twenty-five Treasures Exhibition. San Francisco: Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, 1996. Illus.: December 1955
_____. Twenty-five Treasures. San Francisco: Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, 2000. Illus.: May 1949
Corcoran Gallery of Art. Thirty-Second Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting. Washington, DC: The Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1971
E. B. Crocker Art Gallery. West Coast—72 Painters & Sculptors. Sacramento, CA: E. B. Crocker Art Gallery, 1972
Faberman, Hillarie, et al. Picasso to Thiebaud: Modern and Contemporary Art from the Collections of Stanford University Alumni and Friends. Stanford, CA: Leland Stanford, Jr. University, 2004.
Freeman, Richard B. (foreword). 67th Annual Exhibition: Oil, Tempera, and Sculpture of the San Francisco Art Association. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Art, 1948
Galerie Anderson-Mayer. Frank Lobdell. Paris: Galerie Anderson-Mayer, 1965
Guenther, Bruce. Frank Lobdell: Three Phases, 1947–2001. San Francisco: Hackett-Freedman Gallery, 2002
Holland, Katherine Church, et al. A Bay Area Connection: Works from the Anderson Collection, 1954–1984. Santa Clara, CA: Triton Museum of Art, 1995. Illus.: Fall 1971; January 1971; Untitled 1971; Untitled 1975; Untitled 1980; Spring 1982
Hoos, Judith, and Mark Lassiter. Selections from the Martha Jackson Collection. Minneapolis, MN: Walker Art Center, 1975
Hopps, Walter. [Group Exhibition]. Los Angeles: Ferus Gallery, 1963
_____. Frank Lobdell: Paintings and Graphics from 1948 to 1965. Pasadena, CA: Pasadena Art Museum, 1966. Cover illus.: Fall 1958
Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Museum. Intaglio Printing in the 1980s. Newark, NJ: Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Museum, Rutgers University, 1990
Jones, Caroline A. Frank Lobdell: Works, 1947–1992. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Museum of Art, 1993. Illus.: Front cover, October 1962; back cover, April 1991
Karlstrom, Paul J. et al. San Francisco Art Institute: Illustrious History, 1871–Present. San Francisco: San Francisco Art Institute, 1996. Illus.: Untitled, January 1969; Untitled (lithograph), 1966
Krannert Art Museum. Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture. Champaign, IL: Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, 1974
Landauer, Susan. Paper Trails: Abstract Expressionist Prints. Santa Cruz, CA: Art Museum of Santa Cruz County, 1993
_____. San Francisco Abstract Expressionism: Selected Works, 1948–1982. San Francisco: Hackett-Freedman Gallery, 2001. Illus.: 1 January 1949
LaPlante, John D., ed. San Francisco Bay Area Painting and Sculpture: Some Points of View–1962. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Art Gallery, 1962
Leering, Jan, et al. Kompas 4: West Coast U.S.A. Eindhoven, The Netherlands: Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, 1969. Illus.: November 1953; March 1954; May 1955
Long Beach Municipal Art Center. California Painting: 40 Painters. Long Beach, CA: Municipal Art Center, 1956
Mayfield, Signe. Directions in Bay Area Printmaking: Three Decades. Palo Alto, CA: Palo Alto Cultural Center, 1992
McChesney, Mary. Period of Exploration: San Francisco 1945-1950. Oakland, CA: Oakland Museum, 1973
Monte, James. Late Fifties at the Ferus. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1968
Morley, Grace McCann. Pacific Coast Art: United States’ Representation at the IIIrd Biennial of Sao Paulo. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Art, 1956
Moss, Stacey. The Abstract Expressionist Years and After: Jack Jefferson, Frank Lobdell, Alvin Light. Belmont, CA: Wiegand Gallery, College of Notre Dame, 1989. Illus.:Untitled, October 1988; Untitled, August 1988
Natsoulas/Novelozo Gallery Press. Foreword by John Allen Ryan. Lyrical Vision: The '6' Gallery 1954–1957. Davis, CA: Natsoulas/Novelozo Gallery Press, 1989
Neubert, George. Drawings 1964-1974: Frank Lobdell. San Francisco: Charles Campbell Gallery, 1988
Oakland Art Gallery. Oakland Art Gallery’s Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Sculpture. Oakland, CA: Oakland Art Gallery, 1948
Pasadena Art Museum. West Coast 1945–1969. Pasadena, CA: Pasadena Art Museum, 1969
_____. The Betty and Monte Factor Family Collection. Pasadena, CA: Pasadena Art Museum, 1973
San Francisco Museum of Art. Annual Exhibition. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Art, 1947
_____. Twelfth Annual Drawing and Print Exhibition, San Francisco Art Association. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Art, 1948
_____. 67th Annual Oil, Tempera, and Sculpture Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Art, 1948
_____. Fourteenth Annual Drawing and Print Exhibition, San Francisco Art Association. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Art, 1950
San Francisco Museum of Art. 69th Annual Oil, Tempera, and Sculpture Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Art, 1950. Illus.: Untitled (oil painting)
_____. Painting and Sculpture Now: 76th Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Art, 1957
_____. 82nd Annual Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Institute. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Art, 1963
San Francisco Museum of Art and Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Fifty California Artists. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Art, and Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1962
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the National Collection of Fine Arts. Painting and Sculpture in California: The Modern Era. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Washington, DC: National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, 1977
Smithsonian Institution. New American Monotypes. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1977
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. American Drawings. New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1964
Tanner, Marcia. Frank Lobdell: Master Artist V. Moraga, CA: Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary’s College, 1998. Illus.: Summer 1959; December 1964; 4.10.95; Dance IV, 1970; August 1988; 2.16.98; 3.19.94; 4.8.93; 1.15.87 (color aquatint)
Tapiè, Michel. Introduction to Frank Lobdell. Geneva, Switzerland: Galerie D. Benador, 1964
_____. Frank Lobdell. Paris: Galerie David Anderson, 1965. Illus.: August 1957; Black Edge IV, 1962; Dark Presence, 1963; #22, 1962; Air Series I, 1964; #5, 1961; #6, 1961; #8, 1961
Thiebaud, Paul LeBaron. Frank Lobdell: New Work. San Francisco: Campbell-Thiebaud-Gallery, 1992. Illus.: 10/23/91 (cover); Untitled 4/91; Untitled 11/91; 12/4/91; Untitled 4/91; 8/15/91 I (monotype); 8/11/91 II (monotype); 3/23/92; 1/22/92; 3/26/92 (etching); 5/1/92 (etching); 4.27.92
Third Biennial of Sao Paulo. Sao Paulo, Brazil: United States Pavilion, 1955
Turk, R. H. Bay Area Art: Then and Now. Scottsdale, AZ: The Suzanne Brown Gallery, 1980
Turnbull, Betty. The Last Time I Saw Ferus. Newport Beach, CA: Newport Harbor Art Museum, 1976. Illus.: February 1959
University of Maryland Art Gallery. The Private Collection of Martha Jackson. College Park, MD: University of Maryland Art Gallery, 1973
University of Texas. Painting as Painting. Austin: University of Texas, 1968
Whitney Museum of American Art. Foreword by Lloyd Goodrich. Fifty California Artists. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1962. Illus.: Untitled 1959
Whitney Museum of American Art. 32nd Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1972
Wiegand Gallery. Frank Lobdell: Summer Mural and Preparatory Drawings. Belmont, CA: Wiegand Gallery, College of Notre Dame, 1981
Wight, Frederick S. The Artist’s Environment: West Coast. Fort Worth, TX: Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, 1962
Worcester Art Museum. The Stamp of Impulse: Abstract Expressionist Prints. Worcester, MA: Worcester Art Museum, 2001
BROCHURES:
California Palace of the Legion of Honor. Young Artists of the Bay Area. San Francisco: California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 1948 Cohen, Ronny. Frank Lobdell: Paintings and Gouaches, 1958–1972. New York: Oscarsson-Hood Gallery, 1985 Dean, Charles R., and Toohey, Jeanette M. Expressive Impressions Three Decades of American Abstract Prints from the Collection of Charles R. Dean. Jacksonville, FL: Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, 2003 Hopkins, Henry T. et al. American Abstract Art Since 1945. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1977 M. H. de Young Memorial Museum. Frank Lobdell: An Exhibition of Paintings. San Francisco, CA: M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, 1960 Made in California. Frank Lobdell: 10 Etchings and Aquatints, 1987. Oakland: made in California, 1987. Illus.: 10.23.86; 6.2.87; 10.21.86 _____. Frank Lobdell: 1992 Intaglio Editions. Oakland: made in California, 1992. Illus.: 5.1.92; 8.7.92; 3.26.92; 4.2.92; 4.26.92; 4.27.92; 3.7.92; 8.29.90 Martha Jackson Gallery. Frank Lobdell, Paintings 1969–1971. New York: Martha Jackson Gallery, 1972. Illus.: Dance VII, 1970 _____. Frank Lobdell, Paintings and Drawings, 1955–1973. New York: Martha Jackson Gallery, 1974. Illus.: Fall 1973; Spring 1972 Nash, Steven A. Viewpoints XVIII: Frank Lobdell. San Francisco: The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1992. Illus.: Spring 1989; Untitled 1958; April 1957; Summer 1967 (In Memory of James Budd Dixon); Dance VI, 1970; Untitled 10.23.91; Untitled 4.91 Nordland, Gerald. Frank Lobdell: Twenty-Seven Lithographs and A Large Painting. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Art, 1969. Illus.: 1742 (9/20), 1966; Summer 1967 (In Memory of James Budd Dixon Office of the Mayor, City of San Francisco. Exhibition of Bay Area Fine Art Presses. San Francisco: Office of the Mayor, City Hall, 1993 Oscarsson-Hood Gallery. Frank Lobdell: Recent Paintings and Monotypes. New York: Oscarsson-Hood Gallery, 1983. Illus.: 9.10.83, State 1 (monotype), 1983; July 1983
SELECTED ARTICLES
Albright, Thomas. “Looking Back on Bay Area Art.” San Francisco Chronicle, Aug.. 18, 1968, “This World,” pp. 25-26
_____. “Frank Lobdell Painting—Memorial and Milestone.” San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 24, 1969, p. 43
_____. “Hanging His Hopes on a Single Work.” San Francisco Chronicle, March 12, 1981, “Datebook,” p. 60. Illus.: Summer Mural 1961
_____. “Corporation’s First-Rate Art.” San Francisco Chronicle, June 13, 1970
_____. “San Francisco: Different and Indifferent Drummers.” Artnews, Jan. 1982, pp. 86-90. Illus.: Summer 1980
_____. “On the Lighter Side of Frank Lobdell.” San Francisco Chronicle, March 15, 1982, “Datebook” section. Illus.: Dance Series, 1971
_____. “San Francisco: Coming Up from Underground.” Artnews, Jan. 1983, pp. 76-79. Illus.: Spring, 1982
_____. “Lobdell’s Monastic Commitment.” San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 30, 1983, “Review” section, p. 12. Illus.: Summer 1968
_____. “The Value of a ‘Bad’ Painting to an Artist.” San Francisco Chronicle, March 3, 1983, p. 61
_____. “The New Image of Rothenberg.” San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 19, 1983, p. 38
“Album: Frank Lobdell.” Arts, March 1985, p. 44. Illus.: Summer 1967 (In Memory of James Budd Dixon), 1967; Untitled, 1958; Spring 1972; Fall 1964
A[nderson], L[aurie]. “Reviews and Previews.” Artnews, vol. 71, no. 1, March 1972, p. 18
“Art Show for UC Students.” San Francisco Chronicle, Dec. 23, 1964
“Artist-in-Residence: Frank Lobdell.” The Committee for Art at Stanford Newsletter, Oct. 1965, pp. 3–5. Illus.: November 1960; Photo of Lobdell
Ashton, Dore. “Galleries Join in Benefit Show.” New York Times, June 8, 1958, part II, p. 13
_____. “Art: Master Drawings—Estes Gallery Show Spans 5 Centuries; Frank Lobdell’s Work on View.” New York Times, April 19, 1960, p. 34
_____. “Art.” Arts & Architecture, vol. 77, no. 7, July 1960, p. 9. Illus.
_____. “West Coast Artists Score in Painting: New York Commentary.” Studio, vol. 165, no. 838, Feb. 1963, pp. 65-66. Illus.
_____. “Objective Painting with the personal touch: New York Commentary.” Studio, vol. 166, no. 844, Aug. 1963, pp. 80-81. Illus.
Baker, Kenneth. “Imaginative Freedom of Lobdell’s New Paintings.” San Francisco Chronicle, March 27, 1987
_____. “30-Year Panorama of Art at the Triton.” San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 28, 1995, p. E1
_____. “Legion Show Paints a Faceted Lobdell.” San Francisco Chronicle, May 13, 2003, p. D2
Barrio, Raymond. “Lobdell Exhibit Tiresome, Silly.” Palo Alto Times, May 4, 1966, Section III, p. 27
Bengston, Billy Al. “Late Fifties at the Ferus.” Artforum, vol. 7, no. 5, Jan. 1969, pp. 33-35
Berkson, Bill. “Frank Lobdell: Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery.” Artforum International, Jan. 1991, p. 132. Illus.: Spring ‘87, 1987
Bigelow, Catherine [C.B.]. “Artist’s Dinner at the Legion.” San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, April 27, 2003, p. 25
Bloomfield, Arthur. “Lobdell’s Canvases Appear Haunted.” San Francisco News-Call Bulletin, Jan. 23, 1960, p. 13TV
_____. “Lobdell—Brute Power and Traumatic Sweep.” San Francisco Examiner, May 7, 1966, “Lively Arts,” p. 14
Blum, Irving. “Letters to the Editor.” Artforum, vol. 1, no. 3, Aug. 1962. (Letter sent in reply to article “Reviews: Los Angeles” by Larry Rottersman in July1962 issue of Artforum.)
Bogat, Regina. “Fifty California Artists.” Artforum, Dec. 1962, pp. 23-26
Burrows, Carlyle. “Art Acquisitions, Offerings.” New York Herald Tribune, April 24, 1960
C., S. “Frank Lobdell: Oscarsson Hood.” Artnews, Summer 1985, p. 122. Illus.: Summer 1967, In Memory of James Budd Dixon, 1967
C[ampbell], L[awrence]. “Frank Lobdell.” Artnews, vol. 62, no. 4, Summer 1963, p. 14. Illus.: Black Edge 4
Carr, Jack. “Beyond Abstract: Art Museum Provides Rare Study of Lobdell’s Work.” Pasadena Star News, March 20, 1960. Illus.
Case, William D. “In the Galleries: New York Art Review.” Arts, Feb. 1972, p. 61
Chipp, Herschel. “This Summer in San Francisco.” Artnews, vol. 57, no. 4, Summer 1958, p. 48
Cohen, Ronny. “Frank Lobdell, Oscarsson Hood Gallery.” Artforum International, April 1984, pp. 77-78. Illus.: July 1983
“Come Up and See Their Etchings.” S.F. Sunday Examiner & Chronicle, “California Living,” Oct. 20, 1968, pp. 14–15
Conal, Robbie. “Drawings with AE Traditions.” Artweek, Feb. 17, 1979, p. 5
Coplans, John. “Notes from San Francisco.” Art International, May 25, 1963, p. 73
_____. “Circle of Styles on the West Coast.” Art in America, June 1964, pp. 24-40. Illus.: 15 April, 1962
_____. “Art News from Los Angeles.” Artnews, vol. 65, no. 4, Summer 1966, p. 57
Cutler, Carol. “An Attempt to Enliven Big, Boring Biennial Surveys of American Art.” Smithsonian, March 1971, pp. 60–67. Illus.: Dance V, 1970
D[ennison], G[eorge]. “In the Galleries.” Arts, vol. 34, no. 8, May 1960, p. 56. Illus.: April 1959
Donnell-Kotrozo, Carol. “Bay Area Synopsis.” Artweek, vol. 11, no. 13, April 5, 1980
_____. “Bay Area Art.” Arts, May 1980
Drath, Viola Herms. “The 32nd Corcoran Biennial: Art as Visual Event.” Art International, vol. 15, no. 5, May 20, 1971, p. 40
Duncan, Michael. “Bay Area Bravura.” Art in America, Sept. 1996, pp. 45-47. Illus.: September 3, 1948
F[actor], D[on]. “Frank Lobdell: Pasadena Art Museum.” Artforum, vol. 4, no. 9, May 1966, pp. 13-14. Illus.:Black Edge, 1956
“Forum Letters.” Palo Alto Times, May 12, 1966
“Four Painters at Stanford: Keith Boyle, Jim Johnson, Frank Lobdell, Nathan Oliveira.” The Stanford Magazine, Spring/Summer 1976, pp. 64–68. Illus.: Untitled, Fall 1971
“Frank Lobdell.” Print Collector’s Newsletter, May/June 1982, p. 57
“Frank Lobdell.” Print Collector’s Newsletter, Jan./Feb. 1984, p. 214
“Frank Lobdell & Michel Tournier.” Print Collector’s Newsletter, March/April 1993, p. 22
“Frank Lobdell: Four Drawings.” Artforum, vol. 1, no. 12, June 1963, pp. 26-27. Illus.: Ink Drawing, 1958; Ink Drawing, 1961; Ink Drawing, 1961; Untitled, 1961; Photo of Lobdell
“Frank Lobdell: Making and Meaning.” Portland Art Museum Magazine, Winter 2004, p. 13. Illus.: 11.17.98 Pier 70; Pier 70, Spring I 2002
“Frank Lobdell, San Francisco Artist, Honored at Stanford.” Vallejo Times-Herald (Vallejo, CA), May 15, 1966. Illus.: October 1965
“Frank Lobdell: The Art of Making and Meaning.” Achenbach Graphic Arts Council Newsletter (Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco), vol. 10, no. 2, Spring 2003, pp. 1-3. Ill.: Untitled (Reclining Model), 1965
Frankenstein, Alfred. “The Legion’s Huge and Diverse Invitational.” San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 7, 1962, “This World,” pp. 21–22
_____. “Big Group Shows Emphasize the Experienced.” San Francisco Chronicle, March 24, 1963, pp. 23-24
_____. “The Depth and Radiance of Lobdell.” San Francisco Chronicle, May 8, 1966, “This World,” pp. 25-26. Illus.: Summer 1965
Frankenstein, Alfred. “Two Bay Area Masters.” San Francisco Chronicle, May 20, 1971, p. 44
Fried, Alexander. “Forceful View of Life in Baskin Prints.” San Francisco Examiner, Oct. 13, 1963
Fulton, Jack. “Flirting with Abstraction.” Marin Independent Journal, July 20, 1996, p. E1. Illus.: April 1957; Ascent; Black Edge III
Gibson, Ann, ed. “Frank Lobdell.” Issue 4, Fall 1985, pp. 30-32. Illus.: Summer 1967 (In Memory of James Budd Dixon)
Gilbert-Rolfe, Jeremy. “Reviews.” Artforum International, vol. 13, no. 5, Jan. 1975, p. 73. Illus.: Summer, 1973
Glueck, Grace. “The Artists’ Artists.” Artnews, Nov. 1982, pp. 90-100. Illus.: Fall, 1980
_____. “Frank Lobdell.” New York Times, Dec. 23, 1983
_____. “Frank Lobdell.” New York Times, Nov. 29, 2002, p. B34
Grothaus, Molly. “Lobdell Prints at Marylhurst.” Oregon Journal (Portland, OR), Oct. 20, 1966
Guilbert, Gladys E. “Three-Part Show Opens Friday.” Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA), Feb. 7, 1971
“Jurors for S.F. Art Exhibition.” San Francisco Chronicle, Oct. 11, 1962
Kelso, David. “Frank Lobdell: Proofing for Prints.” Print Collector’s Newsletter, vol. 19, no. 5, Nov.–Dec. 1988, pp. 173-176. Illus.: 10.30.86; 10.30.86; 1.12.87; 1.12.87, State 1; 5.23.87
_____. “Consuming Art.” Zyzzyva, vol. 15, no. 2, Summer 1999, pp. 103-104
Kramer, Hilton. “Wiley of the West: ‘Dude Ranch Dada.’” New York Times, May 16, 1971, part II, p. 19
_____. “Art.” New York Times, Oct. 26, 1974, p. 25
Leider, Philip. “California After the Figure.” Art in America, vol. 51, no. 5, Oct. 1963, pp. 73-83. Illus.: Ink drawing, 1961
Leider, Philip and John Coplans. “West Coast Art: Three Images.” Artforum, vol. 1, no. 12, Oct. 1963, p. 25
Levy, Mark. “Frank Lobdell at John Berggruen.” Art in America, Sept. 1987, p. 185. Illus.: Winter, 1985
Littlejohn, David. “The New York School’s Cross-country Rival.” Wall Street Journal, Sept. 10, 1996
“Lobdell Honored.” Nob Hill Gazette (San Francisco), April 2003, p. 47
“Lobdell Keeps Reinventing Himself.” Art Newsletter, vol. 27, no. 19, May 14, 2002, p. 6
Malone, Molly. “Emotive Color and Line” Artweek, vol. 13, no. 11, May 20, 1982, p. 4. Illus.: Dance Series, 1971
Martin, Fred. “Painting and Sculpture in California: The Modern Era.” Art International, Oct./Nov. 1976, pp. 48-53. Illus.: Black Edge II, 1962
McCombie, Mel. “Artists’ Bay Area Reflections Now on Exhibit in Texas.” Austin American-Statesman, April 5, 1985, p. J11. Illus.: Untitled work on paper
Mellow, James R. “Bolotowsky: An Old Style Gets New Life.” New York Times, March 12, 1972, part II, p. 23
Menzies, Neal. “Painterly Summation.” Artweek, Nov. 14, 1981, p. 3
Miedzinski, Charles. “Frank Lobdell: Painting and Spiritual Quest.” Artweek, vol. 14, no. 6, Feb. 12, 1983. Illus.: Summer 1982; Spring 1982; Summer 1980; Summer 1968
Monte, James. “Reviews: San Francisco.” Artforum, vol. 2, no. 1, July 1963, pp. 7-8. Illus.
_____. “Reviews: Drawings by Elmer Bischoff, Richard Diebenkorn and Frank Lobdell.” Artforum, Jan. 1975, pp. 7-8. Illus.: Standing Nude with Hand Mirror
“Month in Review.” Arts, Oct. 1960, p. 54
Morley, Grace McCann. “The Pacific Coast Artists Brought Their Climate to Sao Paolo.” San Francisco Chronicle, Oct. 2, 1955
Moss, Stacey. “Frank Lobdell Explores the Monotype.” Artweek, April 16, 1977, p. 3
“Night & Day.” SF Weekly, March 5-11, 2003, p. 32
Nixon, Bruce. “Lobdell’s Burden.” Artweek, April 8, 1993, pp. 4-5. Illus.: 3 October 1962; April 1991
Nordland, Gerald. “Frank Lobdell: Process & Conclusion.” Newsletter of the Committee for Art at Stanford, Winter 1969. Illus.: 1713, State II, 1966; Summer 1967 (In Memory of James Budd Dixon), 1967; 1708 A, 1966
“One-Man Show at Stanford.” San Jose Mercury News, May 1, 1966
Peillex, Georges. “Ausstellungen.” Werk (Switzerland), vol. 52, no. 1, Jan. 1965, p. 18
“People in the Arts.” Arts, vol. 34, no. 6, March 1960, p. 10. Illus.: Photo of the artist
Plagens, Peter. “70 Years of California Modernism in 340 Works by 200 Artists.” Art in America, May 1977, pp. 65-69. Illus.: November 1953, No. 1, 1953
_____. “The San Francisco School of Abstract Expressionism.” Artforum International, Nov. 1996, pp. 91 & 127. Illus.: Black Edge III, 1962
“Professor Shows 32 Lithographs.”Valley News & Green Sheet (Van Nuys, CA), Nov. 10, 1966
Program Folio, KPFA Radio (Berkeley, CA), vol. 17, no. 3, May 16–June 12, 1966. Cover illus.: Air Series N
Rangarajan, Raj S. “Lobdell Keeps Reinventing Himself.” Artnewsletter, vol. 27, no. 19, May 14, 2002, p. 6
Ratcliff, Carter. “New York Letter.” Art International, May 1972, p. 46
R[ottersman], L[arry]. “Reviews: Los Angeles.” Artforum, vol. 1, no. 2, July 1962, p. 7. (See Irving Blum reply, Artforum, vol. 1, no. 3, Aug. 1962)
Row, D. K. “Currents of Abstraction.” The Oregonian (Portland), May 21, 2004, "A&E" section, cover & pp. 11-13. Illus.: Pier 70 Spring I 2002 (cover); 17 October 1947; 11.17.1998 (Pier 70)
_____. “Q&A: 'There's Always Something New'” (interview with Frank Lobdell). The Oregonian (Portland), May 21, 2004, "A&E" section, p. 12.
Rufus, Anneli. “The Long-Distance Runner.” Artnews, vol. 102, no. 6, June 2003, pp. 90–93. Illus.: Photo of the artist; Pier 70 Spring III, 2002; Untitled, 8.27.83 (monotype); Untitled, 1965; 31 December 1948; 6.26.92–11.6.92 Bleeker
S[andler], I[rving] H. “Reviews and previews: New Names this Month.” Artnews, vol. 59, no. 3, May 1960, p. 19
Sawyer, Kenneth B. “Review of New York Season.” The Sun (Baltimore, MD), April 1960. Illus.
Schneider, Greg. “Frank Lobdell at Hearst Art Gallery.” Artweek, January 1999, pp. 17-18. Illus.: 4.10.95
Seldis, Henry J. “Vitality of Bay Area Art Accented in Three Shows.” Los Angeles Times, April 20, 1962, Part IV, p. 4
Seymour, Ann. “A Collector’s Eye.” California Home & Design, vol. 10, no. 1, January 2004, pp. 72–79. Illus.
Shank, Will. “Painting for Peace: Frank Lobdell at the Ca. Legion of Honor.” Bay Area Reporter (San Francisco), March 27, 2003
Shere, Charles. “Exhibit Requires Two Visits.” Oakland Tribune, Sept. 23, 1973
_____. “Exhibitions Show Vitality of Abstract Expressionism.” Oakland Tribune, March 19, 1982
_____. “Lobdell’s Inspiring Lesson.” Oakland Tribune, March 1983. Illus.: Photo of the artist; Winter 1979
Shirey, David L. “Bolotowsky Shows a Vertical Format.” New York Times, March 4, 1972
“Stanford Museum Sets Month-long Exhibit of Work Spanning 18 Years of Frank Lobdell’s Art Career.” Palo Alto Times, April 30, 1966
Stiles, Knute. “San Francisco.” Artforum, vol. 2, no. 10, April 1964, p. 13
_____. “On Art.” The Voice (San Francisco), March 12, 1982, p. 16
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