Background
Beck, Rosemarie was born on July 8, 1924 in New York City. Daughter of Samuel and Margit (Weisz) Beck.
Beck, Rosemarie was born on July 8, 1924 in New York City. Daughter of Samuel and Margit (Weisz) Beck.
AB, Oberlin College, 1944. Student, Institute Fine Arts, 1945. Student, Columbia University, 1945.
Student, Atelier Robert Motherwell, 1950.
Instructor Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1956-1957, 60-61, 63-64, Middlebury (Vermont) College, 1958, 59, 62, Parsons School Design, New York City, 1965-1969. Instructor to professor Queens College, 1968-1991, professor emeritus, from 1991. Lecturer Columbia University, New York City, 1972, University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1971, New Studio School, New York City, since 1991.
Artist-in-residence Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, 1992.
One-person shows include Allen Art Museum, Oberlin, Ohio, 1944, Maverick Concert Hall, Woodstock, New York, 1948, Woodstock Artists Association, 1948, Peridot Gallery, New York City, 1953, 55, 56, 59, 60, 63, 65, 66, 68, 70, 72, Vassar College, 1957, 61, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1960, State University of New York, New Paltz, 1962, Kirkland College, Clinton, New York, 1971, Duke University Museum, 1971, Zachary Waller Gallery, Los Angeles, 1971, Washburn Gallery, 1972, Paul Klapper Library., 1975, Poindexter Gallery, New York City, 1975, 80, Mari Galleries, Westchester, New York, 1979, Middlebury College, 1980, Weatherspoon Gallery, Greensboro, North Carolina, 1980, Cornell University, 1980, Ingber Gallery, New York City, 1980, 85, 89, New York Studio School, 1992, New York Museum Annex, Brooklyn, 1985, American University, Washington, 1990, Dartmouth College, 1992, Swarthmore College, 1996, Smith College, 1997, Queens College, 1999. Group shows include Kootz Gallery, New York City, 1951, Stable Gallery, 1954, 55, 56, Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1954, 66, Art Institute Chicago, 1955, 57, 60, 62, Whitney Museum, New York City, 1955, 57, 58, University Wisconsin, 1956, University Michigan, 1956, Martha Jackson Gallery, 1956, Woodstock Artists Association, 1958, Tate Gallery, London, 1958, Butler Institute American Art, Cincinnati, 1962, Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles, 1962, Wadsworth Atheneum, 1964, Kansas City Art Institute, 1964, Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, 1965, National Institute Arts and Letters, 1968, 69, 73, 75, 78, 79, Bowery Gallery, 1970, National Arts Club, 1970, Deutsch Gallery, New York City, 1982, 83, Moorhead Gallery.Greensboro, North Carolina, 1982, National Academy Design, 1985, Joel Becker Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1987, 88, American University, Washington, 1990, National Academy, 1991, 92, 93.
Married Robert Phelps, September 15, 1945 (deceased). 1 child, Roger Phelps.