BORN
1939 N.Y.C.
Burt Levitsky has been a practitioner in the fine art of classical painting since 1960. Although mostly self taught, the artist follows traditional painting methods from a lead white ground to the final varnish. Influenced by the painters of the Flemish school of the 1600s and the French Academy painters of the early 1800s, and spending countless hours wandering through the Metropolitan Museum of Art in N.Y.C., and the Louvre in Paris through the 1960s, his own realistic style has emerged into what may be called Magic Realism.
EDUCATION
• Queens College N.Y.C. 1959
• Hunter College N.Y.C. 1968
• Frank Reilly School of Art N.Y.C 1960 - 1962
• School of Visual Arts N.Y.C. 1968 - 1969
EXHIBITIONS
• 2022 82nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Haggin Museum, CA
• 2022 82nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Haggin Museum, CA
• 2020 Annual Statewide 2D Competition and Exhibition (Dec), Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA (Honorable Mention)
• 2017 81st Annual Midyear Exhibition, Butler Institution of American Art, Youngstown, OH
• 2016 80th Annual Midyear Exhibition, Butler Institution of American Art, Youngstown, OH
• 2014 80th Annual Juried Exhibition, Haggin Museum, CA (Doris Camp Memorial Award)
• 2014 Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, Landscapes of the Monterey Bay, PG, CA
• 2013 Triton Museum of Art, Statewide Art Show, Santa Clara, CA
• 2013 Santa Cruz Art League, Figurative Exhibit, Santa Cruz, CA
• 2012 76th Annual Midyear Exhibition, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
• 2012 57th Annual Juried Exhibition, Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA (Honorable Mention Award)
• 2011 Statewide Competition, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA (Honorable Mention Award)
• 2012 Burt Levitsky: Octagon Gallery, Museum of Art & History, Santa Cruz, CA
• 2010 Burt Levitsky: Octagon Gallery, Museum of Art & History, Santa Cruz, CA
• 2010 Burt Levitsky: Contemporary Realist, Michaelangelo Gallery, Santa Cruz
• 2010 National Art Competition, Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA (Lydia Hahn Memorial Award)
• 2010 National Figurative Exhibition, Santa Cruz Art League (Honorable Mention Award)
• 2008 Contemporary Still Lifes, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
• 2008 Statewide Exhibition, Art League, Santa Cruz, CA
• 2008 Burt Levitsky: Ten Year Retrospective, Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, CA
• 2007 On The Boardwalk, Museum of Art & History, McPherson Center, Santa Cruz, CA
• 2006 The Art of Painting, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA
• 2005 Biannual Exhibition, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
• 2003 Biannual Exhibition, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
• 2003 Burt Levitsky: Realism, Louis Aranow Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 2002 The American Landscape, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA
• 2001 Burt Levitsky: City Scenes, Louis Aranow Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 2001 Biannual Exhibition, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
• 2001 Statewide Exhibition, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA
• 1998 Biannual Exhibition, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
• 1993 Biannual Exhibition, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
• 1993 Statewide Exhibition, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA
• 1993 Burt Levitsky: Seascapes, Somerset Gallery, Seascape, CA
• 1992 Equine Paintings, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA
• 1991 Surrealism Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
• 1990 Haakman Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
• 1990 The Body Electric, Momentum Gallery, Ventura, CA
• 1989 Skylight Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
• 1983 Featured artist: Washington State Horse Breeders Association, Seattle, WA
• 1982 Greenleaf Gallery, Saratoga, CA
• 1972 Hammer Gallery, New York, NY
• 1969 Barjansky Gallery, New York, NY
• 1968 Wickersham Gallery, New York, NY
PUBLICATIONS
• 2021 Catamaran Magazine, Spring Issue
• 2018 Santa Cruz Style Magazine "The Magic of Realism"
• 2017 Catamaran Magazine Summer Issue
• 2010 Burt Levitsky Heroic Realist (KUSP.com March)
• 2010 Urban Realist "In The Far West", Santa Cruz Weekly, Santa Cruz, CA
• 2006 Still Life Finalist Award, The Artist Magazine
• 2004 100 Ways to Paint People in Figures, Volume I, International Artists Publishing Inc.
• 2002 "The Last Realist", Santa Cruz Sentinal, October
• 1997 Annual Report (Cover), Coast Bank Corp, Santa Cruz, CA