Resume

Education

1951
BFA, Painting, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

1953
Grande Chaumiere, Paris, France

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2008
Heriard-Cimino Gallery, Bonfouca Series, New Orleans, LA

2007
George Dunbar, Southern Masters Series, The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA

2006
Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Ochi Gallery, Ketchum, ID

2004
Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York, NY

2002
Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA
University of the South, Sewanee, TN

2000
Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA

1997
Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA
Mining the Surface, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA

1994
Cultural Art Center, Retrospective, Slidell, LA

1992
Imperial Calcasieu Museum, Lake Charles, LA
Gallery Nadeau, Philadelphia, PA

1989
St. Tammany Art Association, Covington, LA

1973-93
Galerie Simmone Stern, New Orleans, LA

1974/85
Heath Gallery, Atlanta, GA

1965/68-70
Orleans Gallery, New Orleans, LA

1964
Delgado Museum, (New Orleans Museum of Art), New Orleans, LA

1957/60/63
Orleans Gallery, New Orleans, LA

1956/58
Parma Gallery, New York, NY

1953/55
Dubin-Luch Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Selected Group Exhibitions

Lord & Taylor, New York, NY
Delfina Studio Trust, London, England
University of New Orleans, Fine Arts Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Rose Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Riverside Museum, New York, NY
Sea Island Museum, Sea Island, GA
Bressler Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Newcomb Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Denver Museum, Denver, CO
Touring exhibition: Vienna, Austria; Hong Kong; Manila, Philippine Islands; Sidney, Australia
Birmingham Museum, Birmingham, AL
1968 Volkfest, West Germany
Louisiana Art Commission, Baton Rouge, LA
Pensacola Art Center, Pensacola, FL
State Capitol, Baton Rouge, LA
Historic New Orleans Collection, New Orleans, LA
Louisiana World Exposition, New Orleans, LA
South American Touring Exposition

Selected Public Collections

Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA
Arts Council of New Orleans
The British Museum, London, England
Iberia Bank Collection
Bank of New Orleans
City National Bank, Baton Rouge, LA
Entergy Corporation, Washington, DC
First National Bank of Commerce, Covington, LA
Freeport McMoran Building, New Orleans, LA
Jefferson Guaranty Bank, New Orleans, LA
Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA
New Orleans Museum of Art
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
One River Place, New Orleans, LA
Pan American Life Corporation, New Orleans, LA
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Tulane University Law School, New Orleans, LA
Texaco Center, New Orleans, LA

Honors and Awards

2007
Community Arts Award Recipient, The Arts Council of New Orleans

2001
Bravo Award, City of Slidell
Delgado Society Distinguished Art Award, New Orleans Museum of Art

1995/6
Silver Circle Artist, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
First Place, Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
Purchase Prize, Rose Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Award Winner-Southeastern Texas Exhibition, Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA

1973
Louisiana Bicentennial Exhibition, Two Purchase Prizes

Selected Bibliography

David Houston, George Dunbar, Southern Masters Series, Exhibition Catalog, The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, 2007
D. Eric Bookhardt, Gambit Weekly, July 2007
Lily Wei, Review, Art in America, October 2002
John Kemp, Review, Art News, June 2002
Doug MacCash, Review, Times Picayune, Lagniappe, February 15, 2002
Doug MacCash, Review, Times Picayune, Lagniappe, February 4, 2000
Edward Lucie-Smith, Dunbar: Mining the Surfaces, Exhibition Catalog, New Orleans Museum of Art, 1997
Ted Calas, New Orleans Art Review, January 1991