PHYLLIS HERFIELD

Phyllis Herfield's portraits pay homage to the painters of the Northern Renaissance in their attention to clarity and insight. Her portraits of notable contemporaries in the arts, business and science are in public and private collections across the United States. In these public works as well as her commissioned portraits, Phyllis Herfield creates art works of the highest order, lasting objects of beauty and humanity documenting our time.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2005 Manhattan!, PaperMag.com, New York, NY
2005 Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
2004 Louis Stern Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2002-2003 Heidi Lee Fine Art, New York, NY: “Exposures”
2000 Goldstrom Gallery, New York, NY
1999 MMC Gallery: "Heads"
1999 Goldstrom Gallery, New York, NY: "Reconceptualizations of a Vision"
1998 The Century Club, New York, NY: "Lily Harmon Memorial"
1998 The Century Club, New York, NY: "Artists Choose Artists"
1997 Salander-O'Reilly Gallery, New York, NY
1997 Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1996 Lizan-Tops, East Hampton, NY: "Classicism in the 20th Century"
1996 National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC: "Rebels"
1995 Monique Goldstrom Gallery, New York, NY
1995 Galerie Gerald Piltzer, Chicago Art Fair: Tribute Clement Greenberg
1995 Foster Goldstrom, San Francisco Arts Fair (Triton Hotel)
1994 Stiebel Modern, New York, NY: "A Recombinant Past"
1994 Foster Goldstrom, New York, NY: "Small Works"
1994 Roger Smith Gallery, New York, NY: "Women in Art"
1994 Gallery at Marsh, Mount Kisco, NY: "Portraits"
1994 Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
1994 Corner Gallery, New York, NY: "Romantic Visions"
1993 Vered Gallery, East Hampton, NY: "The Fine Art of Portraits"
1993 MMC Gallery, New York, NY: "Issues of Identity"
1993 Roger Smith Gallery: "Animals In Art"
1993 Helander Gallery, New York, NY: "The Pet Show"
1992 Portraits Incorporated, New York, NY: Annual Show (annually thereafter)
1992 Roger Smith Gallery, New York, NY: "Portraits"
1992 Louis Stern Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
1991 Center of Contemporary Art, Miami, NY: "Get Real"
1991 Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL: "Phyllis Herfield"
1990 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY: "Phyllis Herfield"
1990 Helander Gallery, New York, NY: "Phyllis Herfield"
1989 Portraits Incorporated, New York, NY
1988 Hanson Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1987 Parkerson Gallery, Houston, TX
1987 Portraits Incorporated, New York, NY
1986 Jerusalem Gallery, New York, NY
1986 Soghor-Leonard, New York, NY: "Women in Art"
1986 Gallery Parr, New York, NY: "Portrait Show"
1985 Butler Institute, Youngstown, OH
1985 Salander-O'Reilly Gallery, New York, NY: "Phyllis Herfield"
1984 McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
1984 National Academy of Art, New York, NY: Annual Exhibition
1982 Ericson Gallery, New York, NY: "Animal Life"
1981 National Academy of Art, New York, NY: Annual Exhibition
1980 National Arts Club, New York, NY: "Drawings Defined"
1978 Spectrum Gallery, New York, NY
1978 Tanglewood Gallery, New York, NY
1977 Spectrum Gallery, New York, NY
1977 112 Greene Street Gallery, New York, NY
1976 Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY: "Small Suites"
1976 Ellen Sragow, Ltd., New York, NY
1974 Art Director's Club, New York, NY
1973 Museum of Modern Art, Paris, France


EDUCATION

1979-80 National Academy of Art and Design, New York, NY
1967-68 Tyler School of Art, Rome, Italy
1969 Temple University, Tyler School of Art, B.F.A.


SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY
Cincinnati Museum of Fine Art, Cincinnati, OH
Forbes Collection, New York, NY
Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Greenwich House, New York, NY
Lincoln Hall, Lincolndale, NY
Hunter College, New York, NY
University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
Mount Union College, Alliance, OH
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT

and the personal collections of
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Anderson, New York, NY
Betsy Baker, New York, NY
Richard Brown Baker, New York, NY
Molly Barnes & Moro Caputo, Beverly Hills, CA
Mr. & Mrs. W. Michael Blumenthal, Princeton, NJ
Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Borer, New York, NY
Mr. & Mrs. William F. Buckley Jr., New York, NY
Estate of Leo Castelli, New York, NY
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Cogut, New York, NY
Mr. & Mrs. Albert Cohn, West Orange, NJ
Peter Donovan, New York, NY
Dr. & Mrs. Maury Druzin, Palo Alto, CA
Drs. Stanley & Linda Goodman, Bel Air, CA
Mr. & Mrs. Ashley Hoffman, Palm Beach, FL
Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Holloway, Palm Beach, FL
Betsy Johnson, New York, NY
Mr. & Mrs. George de Menil, New York, NY
Philippe de Montebello, New York, NY
Mr. & Mrs. Nathanial de Rothchild, New York, NY
Milton Esterow, New York, NY
Mr. & Mrs. Miles Fiterman, Palm Beach, NY
Bruce Gitlin & Carol Schrager, New York, NY
Red Grooms, New York, NY
Mr. & Mrs. Ashley Hoffman, Palm Beach, FL
Richard Johnson, Montauk, NY
John Kacere, New York, NY
Walter Kahn, Greenwich, CT
Mr. & Mrs. Ivan Karp, New York, NY
Gilbert Kinny, Washington, DC
Mr. & Mrs. Jon Landau, Rye, NY
Mr. & Mrs. Francis Levy, New York, NY
Kenworth Moffett, Stamford, CT
Mr. & Mrs. David Paley, New York, NY
Sandy Pittman, New York, NY
Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Robinson
John Sarno, M.D., New York, NY
Mr. & Mrs. David Schneiderman, New York, NY
Drs. David & Doris Soghor, Beverly Hills, CA
Lynne Tishman Speyer, New York, NY
Alan Stone, New York, NY
Mr. & Mrs. David Veit, Chappaqua, NY
Karen Wilkin, New York, NY
Jann Wenner, New York, NY


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Ms. Herfield's illustrations have been published in The Boston Globe,
Channels, Esquire, Harpers, Ms., Psychology Today, Politics,
New Times, New York Magazine, The New York Times, The New York
Times Magazine and Time Magazine.

Her painting has been written about in Arts, Art News, Christian
Science Monitor, Diversions, The East Hampton Star, Gotham, The New York Observer, the New York Review of Art and The New York Times.