These listings were compiled
from material in the Reiss Archives (exhibition catalogues,
correspondence, newspaper clippings etc.). For some exhibitions
only partial information is available: the exact dates may
not be known, or the exhibition title, or the number of works.
Some exhibitions may be missing altogether. We will update
the listings as more information is discovered.
Chelsea Neighborhood Art Gallery, New York, NY Modern American Poster Design June 7 opening, group exhibition
1919
Marshall Field & Co., Chicago, Illinois Batik Exhibition (organized
by Art Alliance of America) March, group exhibiton, 1
work
1920
Boston Art Club, 150
Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts An
Exhibition of Wood Block Prints
January 5-21, group exhibition, 4 works
E.F. Hanfstaengl Galleries, New York, New
York Exhibition of 35 Portraits
by Winold Reiss—Drawn at the Blackfoot Indian Reservation,
Browning, Montana March opening, solo exhibition,
35 works
1921
University of Utah Art Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 20-May 15, solo exhibition, 63 works
Art Institute, Chicago, Illinois Exhibition of Works by Winold Reiss September 22-October
23, 52 works
1922
The Anderson Galleries, Inc., New York,
New York Winold Reiss November
13-25, 136 works
Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York
December 22-January 29, 1923, solo exhibition, 38 works
Orchard & Wilhelm Co., Omaha, Nebraska
Drawings and Paintings by Winold Reiss December
1-31, solo exhibition, 50 works
1923
Boston Art Club, Boston, Massachusetts 34th-Annual
Exhibition of Boston Society of Watercolor Painters April
6-28, group exhibition, 4 works
1924
New York City 23rd-Annual Exhibition
of Modern Decorative Art December 23-January 25,
1925, group exhibition, 2 works
1925
135th Street Harlem Branch, New York Public Library, New York,
New York Exhibition
of Recent Portraits of Representative Negroes March
15 opening, solo exhibition, 37 works
Public Library Art Gallery, Utica, New
York Pictures by Winold
Reiss November 19-December 20, solo exhibition
38 works
American Institute of Graphic Arts, New York,
New York Fifty Prints
of the Year 1925-26, Traveling Exhibition, group
exhibition, 1 work
1927
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
Watercolor Paintings, Pastels, and Drawings by American
and European Artists January 28-February 28, group
exhibition, 8 works
Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, Illinois
Annual Watercolor Exhibition April 28-May 29, group
exhibition, 2 works
1928
Philadelphia Watercolor Rotary, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania,
group exhibition, 1 work
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago,
Illinois Annual Watercolor
Exhibition March 29-May 6, group exhibition, 1
work
Belmaison Galleries at John Wanamaker’s, New York,New York
American Indian Portraits by Winold Reiss April
14-May 5, solo exhibition, 51 works
University of Michigan Ann Arbor,Michigan American
Indian Paintings by Winold Reiss May 15 opening,
solo exhibition, 50 works
Macy’s, New York, New York
International Exposition of Art in Industry May
14-26, group exhibition, 2 works
Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
American Indian Portraits
by Winold Reiss May, solo exhibition, 51 works
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
Watercolor Paintings,
Pastels, and Drawings by American and European Artists
June 2-October 1, group exhibition, 26 works
Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New
York American Indian Portraits
by Winold Reiss September 27-October 28, solo exhibition,
50 works
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio
Eighth International Water Color Exhibition September
23-October 31, group exhibition
Worcester Art Museum Worcester, Massachusetts
Paintings, Winold Reiss November 2-30, solo exhibition,
50 works
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania 26th-
Annual Philadelphia Water Color Exhibition November
4-December 9, group exhibition, 6 works
American Designers’ Gallery Inc., New York, New
York First Exhibition of the
American Designers’ Gallery November 9-December
25, group exhibition
Boston Art Club, Boston, Massachusetts Indian
Portraits, Winold Reiss December 5-20, solo exhibition
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago,
Illinois American Indian
Portraits by Winold Reiss December 27-January 31,
1929, solo exhibition, 49 works
1929
Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City,
Missouri International
Water Color Exhibit January, group exhibition,
1 work
Milwaukee Art Institute, Milwaukee, Wisconsin American
Indian Portraits by Winold Reiss February, solo
exhibition, 51 works
American Designers’ Gallery Inc., New York,
New York Second Exhibition
of the American Designers’ Gallery February
16-September 2, group exhibition
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New
York Architect and Industrial
Arts February, group exhibition
Montana State Fair, Helena, Montana
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit,
Michigan American Indian
Portraits, Winold Reiss March 4-31, solo exhibition,
26 works
Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey
Modern American Design
(Metal Show) March 19-April 18, group exhibition
Museum of Science, Buffalo, New York, April, solo exhibition
Federation of Arts, Fort Dodge, Iowa, May 1
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Annual Group Show May 2-June 2, group exhibition,
3 works
The Little Art Gallery of the American Federation of
Arts, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Indian
Portraits by Winold Reiss June 1-July 6 solo exhibition
Glaspalast, Munich, Germany, June 1st opening, group exhibition,
19 works
State Fair Art Exhibition, Wisconsin, September 26
opening
1930
Royal Academy of Arts, Stockholm, Sweden, group exhibition,
3 works
Architectural League of New York, New York, New York
45th Annual Exhibition February, group exhibition
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Annual Group Show March 20-April 20, group exhibition,
2 works
Keramic Society & Design Guild of New York, at Natural
History Museum, New York, New York
Annual Exhibition March 19-April 2, group exhibition
Public Library, Cleveland, Ohio American
Indian Portraits by Winold Reiss April 5-May 24,
solo exhibition, 77 works
Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico American
Indian Paintings by Winold Reiss June 1-July 1,
solo exhibition, 55 works
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
November 2-December 7, group exhibition, 6 works
1931
Municipal Art Gallery, Oakland, California
International Colonial Exposition, American Pavilion, Paris, France (Exposition Coloniale Internationale de Paris) American Indian Portraits May 6-November 15, 2 works
Los Angeles Museum, Los Angeles, California American
Indian Portraits by Winold Reiss Jan 31st closing,
solo exhibition, 77 works
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Annual
Group Show April 30-May 31, group exhibition, 2
works
Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey Exhibition
of Water Colors, Pastels, and Drawings May, group
exhibition
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
November 1-December 6, group exhibition, 3 works
1933
New York Water Color Club, Fine Arts Bldg., New York,
New York 33rd Annual Exhibition
group exhibition
Cincinnati Art Museum Cincinnati, Ohio Cartoons,
Drawings, and Designs by Winold Reiss for the Mosaics
in the New Cincinnati Union Terminal April-May
28 & July 9-August 13
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania Annual
Group Show November 5-December 10, group exhibition,
2 works
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati,
Ohio American Indians—Past
and Present &
Paintings by Winold Reiss (parallel exhibitions)
December 9-January 28, 1934, solo exhibition
1934
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
American Indian Portraits
by Winold Reiss February-September, solo exhibition,
80 works
Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, Virginia American Indian Portraits May 16 opening, solo exhibition
1935
Art Galleries of the Squibb Building, New York, New
York American Indian Paintings
by Winold Reiss January 10-February 1, solo exhibition,
83 works
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
Eighth Biennial Exhibition
of Water Colors, Pastels, and Drawings by American and
Foreign Artists February 1-28, group exhibition,
2 works
Pennsylvania Station, New York, New York, October
Public Library, Utica, New York American
Indian Portraits by Winold Reiss October 1-November
1
NY Public Library, New York, New York
Marshall Field, Chicago, Illinois Reiss-Linderman
book promotion November 19, 3 works
1936
Columbus Branch NY Public Library, New York, New York,
Fall
Faulkner Memorial Art Gallery, Santa Barbara, California
American Indian Portraits by
Winold Reiss January 4, solo exhibition
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin American
Indian Portraits by Winold Reiss February-March,
solo exhibition
Künstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria Schwarzfussindianer
im Bild May 26-July 19, solo exhibition, 63 works
Nemzeti Szalon Müvészeti Egyesület,
Budapest, Hungary Winold Reiss,
Indian Portraits September 12-27, group exhibition,
41 works
1937
Galerie Gurlitt, Berlin, Germany Schwarzfussindianer
im Bild January 10-February 20, solo exhibition,
60 works
Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany
Schwarzfussindianer im Bild March,
solo exhibition, 60 works
Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany
Schwarzfussindianer im Bild April 10 opening, solo
exhibition, 60 works
Freiburger Kunstverein, Freiburg, Germany Schwarzfussindianer
im Bild June 6 opening, solo exhibition, 55 works
New York Public Library, New York, New York, June, 3
works
1941
Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey, April 3-27,
group exhibition, 21 works
1944
Women’s Club, Spokane, Washington
Northwest Art Group Exhibition
National Academy Galleries, New York, New York 77th-Annual
Exhibition of the American Water Color Society
February 11-March 1, group exhibition, 2 works
1945
Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, New York, October
16-27, 1 work
1946
Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, New York, April,
1 work
1947
Arizona State Museum, Tucson, Arizona
American Indian Portraits by Winold Reiss January
3-23, solo exhibition
Southwest Museum, Los Angeles, California American
Indian Portraits by Winold Reiss February, solo
exhibition
The Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona American
Indian Portraits by Winold Reiss March 1-14, solo
exhibition
Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, New Mexico, June-July,
group exhibition
Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma American
Indian Portraits by Winold Reiss August-September,
solo exhibition, 20 works
University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma American
Indian Portraits by Winold Reiss October, solo
exhibition, 20 works
Thayer Collection, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas,
November, solo exhibition
Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, December,
solo exhibition
1948
Little Gallery at the Playhouse, Washington D. C.
Kansas State Federation of the Arts, Kansas State College,
Manhattan, Kansas American Indian
Portraits by Winold Reiss January-May, solo exhibition
Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, New York, April,
1 work
First National Bank of St. Paul, St. Paul,
Minnesota Indian Summer—Winold
Reiss Blackfoot Indian Portaits and Plains Indian Artifacts
October 19-30, solo exhibition, 53 works
1960
Museum of the Plains Indian, Browning,
Montana Original Blackfoot Portraits
by Winold Reiss June-July, solo exhibition, 53
works
Eastern Washington Historical Society,
Spokane, Washington Original
Blackfoot Portraits by WinoldReiss
August 15, solo exhibition, 53 works
1963
Buffalo Bill Historical Center/Whitney
Gallery of Western Art, Cody, Wyoming Winold
Reiss—Blackfoot Portraits May 1-October 1,
solo exhibition, 53 works
1964
USIS, Thessaloniki, Greece American
Indian Portraits by Winold Reiss January-March,
solo exhibition, 21 works
Gallery of the Hellenic-American Union,
Athens, Greece American Indian
Portraits by Winold Reiss March 3-18, solo exhibition,
21 works
USIS Algeria: Algiers, Oran, Constantine
American Indian Portraits by
Winold Reiss April-June, solo exhibition, 21 works
Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts,
May-June, solo exhibition, 22 works
Turkey: Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir American
Indian Portraits by Winold Reiss September-November,
solo exhibition, 21 works
1965
USIS Iran: Teheran & several provincial
cities American Indian Portraits
by Winold Reiss January-June, solo exhibition,
21 works
1966
USIS Israel: Jerusalem, Tel Aviv American
Indian Portraits by Winold Reiss January-March,
solo exhibition, 21 works
1970
Buffalo Bill Historical Center/Whitney
Gallery of Western Art, Cody, Wyoming Winold
Reiss—Blackfoot Portraits May 1-October 1,
solo exhibition, 32 works
1971
Buffalo Bill Historical Center/Whitney
Gallery of Western Art, Cody, Wyoming Winold
Reiss—Blackfoot Portraits May 1-October 1,
solo exhibition, 32 works
1971
Wyoming State Art Gallery, Cheyenne, Wyoming
December 2-March 2, 1972, solo exhibition, 17 works
1972
Cheyenne Artists’ Guild, Cheyenne,
Wyoming, solo exhibition, 17 works
Casper College Library, Casper, Wyoming,
solo exhibition, 17 works
Kennedy Galleries, New York, New York Winold
Reiss: Plains Portraits October 4-28, solo exhibition,
40 works
Carbon County Public Library, Rawlins,
Wyoming
April 17 opening, solo exhibition, 17 works
Wyoming State Art Gallery, Cheyenne, Wyoming
July-September 1, solo exhibition, 17 works
1973
Hanna, Wyoming, solo exhibition, 17 works
Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati Ohio, "Union Terminal", January 11-February 5, 11 drawings
1974
Glenbow Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta,
Canada Portraits of the Indian
December 4-February 2, 1975, group exhibition, 3 works
1975
Archives Banff, Alberta, Canada Portraits
of the Indian group exhibition, 3 works
1976
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Portraits
of the Indian February 20, group exhibition, 3
works
Instituto de Estudios Norteamericanos,
Barcelona, Spain American Indian
Portraits by Winold Reiss April 20-30, solo exhibition,
14 works
Tom Maddock Gallery Barcelona, Spain American
Indian Portraits by Winold Reiss April, solo exhibition,
14 works
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Portraits
of the Indian May 3 opening, group exhibition,
3 works
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada Portraits of the Indian
July 29 opening, group exhibition, 3 works
1977
Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada Portraits
of the Indian January 3 opening, group exhibition,
3 works
Charlottetown, P.E.I., Canada Portraits
of the Indian March 7 opening, group exhibition,
3 works
1978
Fenn Galleries, Santa Fe, New Mexico Winold
Reiss June 25 opening, solo exhibition, 33 works
1979
Remington Art Museum, Ogdensburg, New York
American Indian Paintings by
Winold Reiss June 1-September 3, solo exhibition,
30 works
1986
C.M. Russell Museum, Great Falls, Montana
Portraits of the RacesSeptember 16-October 31, solo exhibition, 63 works
Museum of Natural History, Denver, Colorado
September-October, group exhibition, 3 works
Shepherd Gallery, New York, New York Winold
Reiss/Works on Paper: Architectural Designs/Fantasies
and Portraits November 19-January 3, 1987, solo
exhibition, ca 100 works
1988
Livingston Depot Center, Livingston, Montana,
February-March, solo exhibition, 52 works
Michael Lowe Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
Original Drawings and Paintings
for the Union Terminal Mosaics April 14-August
31, solo exhibition, 33 works
Channing, Dale & Throckmorton, Santa
Fe, New Mexico Insights of an
Artist: The Works of Winold Reiss September 22-October
20, solo exhibition, 68 works
Shepherd Gallery New York, New York Winold
Reiss/An American Designer/1920’s through 1940’s
October 5-December 3, solo exhibition, 70 works
1989
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian
Institution, Washington D. C. To
Color America: Portraits by Winold Reiss October
27-April 1, solo exhibition, 90 works
1991
James Cox Gallery, Woodstock, New York
Winold Reiss (1886-1953) July
13-August 7, solo exhibition, 90 works
1993
Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana,
May-July, group exhibition, 23 works
Cincinnati Historical Society Union Terminal
Museum Center, Cincinnati, Ohio The
Artistry of Winold Reiss November 7-January 16,
1994, solo exhibition, 40 works
W. E. Channing & Co., Santa Fe, New
Mexico Winold Reiss: Landscapes
April 30-May 25, solo exhibition, 20 works
1995
Robert Henry Adams, Chicago, Illinois Winold
Reiss: American Portraits September 8-October 14,
solo exhibition, 40 works
American Craft Museum, New York, New York
Craft in the Machine Age: 1920-1945
October 8-February 26, 1996, group exhibition, 2 works
1996
W.E. Channing & Co., Santa Fe, New
Mexico Winold Reiss: Live in
Color August 16-September 30, solo exhibition,
40 works
Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Craft in the Machine Age:1920-1945
September 7-November 3, group exhibition, 2 works
1997
Akron Art Museum, Akron, Ohio Craft
in the Machine Age: 1920-1945 January 25-March
30, group exhibition, 2 works
Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts Diverse Reflections—Portraits
by Winold Reiss February 15-May 25, solo exhibition,
55 works
Hayward Gallery, London, England Rhapsodies
in Black: Art of the Harlem Renaissance June 19-August
17, group exhibition, 6 works
Columbia County Historical Society, Kinderhook,
New York After Church: Artists
in Mid-twentieth Century Columbia County June 20-August
31, group exhibition, 9 works
Thomas Nygard Gallery, Bozeman, Montana Native Faces June 28-July
26, solo exhibition, 26 works
Arnolfini, Bristol, England Rhapsodies
in Black: Art of the Harlem Renaissance September
6-October 19, group exhibition, 6 works
Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville,
Florida Craft in the Machine
Age: 1920-1945 September 28-November 30, group
exhibition, 2 works
Mead Gallery, Coventry, England
Rhapsodies in Black: Art of the Harlem Renaissance
November 1-December 6, group exhibition, 6 works
1998
California Palace of the Legion of Honor,
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Rhapsodies in Black: Art of the
Harlem Renaissance January 17-March 8, group exhibition,
6 works
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington,
D. C. Rhapsodies in Black: Art
of the Harlem Renaissance April 11-June 22, group
exhibition, 6 works
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles,
California Rhapsodies in Black:
Art of the Harlem Renaissance July 26-October 19,
group exhibition, 6 works
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
Rhapsodies in Black: Art of the Harlem Renaissance November
22-February 14, 1999, group exhibition, 6 works
1999
Woodstock Artists Association, Woodstock,
New York Woodstock Portraits
May 8-June 28, group exhibition, 3 works
Shepherd Gallery, New York, New York Winold
Reiss: Deco Designs, Portraits, Fantasies July-September,
solo exhibition
2000
Bradford Brinton Memorial & Museum, Big Horn, Wyoming
Winold Reiss May 15-September
4, solo exhibition, 29 works
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
Winold Reiss: Native American Portraits July 21-September
10, solo exhibition, 41 works
2001
Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri
Winold Reiss February
17-March 11, solo exhibition, 29 works
2004
Woodstock Artists Association, Woodstock,
New York In the Studio
July 10-November 1, group exhibition, 6 works
2005
Hockaday Museum of Art, Kalispell, Montana
Winold Reiss: Artist for the
Great Northern June 8-October 18, solo exhibition,
50 works
2007
Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, Kansas Aaron Douglas: African American Modernist September 8-December 2, 1 work
2008
Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville Tennessee Aaron Douglas: African American Modernist January 18-April 13, 1 work
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC Aaron Douglas: African American Modernist May 9-Aug 3, 1 work
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York, New York Aaron Douglas: African American Modernist, August 30-November 30, 1 work
MART, Rovereto, Italy The Century of Jazz
November 15-February 15, 2009, group exhibition,
8 works
2009
National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Guardians of Glacier Park February 21-May 10, group exhibition, 11 works
Musée du Quai Branly, Paris, France The Century of Jazz March 10-June 28, group exhibition,
8 works
CCCB, Barcelona, Spain The Century of Jazz July 21-October 18, group exhibition, 8 works
German Consulate, New York City Spotlight on Winold Reiss: Art and Design in New York 1913-1953
December 5, 2013-January 3, 2014, solo exhibition, 97 works In the News: Spotlight on Winold Reiss
2014
Bard College, Stevenson Library, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York Winold Reiss: The Months
May 10-May 26, 2014
