Paul Beattie

1924 – 1988

Bibliography

Beattie, Elaine. “The Arts Move In.” Mademoiselle Magazine, November 1946. p 181

25 and Under. New York, NY: Jacques Seligmann Galleries, 1949 (catalogue)

“Tanager Gallery review.” (NY). ARTnews, September 1952, p 38

“Paul Beattie: Paintings.” (Hansa Gallery, NY). ARTnews, Volume 53, No.1, March 1954, p 42 (catalogue)

“Paul Beattie: Paintings.” (Hansa Gallery, NY). Art Digest, March 1, 1954, p 21

Painting and Sculpture in California: The Modern Era. San Francisco, CA: SFMoMA (catalogue), 1977, pp 160, 163, 200

The Prometheus Archives: A Retrospective Exhibition of the Works of George Herms. Newport Beach, CA: Newport Harbor Art Museum, 1979, pp 11, 12, 94, and back cover.

Paul Beattie: Paintings and Drawings. San Francisco, CA: SFMoMA (catalogue), 1980, Introduction by Henry Hopkins 

Jensen, Sophia. “This Starmaker Dabbles in Galaxies”. Press Democrat, August 1, 1980

Albright, Thomas. “Astronomy and Explorations in Space, Via Art.” San Francisco Chronicle, August 5, 1980

Curtis, Cathy. “Science’s Influence on Art.” Northeast Bay Independent and Gazette, August 31, 1980

Albright, Thomas. “Modest Magic.” San Francisco Chronicle, September 1, 1980

Albright, Thomas. “Colliding Galaxies.” ARTnews, December 1980

Smith, Babbington. Dictionary of Contemporary Artists. Oxford, England / Santa Barbara, CA: Clio Press, 1981

Simmons, Chuck. “Gray Progression.” Artweek, Volume 14, No. 1, January 8, 1983

Albright, Thomas. “Artist Paul Beattie: Ambitious Outsider.” San Francisco Chronicle, January 24, 1983.

Albright, Thomas. Art in the San Francisco Bay Area: 1945–1980, An Illustrated History. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press,1985, pp 97, 170, 189, and 260.

Lyrical Vision: The 6 Gallery 1954-1957. Davis, CA: Natsoulas / Noveloso Gallery Press, (catalogue) 1989, pp 39, 68, 84, 87, 94 

Solnit, Rebecca. Secret Exhibitions: Six California Artists of the Cold War Era. San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1990, pp 46, 55, 108-109

Foley, Jack; Howard, Seymour; McClure, Michael; Natsoulas, John; Nixon, Bruce; Ryan, John Allen; Solnit, Rebecca. The Beat Generation Galleries and Beyond. Davis, CA: John Natsoulas Press, 1996, pp 87, 209, 221

San Francisco and the Second Wave, the Blair Collection of Bay Area Abstract Expressionism. Sacramento, CA: Crocker Art Museum (catalogue), 2004, pp 44, 45

Abstract Realist: Paul Beattie. Forestville, CA: The Quicksilver Mine Co., 2005

Duncan, Michael; McKenna, Kristine. Semina Culture: Wallace Berman and his Circle. Santa Monica, CA: Santa Monica Museum of Art, 2005, pp 10, 27, 61, 82-85, 165, 249, 280, 328, 338, 342, 347

MacDonald, Scott. Canyon Cinema: The Life and Times of an Independent Film Distributor. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2008, p 427

Auther, Elissa; Lerner, Adam; Lippard, Lucy R. West of Center Art and the Counterculture Experiment in America: 1965–1977. Scottsdale, AZ: Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, University of Minnesota Press, 2012, p 160

Hickey, Dave. George Herms: THE RIVER BOOK, Volume I + II. Venice CA: Hamilton Press, 2014, Volume I: pp 22, 66, 87

Watts, Patricia; Melrod, George. Inner Worlds: Conscious/Unconscious. Berkeley, CA: Watts Arts Publications/Edition One Books, 2014, pp 2, 5, 7, 10, 12, 26-35

Aukeman, Anastasia. Welcome to Painterland: Bruce Conner and the Rat Bastard Protective Association. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2016, pp 4,126, 210, 212-213, 222

Beat Generation: New York-San Francisco-Paris. Paris, France: Editions du Centre Pompidou, 2016, pp 186, 187

Beat Generation: New York-San Francisco-Paris, The Exhibition. Paris, France: Editions du Centre Pompidou, 2016, pp 40, 45

Steidman,Jason. “Paul Beattie: Finally a New Face in the Lost History of Beat Era Projection Art.” LightSweetCrude, 2019. https://lightsweetcrudemusic.wordpress.com/2019/03/06/paul-beattie-finally-a-new-face-in-the-lost-history-of-beat-era-projection-art/

Donation Glicksman. Geneva, Switzerland: Musée D’art Moderne Et Contemporain (MAMCO), 2025