Biography:
Born in 1939 in New York City, Burton Levitsky has studied at Queen's College, New York (1959-1963), Frank Reilly School of Art (1961), School of Visual Arts, NYC (1964-1967), and Hunter College, NYC (1967-1969). He has studied with illustrators Frank Reilly, Burne Hogarth, and Robert Shore.

View a slideshow of his 10-Year Retrospect at the Pacific Grove Art Center

Burt
    Exhibitions and Group Shows:
  • 2008 Trition Museum, Santa Clara Museum of Art, Contemporary Still Lifes
  • 2008 Santa Cruz Art League 78th Annual Statewide Exhibition, CA. Honorary Mention
  • 2008 Pacific Grove Art Center One Man Show: Paintings from 1997 - 2007
  • 2007 Santa Cruz Art League, National Figurative Exhibit
  • 2007 McPherson Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz
  • 2006 Santa Cruz Art League, The Art of Painting, finalist
  • 2005, 2003, 2001, 1998, 1993 Monterey Museum of Art Biennial Exhibitions
  • 2003 Louis Aranow Gallery, San Francisco and Sausalito, CA
  • 2002 The American Landscape, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA
  • 2001 Santa Cruz Art League, Statewide Exhibition, Santa Cruz, CA
  • 2001 Louis Aranow Gallery, San Francisco and Sausalito, CA
  • 1993 Santa Cruz Art League State-wide Exhibition, Santa Cruz, CA
  • 1993 Sommerset Gallery, Seascape, CA
  • 1992 Santa Cruz Art League, Contrasting Visions, Santa Cruz, CA
  • 1991 Monterey Museum of Art, Surrealism Exhibition
  • 1990 Haakman Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
  • 1989 Skylight Gallery, Carmel, CA
  • 1983 Washington State Horsebreeder's Assoc., Seattle, WA
  • 1982 Greenleaf Gallery, Saratoga, CA
  • 1977 Santa Cruz County Building, Santa Cruz CA
  • 1972 Hammer Gallery, NYC
  • 1971 Bluestone Gallery, Woodstock, NY
  • 1969 Barjansky Gallery, NYC
  • 1968 Wickersham Gallery, NYC

 

  • Permanent Collections:
  • Dell Williams, Santa Cruz, CA
  • Coast Bancorp, California
  • Private collections throughout the United States and Europe
  • Staff of Life Corp.
  • Seramonte Corp.

 

  • Publications:
  • 2006 The Artist's Magazine, December issue, Finalist Award, Still Life Category
  • 2004 International Artist Publishing Inc., "100 Ways to Paint People and Figures, Vol I"
  • 2002 (October) The Santa Cruz Sentinel "The Last Realist"
  • 1997 Cover, Coast Bancorp Annual Report, CA
  • 1995 Eco-Expo Poster, Seagate Technology Corporation, Scotts Valley, CA
Burt at home


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