1938
“American Abstract Artists,” Fine Arts Galleries, New York, NY, February 14-28.
1939
“American Art Today,” New York World’s Fair, Flushing Meadows, NY.
“American Abstract Artists,” Riverside Museum, New York, NY, March 7-26
1944
“American Abstract Artists (eighth annual),” Mortimer Brandt Gallery, New York, NY, March 27 - April 8.
1947
“Abstract and Surrealist American Art,” The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, November 6, 1947-January 11, 1948.
“American Abstract Artists (eleventh annual)” Riverside Museum, New York, NY, March 30 - April 20.
1948
“American Abstract Artists (twelfth annual),” Chinese Gallery LLC, New York, NY, May 29 - June 18.
1949
“American Abstract Artists (thirteenth annual),” Riverside Museum, New York, NY, March 29 - April 17.
1950
“Post-Abstract Painting 1950: France-America,” Provincetown Art Association, Provincetown, MA, August 6-September 4, 1950.
1951
“Abstract Painting and Sculpture in America,” Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY.
“9th Street Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture,” New York, NY, May 21-June 10, 1951.
1952
“The 1952 Pittsburgh International Exhibition of Contemporary Painting,” Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, October 16-December 14, 1952; traveled to California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA, February 1-March 1, 1953 (Catalogue PDF)
1953
Whitney Annual, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, October.
Carnegie International, Pittsburgh, PA.
Stable Gallery, New York, NY.
“Provincetown-New York Artists,” The New School, New York, NY, March 3-17.
1954
Third Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, Stable Gallery, New York, January 26-February 20, 1954.
1955
Fourth Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, Stable Gallery, New York, April 26-May 21, 1955.
Carnegie International, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Drawings, Watercolors and Small Oils, Poindexter Gallery, December 19, 1955-January 7, 1956.
1956
“American Abstract Artists,” Riverside Museum, New York, April 8-May 20, 1956.
1957
Whitney Museum Exhibitions, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
1958
Carnegie International, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1959
“Work of Twenty-Five years by Five Contemporary Painters,” Camino Gallery, New York.
“Painting and Sculpture Acquisitions,” Museum of Modern Art, New York.
“George McNeil and Michael Loew,” Rutgers University Art Museum, New Brunswick, New Jersey, February.
“The Animate Space,” Signa Gallery, East Hampton, NY, June 26 - July 23.
“Briggs, Dugmore, Grillo, Krasner, McNeil, Mitchell, Pace, Resnick," Howard Wise Gallery, Cleveland, OH, October 4-29, 1959.
1960
“Contemporary American Painting,” Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Columbus, Ohio, January 14-February 18, 1960.
The Question of the Future: Fifty Painters of Promise selected by an international jury; Fifth International Hallmark Art Award. Director, Vladimir Vissin, Wildenstein Gallery, New York. 1960.
1961
Whitney Annual, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, December 13 - February 4.
“Contemporary Paintings Selected from 1960-61 New York Gallery Exhibitions,” Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut.
“Some Contemporary American Artists,” Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio.
“American Abstract Artists and Imagists,” Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York.
“66th Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting,” circulated by USIA in Latin America, 1961-62.
Joint exhibition with Stephen Pace, Walker Art Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Rose Art Museum, with Stephen Pace, December.
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, November 6 through December 17. Traveled to Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 14- February 18; The Columbus Institute Gallery of Fine Arts, Columbus, Ohio, March 7- 28. All Paintings in this exhibit have been lent by Howard Wise Gallery, New York City.
1961-1962
“Group Show,” Howard Wise Gallery, New York, NY, December 19-January 6
1962
“Continuity and Change,” Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford, Connecticut.
“66th American Exhibition,” Paris, France, circulated by the Art Institute of Chicago.
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Exhibition, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
“Painting and Sculpture,” Society for Contemporary Art: Chicago, IL.
1963
“Directions: Paintings USA,” San Francisco Museum, CA, October-November.
“Directions: Paintings USA,” San Francisco Museum, California.
“Art in Embassies,” circulated by Museum of Modern Art, New York.
“Provincetown: A Painter’s Place,” Organized by The American Federation of Arts, New York, NY. November 1962–November 1963; exhibition traveled to Delaware Art Center, Wilmington, Del., January 11–February 1, 1963; Department of Art, University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo., February 15–March 8, 1963; Quincy Art Center, Quincy, Ill., March 22–April 12, 1963; Fort Wayne Art Museum, Fort Wayne, Ind., April 30–May 29, 1963; Brooks Memorial Art Center, Memphis, Tenn., July 5–August 5, 1963; Utah Museum of Fine Arts, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, August 19–September 9, 1963; Tyler School of Fine Arts, Temple University, Elkins Park, Pa., September 23–October 14, 1963.
“28th Biennial Exhibition,” Corcorcan Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., January 18 to March 3.
1964
“Recent American Paintings,” University of Texas Art Museum, Austin, TX, April 15 - May 15.
1965
Whitney Annual, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
“Tradition in Evolution: Paintings by Hans Hofmann, James Brooks, George McNeil, Lester Elliot, Robert Beauchamp.” Mc Carter Theater, Princeton, NJ. December, 1965.
1966
166th Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, January 21 - March 6.
“First 1966 Show,” Provincetown Art Association, Provincetown, MA, July 1-July 30. (catalogue)
“Second 1966 Show,” Provincetown Art Association, Provincetown, MA, August 4-September 5 (catalogue).
“Art on Paper,” Weatherspoon Gallery, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, NC, November 6-December 16.
“Drawings &:An Exhibition.” The University Art Museum of The University of Texas, February 6-March 15. 1966. Catalogue
“The One Hundred Sixty-First Annual Exhibition of American Painting and Sculpture,” Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA. January 21-March 6, 1966. Catalogue
1967
“The New York Painter: A Century of Painting: Morris-Hofmann,” Marlborough Gallery, New York.
1968
“Painting as Painting,” The Art Museum of the University of Texas at Austin, February 18-April 1, 1968.
“The 1930s: Painting and Sculpture in America,” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
1969
“George McNeil / John Opper,” Blossom Center, Kent State University, Kent, OH, August 9-28. (brochure)
“Selections from the New York University Art Collection,” Loeb Student Center, New York, NY, November 18-December 18.
“The New American Painting: the First Generation,” Museum of Modern Art, New York.
1972
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York.
1973
25th Annual Exhibition of Prince and drawings, Oklahoma Arts Center, Oklahoma City, OK, May 6th to June 6th, 1973 (catalogue).
“Art on Paper 1973: Art Works Purchased For the Fillard Collection of the Weatherspoon Gallery,” University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, November 18-December 16, 1973 (catalogue).
1976
“ArtWorks: New York Galleries in Milwaukee,” Atrium of the Shops on Jefferson Street, Milwaukee, WI, April 25 - May 16; an exhibition organized by Reva Shovers and John Lloyd Taylor, featuring 20 New York Galleries; included among many artist are Willem de Kooning, Andy Warhol, Lee Krasner, and Alex Katz.
“Advocates of Abstraction: The A.A.A. 1936-1943,” The Downtown Branch of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY.
“Abstract Expressionists and Imagists,” University of Texas Art Museum, Austin, TX.
1977
“American Abstract Artists,” University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
1978
“United Jewish appeal & Federation of Jewish philanthropies 25th Annual art auction: painting, drawing, sculpture, primitive art,” Sotheby park Burnet New York, May 31. (catalogue)
“Landscape, Still-Life, Figurative Paintings,” Pratt Institute Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, November 30 - December 21.
“The Figure…Thirteen Ways: Calvin Albert, Warren Brandt, Sherman Drexler, Maty Frank, Sideo Fromboluti, Alex Katz, William King, Irving Kriesberg, Nicholas Marsicano, George McNeil, Daphne Mumford, Alice Neel, Philip Pearlstein,” Landmark Gallery, New York, February 4-23.
Days Slumbered Studios, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, August 1978-October 1, 1978, Provincetown, Mass. Catalogue
Olympia Galleries, ltd., Atlanta, American Abstract Artists: Ilya Bolotowsky, A.N. Christie, John Ferren, Dwinell Grant, Harry Holtzman, Paul Kelpe, George McNeil, September 22, 1978.
“An Eclectic View: Modern Masters- All Media: J. Milder, H. Aach, S. Drexler, Picasso, L. Johnson, E. Briggs, S. Steinberg, Ben Shahn, R. Greenes, G. Rouault, J. Hirsch, S. Boardman, D.Gillespie, A. wolkowitz, J. Green, A. Chernow, Al Hirshfield, A.B. Davies, J. Green, C. Skopic, Burliuk, E. Shinn, W. Gropper , Eilshemius, B. Kazlov, G. McNeil, A. Toney, Chryssa, Dubuffet, R. Rosenborg, P. Hurd, E. Shinn, W. Hartson, R. Goings, N. Lorne,” Aaron Berman gallery, New York, October 7 - November 15.
1978-1979
“Collector's Choice: in a special holiday offering of Modern Masters - All Media: Sean, Gross, Briggs, McNeil, Walkowitz, Montague, Picasso, Lieberman, Drexler, Shinn, Gropper, Boardman, Matter, Gillespie, Milder, Erica, Ack, Fiddleman, Looks, Cherno and others.” Aaron Berman Gallery, New York, December 10, 1978 - January 31, 1979.
1981-1982
“Jacob Kainen & George McNeil,” Lunn Gallery, Washington DC, December 5 - January 16.
1983
“The Painterly Figure,” Parrish Art Museum, South Hampton, New York.
1984
“Emotional Impact: New York School Figurative Expressionism,” Art Museum Association of America, San Francisco, curator April Kingsley: traveled 1984-6 Anchorage Historical and Fine Arts Museum, Anchorage Alaska; Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, University Art Gallery, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida; Oklahoma Museum of Art, Oklahoma City Oklahoma; Beaumont Art Center, Beaumont, Texas; Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas.
“Print Acquisitions 1974-84,” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
Oscarsson-Hood Gallery, New York, NY, January 10-February 4.
“Tamarind Impressions: Recent Impressions, A Cultural Presentation of the United States of America,” Tamarind Institute, Dir. Marjorie Devon, Albuquerque, New Mexico. N.d. Catalogue
1984-1985
“In Spirit: Peter Flaccus, Joan Mitchell, Dale Frank, André Massonm David Humphrey, Max Beckmann, Lisa Lawley, David Smith, Sam Messer, Jackson Pollock, Garry Nichols, Lee Krasner, Joyce Pensato, George McNeil, Pedro Perez, Norris Embry, Chaim Soutine,” Curated by Garry Nichols, Monique Knowlton Gallery. New York, December 8, 1984 - January 9, 1985.
1985
“Recent Acquisitions,” Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY.
“Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition,” New York Studio School, NY, May 1 -
“Three Reflections on the World: Works by Joan Brown, Roy Lichtenstein & George McNeil,” Edith C. Blum Art Institute, Bard College Center, Annandale on Hudson, NY, May 8–August 15.
“Fifty Artists, Fifty Printers: 25 years of Tamarind,” University of New Mexico Art Museum, NM, May 18 - August 30
“Visiting Artists: Painters and Printmakers,” Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MI, Nov 2-24
“Survival of the Fittest,” Ingber Gallery, New York, NY.
“Expressionism: An American Beginning,” Provincetown Art Association and Museum, June 28–July 25
“Tamarind: 25th Anniversary Exhibition,” Associated American Artists, New York, NY, October 8 - November 12
“Figural Art of the New York School: Selections from the CIBA-GEIGY Art Collection,” Baruch College Gallery, NY, November 15–December 20; traveled to Louisiana State University, LA, February 2-2
1986
“38th Annual Purchase Exhibition, Hassam and Speicher Fund,” American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY.
“American Masters: Works on Paper,” Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
“American Abstract Artists 1936-1986: 50th Anniversary Celebration,” The Bronx Museum of the Arts, NY, February 6 - April 20
“Hans Hofmann and his Legacy,” Lever/Meyerson Galleries, New York, NY, October 15 - December 12
“Obscure Guerrilla Chieftains of the Hemisphere,” Area X Gallery, New York, NY.
“Elders of the Tribe,” Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, New York, NY, December 2, 1986-January 3, 1987; between January 1987-June 1988 exhibition travels to ten other museum venues.
“Inner Images,” Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME, March 9 - April 13
“Crosscurrents: An exchange exhibition between Guild Hall Museum and the Provincetown Art Association and Museum,” Guild Hall Museum and the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, June - July
“American Abstract Artists:The Origins.” Curated by Judy Collischan Van Wagner. Hillwood Art Gallery, Long Island University, CW Post Campus. October 1-24, 1986
1987
“The Interior Self: Three Generations of Expressionists View the Human Image,” The Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ, MArch 15 - June 21.
“Drawing: 1987,” Luise Ross Gallery, New York, NY, June 16 - July 30
“The Atelier Project: 1983-1986,” Neuberger Museum, SUNY Purchase, NY, April 19 - August 9; an exhibition of prints by 16 artists, produced in residency in the Atelier Program during the three prior years
“Working in Brooklyn/Painting,” Brooklyn Museum, NY, June 12-September 7, 1987.
Pratt Institute, Clinton Hill Artists: The Pratt Connection, September 24–30, 1987.
“Styles of painting of the New York School: Selections from the Ciba-Geigy Collection,” New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ, November 14 - December 30.
“39th Annual Purchase Exhibition – Hassan and Speicher Fund,” American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY, November 16 - December 13.
Guild Hall, “American Masters,” May 23, 1987, Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY.
Leo Castelli, “The Ninth Street Show,” June 13-July 31, 1987. Leo Castelli, Gallery, New York. Catalogue (essay: Robert Pincus Witten, Reviews: Thomas B. Hess, Belle Krasne).
1988
“Enduring Creativity,” Whitney Museum of American Art, Fairfield County, Stanford, CT, April 15-June 15.
“The Figurative Fifties: New York Figurative Expressionism,” (curated by Paul Schimmel and Judith Stein) Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA, July 19-September 18, 1988; exhibition traveled to Philadelphia Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, December 31; McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX, February 15-April 30, 1989 (catalogue)
“Exploring the Sixties: Selected Paintings from the Michener Collection,” Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, June 10 - July 31.
Pratt Institute, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y., This Was Pratt: Former Faculty Centennial Exhibition, March 12–April 16, 1988.
1989
“Face Off,” Edward Thorpe Gallery, New York.
“The Patricia and Phillip Frost Collection: American Abstraction 1930 to 1945,” Smithsonian National Museum of American Art, September 8, 1989 - February 11, 1990.
1990
“The Provocative Years 1935-45,” Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, Massachusetts, Aug. 3 - Oct. 28.
“Changing Perceptions. The Evolution of Twentieth Century American Art,” Weatherspoon Art Museum, UNC Greensboro , September 23- November 11. LINK
“Five Artists: Calvin Albert, Jacob Landau, George McNeil, Charles Schucker, Ralph Wickiser,” Pratt Manhattan Gallery, December-January.
1991
“Smith Collects Contemporary,” Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts.
1992
“ Big Paintings,” Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona.
1993
“Spheres of Influence,” Whitney Museum of American Art at Champion, Stamford, Connecticut.
“Miracles IV” Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center and Mount Sinai Hospital. October 16, 1993 (Auction)
“USA on Paper,” Copenhagen City Gallery. Copenhagen, Denmark. March 19-April 17, 1993 (catalogue).
1994
“Paths of Abstraction: Painting in New York 1944-81,” Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Gallery, Hunter College, New York, NY, September 13- October 29, 1994 (catalogue)
1996
“Abstract Expressionism and the American Experience” Centro Cultural Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico, D.F. curated and with catalogue essay by Irving Sandler, October 10, 1996-January 12, 1997.
1999
"Prints and Paintings: Leon Golub and George McNeil" Edward Hopper House, Nyack, New York, July 3-July 25.
“The Abstract Tradition,” Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York.
2000
“Forum Forty-Nine” exhibition Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, Massachusetts.
''Lyrical Visions: Music and Dance in American Art,” Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ.
2001
“The Stamp of Impulse: Abstract Expressionist Prints,” Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts, April 22-June 17, 2001.
2002-2003
“True Colors: Meditations on the American Spirit,” traveling exhibition organized by Meridian International Center, Washington, D.C.
“The New York School: Abstract Expressionism and Beyond and Beyond,” July 20, 2002 – January 19, 2003.
2003
“Recent Acquisitions,” Boston Museum of Fine Art, Boston, Massachusetts.
“Painting Explosion: 1958 - 1963, Part II,” Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, April 19 - July 27.
2005
“Painting As Inquiry, Gregory Amenoff, Gregory Botts, Tim Craighead, George McNeil and Paul Resika,” Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2006
“9th St.: Nine Artists from the Ninth Street Show,” David Findlay Jr. Fine Art, New York, June 9-29.
“Making It New: George McNeil and His Students,” Montserrat College of Art Gallery, Beverly, MA, December
2009
“Days Lumberyard Studios 1915-1972,” Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis Port, MA, September 19-November 15.
“Students of Hans Hofmann: from the CCMA Collection,” Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis Port, MA January 24-March 15.
2010
“Director’s Choice: David Cowan’s Favorites,” ACME Fine Art, Boston, MA, January 15 - April 23.
“American Modernists in Wyoming: George McNeil, Ilya Bolotowsky and Leon Kelly,” University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie WY, January 30-August 7.
“Geometry and Gesture” David Findlay Jr. Fine Art, New York. April 8-29.
2011
"The Tides of Provincetown: Pivotal Years in America's Oldest Continuous Art Colony 1899-2011," New Britain Museum of American Art, July 15-October 16.
2012
“Robert Beauchamp, George McNeil: Masters of Figurative Expressionism,” David Findlay Jr. Gallery, New York, NY, April 3-28, 2012.
2013
“Pioneers from Provincetown: The Roots of Figurative Expressionism,” Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA, July 19 - September 2.
“Figurative Group Show,” Cavalier Galleries, Greenwich, CT, September 20 - October 20.
“Emotional Impact: American Figurative Expressionism,” Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.
“On Abstraction,” David Findlay Jr. Gallery, New York, NY, April 6- 27.
2014
“1980s Style: Image and Design in The Dorsky Museum Collection,” Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY, February 5 - July 13.
“Summer Salon 2014,” ACME Fine Art, Newbury St, Boston, MA, July 11 - August 16.
“Fall Group Exhibition,” (3W57), Cavalier Galleries, New York, NY, October 1-31.
“Special Exhibition: Just Off Madison” (15E71), Cavalier Galleries, New York, NY, November 19 - December 1.
“12 Painters: The Studio School 1974/2014,” Steven Kasher Gallery, New York, NY, November 20, 2014 - January 17, 2015.
2015
“Tamarind and the Rebirth of Lithography in the United States,” Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, Champaign, IL, August 28 - December 23.
“Winter Group Show,” Cavalier Galleries, Greenwich, CT, November 22, 2014 - January 31.
2016
“Summer Selections 2016,” Berry Campbell, New York, NY, July 6 - 22.
“Summer Salon 2016,” ACME Fine Art, Boston, MA, July 8 - August 20.
“Cavalier Galleries 30th Anniversary,” November 1 - December 2.
2017
“MIXED ground floor show at 3W57,” Cavalier Galleries, May 16-June 10 and June 26-August 21.
2018
“The Hans Hofmann Legacy: Creative Diversity,” Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis Port, MA, January 18 - March 11.
“Capturing Landscape,” Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, Champaign, IL, May 26 - October 20.
“57th St: America’s Artistic Legacy, part 1” [New York, NY] Cavalier Galleries, June 15 - July 17.
2020
“Summer Highlights” [part 2], Cavalier Gallery (online viewing room) August 13 - September 13.
“The 1950s,” Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, NY, September 19 - October 18.
“Face to Face: Close Encounters with the Permanent Collection,” Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA, August 20 - November 2.
2021
“The 1960s,” Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, NY, November 7, 2020 - February 28.
2022
“Swing Landscape: Stuart Davis and the Modernist Mural,” Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University, (curated by Jenny McComas) with Ilya Bolotowsky, Peter Busa, Francis Criss, Stuart Davis, Arshile Gorky, Lee Krasner, George McNeil, and others. February 5 - May 22. (catalogue)
“Director’s Choice: Recent Gifts from the Robert Duffy Collection,” Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA, April 15 - June 15.
“The Vault Show: work by George McNeil and Miriam Beerman," University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, June 4 - September 4.
“History Told Slant: Seventy-Seven Years of Collecting Art at MSU,” Michigan State University January 29–August 7, 2022.
2023
“It’s About The People,” Caldwell Gallery Hudson, Hudson, NY February 17-April 2.
University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tuscon, Ariz., Abstract Perspectives in Mid-Century Art, October 8, 2022–March 25, 2023.
2024
“Exploring the Depths of Abstraction,” Kutlesa Gallery, Goldau, Switzerland, March 8 - April 13