Henry Villierme in his studio, 1996

1928   Born: San Francisco, CA
1953   Enrolled at California College of Arts and Crafts
1954   Married Barbara A. Albers
1957   Graduated California College of Arts and Crafts, BA in Fine Arts
1958   Moved to Southern California
1958 – Present     Resides in Southern California

Exhibitions

1957 – Seventh Annual Oil and Sculpture Exhibition. Richmond Art Center. Richmond, CA Catalog

1957 – California College of Arts and Crafts 50th Anniversary. M. H. de Young Memorial Museum. San Francisco, CA

1957 – Seventy-Six Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association. San Francisco Museum of Art. San Francisco, CA Catalog

1957 – Jack London Square Art Festival. Oakland, CA Catalog

1957 – Seventy-Seventh Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association. San Francisco Museum of Art. San Francisco, CA Catalog

1957 – Contemporary Bay Area Figurative Paintings. Oakland Art Museum. Oakland, CA Catalog

1958 – Contemporary Bay Area Figurative Paintings. Los Angeles County Museum. Los Angeles, CA Catalog. No. 57-586

1958 – 1958 Annual Exhibition, Artist of Los Angeles and Vicinity. Los Angeles County Museum. Los Angeles, CA Catalog

1966 – Brookshire Square Invitational Art Exhibition. Downey Museum of Art. Downey, CA

1992 – Landscapes and Figures. January 11–February 2 1992. John Natsoulas Gallery. Davis, CA

1992 – ART/LA 92. December 2–6, 1992. John Natsoulas Gallery. Davis, CA

1992 – Chicago International Art Exposition. April, 1992. John Natsoulas Gallery. Davis, CA

1992 – Contemporary Artists on the California Landscape. January 1–31, 1993. John Natsoulas Gallery. Davis, CA
            
1995 – Introductions ‘95. July 8–August 12, 1995. Harcourts Gallery. San Francisco, CA

1998 – Henry Villierme: Then and Now Paintings from the 1950s and the 1990s. March 7-April 18, 1998. Thomas Reynolds Gallery. San Francisco, CA

1998 – Twenty-Five Treasures. Fall 1998. Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery. San Francisco, CA

1999 – Henry Villierme: Bay Area Figurative Paintings. October 1999. Thomas Reynolds Gallery. San Francisco, CA

2000 – Henry Villierme: Works on Paper. October 2000. Thomas Reynolds Gallery. San Francisco, CA

2002 – Henry Villierme: The Figurative Movement Lives On. March 8–April 13, 2002. Thomas Reynolds Gallery. San Francisco, CA

2004 – San Francisco The Blair Collection of Bay Area Abstract Expressionism and the Second Wave. May 11–July 11, 2004. Crocker Art Museum. Sacramento, CA

2004 – Henry Villierme: Landscapes. May 21 – June 26, 2004. Thomas Reynolds Gallery. San Francisco, CA

2005 – Henry Villierme: Bay Area Figurative Paintings From A Private Collection. March 11–April 23, 2005. Thomas Reynolds Gallery. San Francisco, CA Catalog

2006 – Bay Area Figurative 1950s and 1960s. April 29–June 18, 2006. Bolinas Museum. Bolinas, CA Catalog

2006 – Henry Villierme: Figurative Landscapes. May 12–June 24, 2006. Thomas Reynolds Gallery. San Francisco, CA

Literature

I Like What I Know ~ A visual autobiography
Vincent Price, Author. 1959

Bay Area Figurative Art 1950-1965
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and University of California Press
University of California Berkeley and Los Angeles, California
University of California Press, Ltd. Oxford, England
Caroline A. Jones, Author. 1990

Henry Villierme
Fall Arts Preview
San Francisco Magazine
Pamela Feinsilber, writer. September 1999

He’s Back
Best of the West – California
SouthwestArt Magazine
Bonnie Gangelhoff, writer. October 1999

California The Great Exception
Carey McWilliams, Author. 1999

Returning to the Fore
SouthwestArt Magazine
Gussie Fauntleroy, writer. April 2002

San Francisco The Blair Collection of Bay Area Abstract Expressionism and the Second Wave
Crocker Art Museum. 2004

Henry Villierme Bay Area Figurative
For Paul Andrieu and Barrett Wilson
Thomas Reynolds Gallery. 2004

Promising artist from the 1950s enjoys success half a century later
San Francisco Chronicle
Features & Datebook writer: Leba Hertz. April 30, 2005

Bay Area Figurative 1950s and 1960s
Bolinas Museum
Barbara Janeff, Author. 2006