Peter Saul (born August 16, 1934) is an American painter. His work has connections with Pop Art, Surrealism, and Expressionism. His early use of pop culture cartoon references in the late 1950s and very early 1960s situates him as one of the fathers of the Pop Art movement. He realised about 800 paintings during his career.

1. PETER SAUL
A Great American Painter
Browse his Artwork, PAINTING,
Pop art, and Exhibitions
Presented By: Marry Boone Gallery

2. Biography - :
Peter Saul (born August 16, 1934) is an American painter. His work has connections
with Pop Art, Surrealism, and Expressionism. His early use of pop culture cartoon
references in the late 1950s and very early 1960s situates him as one of the fathers of
the Pop Art movement. He realised about 800 paintings during his career.
Peter Saul was born in San Francisco, California, and studied at the California School of
Fine Arts from 1950 to 1952 and at Washington University in St. Louis from 1952 to
1956 before moving to Europe where he remained until 1964. Saul was inspired by
1940’s comic books such as Crime Does Not Pay, Plastic Man, and the painting Coney
Island by Paul Cadmus that he saw reproduced in an art book his mother received from
Book-of-the Month Club in 1939. After completing art school in 1956, he developed a
brushy art style influenced by de Kooning. In 1958 he decided to incorporate cartoon
images such as Donald Duck and Superman as subjects in his paintings after seeing an
issue of mad magazine in a Paris bookstore. Roberto Matta introduced his work to the
dealer Allan Frumkin and in 1961, he had his first show at the Allan Frumkin Gallery
in Chicago, followed in 1962 by simultaneous shows at Galerie Breteau in Paris and the
Allan Frumkin Gallery in New York City. He was quickly classified as a Pop artist,
albeit one with ‚too much paint‛.
Recent Solo Shows-:
 2015
o Mary Boone Gallery, NYC, NY.
o Hall Art Foundation, Reading, Vermont.
o David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, California. Some Crazy Pictures
o Venus Over Manhattan, NYC, NY. From Pop to Punk: Peter Saul, Paintings
from the 60’s and 70’s

3.  2014
o The Arnold and Marie Schwartz Gallery Met, Metropolitan Opera House,
Lincoln Center, NYC, NY. Figaro.
 2013
o Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany. Holy Moly.
o Mary Boone Gallery, NYC, NY. Paintings from the 60s and 70s.
o VeneKlasen Werner, Berlin, Germany. Neptune and the Octopus Painter.
o Mary Boone Gallery, NYC, NY. Peter Saul/Jim Shaw: Drawings. (Two-person
Show)
 2012
o Fondation Salomon Art Contemporain, Alex, France.
o Mary Boone Gallery, NYC, NY.
 2011
o Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, Illinois. Stupid Arguments.
 2010
o Haunch of Venison, NYC, NY. Fifty Years of Painting.
Recent Group Shows-:
 2015
o Villa Merkel, Galerien der Stadt Esslingen am Neckar, Esslingen am
Neckar, Germany. Better than de Kooning.
o Matthew Marks Gallery, NYC, NY. What Nerve! Alternative Figures in
American Art from 1960 to the Present.
o Venus Over Manhattan, NYC, NY. Rawhide.
o Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC, NY. America Is Hard To See.

4. o Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany. Picasso in Contemporary
Art.
 2014
o Galerie Zürcher, Paris, France. If You’re Accidentally Not Included, Don’t
Worry About It.
o Red Bull Studios New York, NYC, NY. Spaced Out: Migration to the
Interior.
o Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, Rhode Island. What
Nerve! Alternative Figures in American Art from 1960 to the Present.
o Franklin Parrasch Gallery, NYC, NY. Peahead.
o Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio. Comic Future.
o Leila Heller Gallery, NYC, NY. Look at Me: Portraiture from Manet to the
Present.
o Zürcher Studio, NYC, NY. If You’re Accidentally Not Included, Don’t Worry
About It.
o Marlborough Chelsea, NYC, NY. FAR OUT!.
o The Arnold and Marie Schwartz Gallery Met, Metropolitan Opera House,
Lincoln Center, NYC, NY. Imaginary Portraits/Prince Igor.
 2013
o Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, Texas. Comic Future.
o Michael Werner Gallery, NYC, NY. Tumescence: Peter Doig, Sigmar Polke,
Peter Saul, Michael Williams.
o Francis M. Naumann Fine Art, NYC, NY. Marcel Duchamp’s ‘Nude
Descending a Staircase’: An Homage.

5. Painting Work-:
1. Sickroom
This painting is known as ‚Sickroom‛ this painting is made by Peter Saul in 1964 and
this painting made in the format of Oil/canvas.

6. 2. Rembrandt’s Night Watch
This painting is made by Peter Saul in 1974-1975 and its name is Rembrandt’s
Night Watch. This painting is made in the format arclyic /canvas.

7. 3. Drunken Cowboy
This famous painting ‚Drunken Cowboy‛ is made by Peter Soul in 1985 it’s a
masterpiece artwork by him. This is made up in the format of arclyic/canvas.

8. 4. Angel
‚Angel‛ this painting is looking different, as we can see that’s because it is a very
famous painting made by Peter Saul. This painting is made in 1978 and by using the
format of arclyic, modeling paste/ wood.

9. 5. Peter Saul Vs Pop Art
‚Peter Saul Vs Pop Art‛ A wonderful piece of art made by Peter Saul in 2012 and
it became a truly masterpiece. As usual in the artwork of Peter Saul this painting
is also in the format of arclyic/canvas.