"Artist David Kreitzer was born in Ord, Nebraska in 1942, The number four child in a family of five. His father, The Reverend Mr. David Kreitzer, a Lutheran minister, and his mother, Norma, moved rather frequently during the years the children were growing up. The livelihood of a young country minister made moving a part of survival. From 1936 to 1950 pastor Kreitzer, an avid amateur photographer, recorded every aspect of his life on black and white film.. The paintings listed here under the title Nebraska, have been shown under the title My Fathers Memories. These paintings are based upon the photo records kept by his father. Son David Kreitzer deciding to record the information stored in this vast array of black and white photographs has created a body of colorful paintings depicting his memories of growing up in the Nebraska countryside. They are a view back in time to the depression and WWII years in the heart of this country. Although the paintings are totally portrayed in his own style and sense of design, he has captured the lure of the countryside in the breadbasket of America much in the way his predecessors Grant Wood and Edward Hopper expressed their feeling about our land and our people. The paintings are a portrait of the richness of rural life that still exists today."

David Stary-Sheets, Stary-Sheets Gallery
1993

Education
M.A., San Jose State University, San Jose CA 1967
B.S. Ed., Concordia College, Seward NE 1965

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Public Collections (Partial list)
Bakersfield Museum, Bakersfield CA
Barnes-Hind Pharmaceutical Corp., Sunnyvale CA
Cargil Corporation, Minneapolis MN
Champlin Petroleum Company, Fort Worth TX
Clorox Corporation, San Francisco CA
Coe College, Cedar Rapids IA
Eureka College, Eureka IL
Hirshhorn Foundation, Washington DC
InterFirst Bank, Dallas TX
Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Dallas TX
Koenig Collection, Concordia College, Seward NE
Lloyd's Bank, San Francisco CA
LTV Corporate Headquarters, Dallas TX
Olga Corporation, Los Angeles CA
Revlon Corporation Headquarters, New York NY
San Diego Museum, San Diego CA
San Jose State University, San Jose CA
Santa Barbara Museum, Santa Barbara CA
Sheldon Gallery, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln NE
Sinclair Paints Corp. Headquarters, Los Angeles CA
Tishman Airport Center, Los Angeles CA

Private Collections (Partial list)
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Ahmanson, Los Angeles CA
Ray Bradbury, Los Angeles CA
Raymond Burr, Los Angeles CA
Michael Douglas, Los Angeles CA
Herta Glaz and Dr. Fritz Redlich, Bel Air CA
Billy Goldenberg, Los Angeles CA
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hind, Los Altos CA
Robert Hunter, New York NY
Quin Martin, Los Angeles CA
Mary Tyler Moore, Los Angeles CA
Tony Raffell, Karlsruhe, Germany
Pepe Romero, Del Mar CA
Hubert Selby, New York NY
Max Showalter, New York NY
Donald Simon, Los Angeles CA
Bruce Staller, Los Angeles CA
Barbara Goetz Windom, La Jolla CA

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One man shows:
The Bakersfield Museum, Bakersfield CA 1990
Ankrum Gallery, Los Angeles CA 1987, 1983, 1981, 1980, 1979, 1977, 1975, 1974, 1971
The Gallerie - CPSU, San Luis Obispo CA 1990, 1986, 1982
Gumps Gallery, San Francisco CA 1982, 1980
Wortsman- Stewart Gallery, San Francisco CA 1972, 1970, 1968
Valpariso University IN 1969
Koenig Gallery, Concordia College NE 1968
Concordia College, River Forest IL 1968
Group shows:
"America of the 30's and 40's," Feingarten Gallery, Los Angeles CA 1990
"California Tradition," The Gallerie - CPSU, San Luis Obispo CA 1985
Adelle M. Fine Art, Dallas TX 1984
" Four Directions in California Art," Gryphon Gallery, Denver CO 1976
The Gallery, Nevada City CA 1969
Santa Barbara Museum, Santa Barbara CA 1968
"Art and Artists in Nebraska," Sheldon Gallery, Univ.of Nebraska, Lincoln 1982
"Art on Paper," Weatherspoon Annual, Univ. of N Carolina, Greensboro NC 1976
"Sixth Mobile Annual," Mobile AL 1971
Benedictine Art Awards Exhibition, Manufactures Hanover Trust Gallery, NY 1969
"Fifty Paintings," Walnut Creek Annual, Walnut Creek CA 1969
"Fourteenth Annual Sun Carnival Exhibition of Art," El Paso TX 1969
"American Art Since 1850," Maxwell Gallery, San Francisco CA 1968
Pomeroy Gallery, San Francisco CA 1967

"Mozart Festival 20th Anniversary," San Luis Obispo CA 1990
"Perfumo Canyon Hills," Leslie Levy Fine Art, Scottsdale AZ 1988
"Butchart Water Lilies," Leslie Levy Fine Art, Scottsdale AZ 1988
"KCBX Wine Auction," KCBX Public Radio, San Luis Obispo CA 1985
"Siegfried," Seattle Opera, Seattle WA 1982
"Tristan und Isolade," Seattle Opera, Seattle WA 1981
"Manon Lescaut," Seattle Opera, Seattle WA 1981
"1981-1982 Season Poster," Seattle Opera, Seattle WA 1981
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Painting reproduction: THE SACRED LANDSCAPE by F. Lehrman,
"White Pass Falls" Celestial Arts Publishing, Berkeley 1988
Painting reproduction: PERFORMING ARTS MAGAZINE OF SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES AND SAN DIEGO, "The New Girl" sponsored by First Interstate Bank, March 1982
Gold Medal: San Francisco Art Director's Club "Maxwell Poster" 1970
Cover: MOTORLAND MAGAZINE, "California and the War" November 1970
Cover: AQUARIAN AGE MAGAZINE, "Famous Aquarians" November 1970
Cover: ATLANTIC MAGAZINE, "Dam Outrage" April 1970
Cover: ATLANTIC MAGAZINE, "Woman's Place" March 1970

THE SACRED LANDSCAPE, F. Lehrman, Celestial Arts Publishing 1988
Feature Article: AMERICAN ARTISTS MAGAZINE, April 1982
Interview: CURRENT MAGAZINE, June 1975
THE AMERICAN PAINTING COLLECTION OF THE SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY, Geske & Janovy, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln & London, 1988

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