MAXIM M ELIAS
PRESS & PROGRAM ARCHIVES
In 2010, in Boston Mass., Maxim M had 3 sculptures exhibited posthumously in the Art and Design Shows of the 20th and 21st Centuries (AD 20/21) shows. These same 3 sculptures continued to be exhibited bi-annually by this gallery through 2016. His son, Max K Elias, also had 3 of his sculptures exhibited by this same gallery over this same time period.
2010-
2016
1962 Maxim M (along with son Max K Elias) exhibits his sculpture "The Bull" at the 69th Annual Society of Washington Artists exhibition at the Natural History Building of the Smithsonian Institution in D.C. Max K's sculpture "The Prawn" is exhibited in the same show, and both works are sold.
1962
Maxim M Elias winning award.
1961 Maxim M exhibits in the 1961 Exhibition of Contemporary Artists in Tribute to the Barnett Aden Gallery with "Susannah" (aka "Susannah and the Elders").
1961
1Maxim M exhibits two stocking sculptures ("The King" and "The Queen") in a Pop Art exhibit at the Colortone Twentieth Anniversary exhibit in Washington D.C.
196os
Maxim M has dual exhibition with painter wife Myra Elias at the Sculptors Studio Gallery in Washington D.C.
1958
Maxim M exhibits his "Female Thinker" (aka "Thinker") in Washington D.C.'s Corcoran Gallery of Art's 8th Annual Area Exhibition, where it wins an award.
1954-53
Maxim M has a solo show at the Watkins Gallery at American University in D.C. sponsored by the Artist's Guild of Washington. 22 sculptures are shown including "Pan"(in driftwood and copper), "Nightbird", "Owl" (in copper and bark), and "Figurehead" and "Woman and Guitar" (in wood and copper).
1953
Maxim M exhibits his sculpture "Woman and Chair" in New York City's Sculpture Center's Spring Exhibition 1952
1952
Maxim M exhibits in the 20th Annual Exhibition of Maryland Artists at the Baltimore Museum of Art with a bronze sculpture "Seated Figure".
Maxim M exhibits his sculpture "Pan" in Washington D.C.'s Corcoran Gallery of Art's 7th Annual Area Exhibition.
"Woman and Chair" is exhibited in a New York City gallery in a show reviewed in the New York Times June 1, 1952. This sculpture wins an award and is later sold.
Maxim M exhibits with the Society of Washington Artists (D.C.). His sculpture of a woman's head in dark red stone wins second prize in sculpture
1951
Maxim M exhibits at the Smithsonian Institution with the Washington (D.C.) Sculptors Group--Kiln Club of Washington, and wins first prize with his "Head of Ethyl Butler" in beaten lead.
Maxim M exhibits in the Corcoran Gallery of Art 5th Annual Area Exhibition and wins awards with his sculptures "A Piece Of My World" and "Man with Guitar" .
1950
Maxim M exhibits in a 1950 dual show with painter Dante Radice with The Friends of Modern Art at the Ethyl Butler Studio in D.C. Sculptures exhibited include a variety of limited edition cast-bronze small nude torsos, "The Thinker" (carved wood), and a large female torso in beaten copper, among other works.
Maxim M exhibits charcoal drawings at the Smithsonian Institution Division of Graphic Arts exhibition of prints and drawings
Maxim M exhibits his sculpture "Embrace" at the Greater Washington Area Council art show at the the American Veterans Committee Clubhouse
Maxim M exhibits in 1949 in the Society of Washington Artists 58th Annual Exhibition with his sculpture"Woman and Chair".
1949
Maxim M exhibits in group show in 1949 at the Intransit Gallery (Washington D.C.). Sculptures shown include "Figure in Relief", "Embrace" (carved in walnut), and "Gneiss Fish".
Maxim M exhibits his sculpture "Odelisque" carved out of cypress in the 1949 art show of the Artists Guild of Washington (D.C.).
Maxim M exhibits his sculpture "Shy Girl" at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philedelphia 1949
Maxim M exhibits with 3 other artists at the Georgetown Peabody Library (D.C.) in 1948. Pieces exhibited include "Nymph" (in beaten lead), "Reclining Figure" aka "Nymph 2" (in beaten lead), "Shy Girl" (in carved wood),"Kitten, "The Thinker" (in carved wood), "4 Pieces of Oak", "Little Mermaid" (in polished stone), and "Gneiss Fish".
1948
Maxim M exhibits in 1949 at the Salle de Champagne Gallery in dual show with painter M. Burgesss. Various sculptures in carved wood and beaten lead and aluminum are included.
Maxim M exhibits in 1948 with the 57th Annual Exhibition of the Society of Washington (D.C.) Artists. His sculpture"Reclining Figure" (aka "Nymph 2") in beaten lead which wins first prize for sculpture.
Review and program for 57th annual exhibition Society of Washington Artists 1948 -- Maxim M Elias wins first prize for his Reclining Figure" in beaten lead.
Maxim M Elias's"Four Pieces of Oak" wins first prize in the Corcoran Gallery of Art exhibition 1948 in show curated by Alfred H. Barr Jr. of NYC Museum of Modern Art.
Maxim M exhibits in the Washington Workshop Gallery in 1948 with his "Portrait of Myra" (aka "Portrait of my Wife") in beaten lead.
Maxim M exhibits in the 2nd Annual Exhibition of Artists of Washington (D.C.) and Vicinity with 'Portrait of My Wife" aka "Portrait of Myra" in beaten lead, and "Nymph", which wins an award.
1947
Maxim M exhibits in the 1947 Corcoran Gallery's 2nd Annual Exhibition of Works by Artists of Washington and Vicinity. He shows 2 sculptures in beaten lead, "Nymph", and "My Wife Myra" (aka "Portrait of Myra" or "Portrait of Myra").
Maxim M exhibits 3 sculptures ("Kitten", "Man in Short Bathtub", and "Torso") in the PAINTINGS FOR THE HOME art show at the International Galleries in Washington D.C. in 1946.
1946
Maxim M exhibits "Gray Head" in 1943 at the Corcoran Gallery School of Art Alumni exhibition and sale--where this sculpture is sold.
Review and program of Maxim M exhibiting with the Society of Washington Artists 1945. His sculpture "Shy Girl" wins the sculpture medal.
1945
Maxim M exhibits a self portrait in the Artists Cooperative of Washington (D.C.) juried exhibition of self-portraits entitled "MEET THE ARTIST", sometime in the mid-40's.
Maxim M exhibits his sculpture "Kitten" in D.C's Society of Washington Artist's show 1944.
1944
Maxim M exhibits in the 52nd Annual Exhibition of the Society of Washington Artists at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. with his sculpture the "Little Mermaid".
1943
Maxim M exhibits his sculpture "The Little Mermaid" at the Society of Washington Artists (D.C.) 52nd Annual Exhibition 1943 at the Corcoran Gallery of Art.
1943
Maxim M exhibits in 1941 at the 8th Annual Student Salon of Art at the Iowa Union (University of Iowa). Works include "Venus on the Half Shell"and "Fille".
1941
