The Atelier 17 Project
Artists of Atelier 17

Artists

Roger Vieillard

1907–1989

Born
1907, France
Died
1989, France
Gender
Male
Studio eras
Listed in
  • Moser Appendix (1977)

Atelier 17 group shows 20

  1. 1935
    Le groupe de l’Atelier 17

    Galerie Pierre, Paris, France · until May 25, 1935

    Notes and sources

    Hayter's preface for this exhibition, signed "H.," was located in Swedish translation in the journal Konstrevy (1935) by James Chadwick. It names 22 exhibiting artists and describes the plaster-relief method alongside paper prints.

    About the exhibiting artists

    The preface, signed "H." (Hayter), lists 22 exhibitors and was published in Swedish in Konstrevy (1935). A review in L'Intransigeant (May 26, 1935) singles out Brignoni, Vieillard, Vulliamy and Catherine Yarrow and names Dalí and Ernst as the group's two influences. Konstrevy gives Buckland Wright's first name as "Frank"; linked here to John Buckland-Wright.

    Sources

    Stanley William Hayter, letter to Julian Trevelyan, March 7, [1935], TREJ 16_19, Papers of Julian Otto Trevelyan, Trinity College, Cambridge University. In this letter, Hayter describes the show and lists the potential and confirmed exhibitors.

    H. [S. W. Hayter], "Le groupe de l'atelier 17," Konstrevy 11 (1935): 155–57.

    "Paris Notes," Axis 3 (July 1935): 28.
    https://monoskop.org/images/3/34/Axis_3_Jul_1935.pdf

    "L'Exposition de l'Atelier 17," La Bete Noir, 1 June 1935: 4.
    https://rapportgallica.bnf.fr/recherche?query=%28dc.identifier%20all%20%22bpt6k5569781h%22%29%20and%20%28gallica%20adj%20%22%22EXPOSITION%20DE%20L%27ATELIER%2017%22%22%29&aig=2&mb=5&lang=fr

    La Semaine à Paris, May 17, 1935, 46.

    Marguerite Jouve, "Expositions," L'Intransigeant (Paris), May 26, 1935, 4. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k7947577

  2. 1936
    Le groupe de l’Atelier 17 de Paris

    Kunstzaal De Gulden Roos, Maastricht, The Netherlands · May 17 to June 7, 1936

    Traveled to

    Notes and sources

    Sources

    Le Groupe de l'Atelier 17 de Paris. Exhibition catalogue. Maastricht: Kunstzaal "De Gulden Roos," 1936.

    "Tentoonstelling van gravures van Le Groupe de l'Atelier 17 de Paris" [advertisement], Advertentieblad voor Limburg (Maastricht), May 22, 1936.

  3. 1937
    Výstava skupiny pařížských grafiků “Atelier 17”

    Spolek Výtvarných Umělců Mánes, Prague, Czechoslovakia · January to February 1937

    Notes and sources

    Thank you to Katarina Kyselica, Principal at KADS New York, who retrieved this catalogue from the library of the Prague National Gallery. The hosting venue, SVU Manes, was founded in 1887 as an artists association and is still active today.

    Sources

    Výstava skupiny pařížských grafiků "Atelier 17." Exhibition catalogue. Prague: Spolek výtvarných umělců Mánes, 1937.

  4. 1937
    Atelier 17: Exposition de gravures et objets gravés (1936-37)

    Galerie aux Quatre Chemins, Paris, France · March 12 to March 31, 1937

    Notes and sources

    Thank you to Michele Greet for the Beaux-Arts citation.

    Sources

    Atelier 17: Exposition de gravures et objets gravés (1936–37). Invitation. Paris: Quatre Chemins, 1937. Tate Archive, Papers of Stanley William Hayter, TGA 200515/3/2/1/1–2.

    “L’Atelier 17,” Beaux-Arts: Chronique des arts et de la curiosité, April 2, 1937, 6.

  5. 1939
    VIIe Exposition de Gravures et Platres Gravés du Groupe de l’Atelier 17

    Galerie de Beaune, Paris, France · April 21 to May 5, 1939

    Notes and sources

    About the exhibiting artists

    Kolos-Vari is listed in the catalogue as "Sandor Kolos-Vari" in error; the exhibitor was Sigismond Kolos-Vari. Sandor (Alexandre) Kolozsváry was Sigismond's elder brother, also a printmaker, but he did not work at Atelier 17 (confirmed by Julia Cserba, October 2026). "Werner" is listed without a first name; linked here to Werner von Alvensleben.

    Sources

    VIIe Exposition de gravures et plâtres gravés du Groupe de l'Atelier 17. Preface by Lucho Vargas. Exhibition catalogue. Paris: Galerie de Beaune, 1939.

    Charles Théophile, "Les Expositions: Gravures du Groupe de l'Atelier 17," Marianne, May 3, 1939, 15.

  6. 1939
    Studio 17: Engravings, Etchings, Plaster Prints

    Guggenheim Jeune, London, United Kingdom · June 8 to June 23, 1939

    Notes and sources

    About the exhibiting artists

    Kolos-Vari is listed in the catalogue as "Sigismond Kolos Vari."

    Sources

    S. W. Hayter's Studio 17: Engravings, Etchings, Plaster Prints. Preface by Herbert Read. Exhibition catalogue. London: Guggenheim Jeune, 1939.

    Christina Weyl and James Chadwick, "United in Their Craft: The Stylistic Diversity of Atelier 17's Prewar Artists," in Peggy Guggenheim in London: The Making of a Collector; The Story of Guggenheim Jeune, 1938–1939, ed. Gražina Subelytė and Simon Grant (Venice: Marsilio Arte, 2026), 205–21.

  7. 1944
    New Directions in Gravure: Hayter and Studio 17

    Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York · June 28 to October 8, 1944

    Traveled to

    Notes and sources

    Sources

    James Johnson Sweeney, "New Directions in Gravure: Hayter and Studio 17," Bulletin of the Museum of Modern Art 12, no. 1 (August 1944).

  8. 1949
    Fourteenth Exhibition of Prints by Members of the Atelier 17 Group

    Laurel Gallery, New York, New York · March 14 to April 1, 1949

    Notes and sources

    Sources

    Fourteenth Exhibition of Prints by Members of the Atelier 17 Group. Texts by Herbert Read, James Johnson Sweeney, A. Hyatt Mayor, Carl Zigrosser, and Stanley William Hayter. Exhibition catalogue. New York: Wittenborn, Schultz, 1949.

    "Prints by Members of Atelier 17," Art Digest 23 (March 1949): 20.

    [Review of Atelier 17 exhibition at Laurel Gallery], Art News 48 (March 1949).

  9. 1951
    Atelier 17

    Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, New York · September 24 to October 14, 1951

    Traveled to

    Notes and sources

    Sources

    Atelier 17. Contributions by William Lieberman, Massey Trotter, Una Johnson, Ruthven Todd, and S. W. Hayter. Exhibition catalogue. New York: Grace Borgenicht Gallery, 1951.

  10. 1952
    St. W. Hayter – Grafisch Werk, Boekillustraties / Atelier 17

    Stedelijk Kunstsalon Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium · May 24 to June 11, 1952

    Notes and sources

    Sources

    St. W. Hayter: Grafisch werk, boekillustraties; Atelier 17. Introduction by John Trouillard. Exhibition catalogue. Antwerp: Stedelijk Kunstsalon, 1952.

  11. 1953
    Quelques Graveurs Contemporains autour de l’Atelier 17

    Kunsthandel Martinet, Amsterdam, The Netherlands · November 26 to December 23, 1953

    Traveled to

    Notes and sources

    This show’s checklist changed over the various venues.

    Hayter also attempted to bring this show to Paris at the Musée de Luxembourg, but it was refused:
    https://www.siv.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr/siv/rechercheconsultation/consultation/ir/consultationIR.action?consIr=&frontIr=&optionFullText=&fullText=&defaultResultPerPage=&irId=FRAN_IR_053971&formCaller=GENERALISTE&gotoArchivesNums=false&auSeinIR=false&details=true&page=&udId=c1vb03hgzj12--d6voacimgb8m

    Sources

    Exhibition poster, Tate Archive, Papers of Stanley William Hayter, 200510/3/23/1.

  12. 1954
    Engravings from the Collection of Atelier 17, Selected by Lotte Jacobi

    Lotte Jacobi Gallery, New York, New York · November 30 to December 21, 1954

    Notes and sources

    Sources

    An exhibition announcement, Series XIII: Oversized Material, Oversize Box 3, Lotte Jacobi Papers, University of New Hampshire Library.

    C.L.F., "Jacobi Print Group," Arts Digest, December 1, 1954.

  13. 1955
    Kunstnere tilknyttet Atelier 17

    Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo, Norway · December 9 to December 31, 1955

    Traveled to

    Notes and sources

    About the exhibiting artists

    Marc Chagall, Pierre Courtin, Anthony Gross, Joseph Hecht, André Masson, Joan Miró, Pablo Picasso, and Jacques Villon were listed as "Invités à l'honneur."

    Sources

    Atelier 17: Nasjonalgalleriet, Bergens Billedgalleri, Stavanger Kunstforening. Preface by S. W. Hayter. Exhibition catalogue. Oslo: Nasjonalgalleriet, 1955.

  14. 1956
    Atelier 17

    Galerie Colibri, Malmö, Sweden · March 22 to April 1, 1956

    Notes and sources

    This exhibition was organized by the Sturegalleriet, Stockholm. It is possible, but not confirmed, that it was part of the traveling exhibition started in 1953 at the Kunsthandel Martinet.

    Sources

    Exhibition pamphlet, Tate Archive, Papers of Stanley William Hayter, 200510/3/22/1.

  15. 1962
    Hayter and Atelier 17

    Steinberg Hall, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri · May to June 2, 1962

    Notes and sources

    There were three traveling exhibitions about Atelier 17 that were circulating in the early 1960s: two from the Associated American Artists and one from the American Federation of Arts.

    Research on all three tours is not yet complete.

    About the exhibiting artists

    The artists linked are those named in the American Federation of Arts' 1962–1963 Extension Services catalogue, which lists only some of the exhibiting artists ("among them").

    Sources

    Margaret J. Brink, "Hayter, Atelier 17 Exhibit, Steinberg Hall Prints Viewed," St. Louis Globe-Democrat, May 19, 1962: 9; At the Galleries," St. Louis Globe-Democrat, May 12, 1962: 19; "Hayter and Ateleir 17" in 1962-1963 Extension Services (New York: The American Federation of Arts, 1962).

  16. 1962
    Hayter and Atelier 17

    Jacksonville Art Museum, Jacksonville, Florida · September 7 to September 25, 1962

    Notes and sources

    There were three traveling exhibitions about Atelier 17 that were circulating in the early 1960s: two from the Associated American Artists and one from the American Federation of Arts.

    Research on all three tours is not yet complete.

    About the exhibiting artists

    The artists linked are those named in the American Federation of Arts' 1962–1963 Extension Services catalogue, which lists only some of the exhibiting artists ("among them").

    Sources

    "Hayter's Work Included: Museum Opens Exhibit of Modern Prints Today," The Florida Times-Union, September 7, 1962: 59; "Hayter and Ateleir 17" in 1962-1963 Extension Services (New York: The American Federation of Arts, 1962).

  17. 1962
    Hayter and Atelier 17, 1927-1962

    Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, United Kingdom · June 15 to July 14, 1962

    Notes and sources

    Sources

    Hayter and Atelier 17, 1927-1962 (London: Institute of Contemporary Arts, 1962).

  18. 1967
    S. W. Hayter et l’Atelier 17

    Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi, Belgium · February 18 to March 12, 1967

    Notes and sources

    About the exhibiting artists

    The catalogue lists Marcel Duchamp's Les deux Frères (no. 20) in the Paris 1927–1939 section, but there is as yet no evidence that Duchamp participated in Atelier 17 during the prewar period.

    Sources

    S. W. Hayter et l'Atelier 17 (Charleroi: Palais des Beaux-Arts, 1967); exhibition invitation, Tate Archive, Papers of Stanley William Hayter, 200510/3/202/1.

  19. 1977
    Atelier 17: A 50th Anniversary Retrospective Exhibition

    Elvehjem Art Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin · October 9 to December 4, 1977

    Traveled to

    Notes and sources

    Sources

    Moser, Joann. Atelier 17: A 50th Anniversary Retrospective Exhibition. Madison: Elvehjem Art Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1977.

  20. 1981
    Atelier 17: 1927 Paris New-York 1950

    Galerie de Seine, Paris, France · October 22 to November 28, 1981

    Notes and sources

    About the exhibiting artists

    Pablo Picasso is included in the checklist (no. 87, "Combat," 1937, burin), but this print is not linked to Atelier 17.

    Sources

    Exhibition brochure, Tate Archive, Papers of Stanley William Hayter, 200510/3/112/1.

Last updated November 4, 2026