RITA BLITT
LEGACY ARTIST
Rita Blitt, Wind Aria, acrylic on paper, 18 x 24 inches
Earth Symphony: Rita Blitt Inspirations | Explorations
December 5 - February 27, 2026
Main Gallery | LVAC
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In Earth Symphony, artist Rita Blitt elevates simple, everyday experiences with trees and gardens into poetic reflections upon line, movement, color, and harmony. Her use of water-based media allows colors to gently drift and pool across the surfaces of canvas and paper, resulting in a radiant visual connection with nature.
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The works featured in Earth’s Symphony are characterized by flowing rhythm and unfolding movement, reminiscent of musical patterns. Through these new creations, Blitt shares her deep appreciation for nature and her wonder at witnessing its continual growth.
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- Connie Gibbons, Curator
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Artist Statement
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In the 1950s, I was exposed to Abstract Expressionism at the University of Illinois.
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I was fascinated by this new work, but not willing to experiment with abandoning subject matter in my art until it happened naturally.
In the late 60s, all hints of subject matter disappeared from my paintings, and I was off into a new world of letting my hands dance on paper, allowing black lines to flow from me that have become sculpture up to 60 feet in height.
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Black lines dominated my art until recent years when I allowed color to return naturally.
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Artist Bio
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Rita Blitt is an American contemporary painter, sculptor, and film collaborator based in both the San Francisco Bay Area and Leawood, Kansas. Her work is distinguished by abstract, organic lines and shapes that draw inspiration from nature, music, and dance. Blitt's artistic repertoire includes dynamic black line and pastel oval paintings as well as large-scale sculptures.
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Her art has been showcased in over 70 solo exhibitions. The Mulvane Museum at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas, houses the Rita Blitt Legacy Collection. Blitt’s works are part of numerous museum and private collections, including the Mulvane Art Museum, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, Beach Museum of Art, John F. Kennedy Library, National Museum of Singapore, Spencer Museum of Art, Nevada Museum of Art, Spertus Institute, Skirball Cultural Center, and the Kennedy Museum of American Art. Her monumental sculptures are installed in Australia, Israel, Japan, Singapore, and the United States.
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