# Albert York

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**Albert York** (1928–2009) was an American [painter](/source/Painting). He lived and worked in [New York](/source/New_York_City) from 1952 until his death in 2009.[1] He has been represented exclusively by Davis & Langdale Company, Inc. in New York since 1963.[2]

York painted the beauty he saw, once telling an interviewer, "I think we live in a Paradise... This is a [Garden of Eden](/source/Garden_of_Eden)."[3]

Michael Brenson of *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)* described him as a "[reclusive](/source/Recluse) [painter](/source/Painter) of deliberate, dreamlike [landscapes](/source/Landscapes), [still lifes](/source/Still_life), and [portraits](/source/Portrait)."[4]

In his book *Tell Them I Said No* (Sternberg Press, 2016), the author Martin Herbert includes a chapter on Albert York.

## References

1. Smith, Roberta (2009-10-31). ["Albert York, Reclusive Landscape Painter, Is Dead at 80"](https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/nyregion/01york.html). *The New York Times*. [ISSN 0362-4331](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0362-4331). Retrieved 2017-10-20.

1. ["Davis & Langdale Company, Inc. - Albert York"](http://www.davisandlangdale.com/Pages/AlbertYork.html)

1. [\[1\]](http://www.jewishideasdaily.com/content/module/2010/7/14/main-feature/1/in-the-garden-of-eden/r)"In the Garden of Eden," Aryeh Tepper, July 14, 2010, Jewish Ideas Daily.

1. [\[2\]](https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/20/arts/gallery-view-albert-york-abides-in-his-world-with-grand-aloofness.html)"GALLERY VIEW; Albert York Abides in His World With Grand Aloofness," Michael Brenson, March 20, 1988, New York Times.

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