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Charles Coiner

♂  Nationality unknown, 1898–1989

Charles worked at MoMA from about 1942 to 1949 as Curator and Competition Judge . He has been in two exhibitions at MoMA, between 1968 and 1971.

Seven exhibitions

EXHIBITIONS BY YEAR
Curator
Art in War: OEM Purchases from a National Competition

13–25 March 1942

Elizabeth Olds, Carl Walters, Charles Coiner and Holger Cahill, among others, were involved.

Competition Judge
Photo of the exhibition National War Poster Competition

25 November 1942 to 3 January 1943

Stuart Davis, Monroe Wheeler, James Thrall Soby and John Taylor Arms, among others, were involved.

Competition Judge
Photo of the exhibition Magazine Cover Competition: Women in Necessary Civilian Employment

3–26 September 1943

Monroe Wheeler, Charles Coiner, Louise P. Davis and Robert L. Leslie, among others, were involved.

Competition Judge
Photo of the exhibition The 28th Annual Exhibition of Advertising and Editorial Art of the New York Art Directors Club

15 March to 17 April 1949

Ben Shahn, Charles Sheeler, Alfred H. Barr, Jr. and Morris Graves, among others, were involved.

Competition Judge
Photo of the exhibition Polio Poster Competition

31 October to 20 November 1949

Edward Steichen, Ben Shahn, Alfred H. Barr, Jr. and Philip Johnson, among others, were involved.

Artist
Photo of the exhibition Word and Image: Posters and Typography from the Graphic Design Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, 1879–1967

25 January to 10 March 1968

Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, Fernand Léger and Georges Braque, among others, were involved.

Artist
Photo of the exhibition The Artist as Adversary

1 July to 27 September 1971

Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, Paul Klee and Georges Rouault, among others, were involved.