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Fairfield Porter   (American, 1907-1975) 

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Fairfield Porter Biography
1907   Born in Winnetka, IL
1928   Studied Philosophy and Art at Harvard, Cambridge, MA
1930   Studied at the Art Students League, New York, NY
1931   First lithographed illustration for The Possessed by Dostoyevsky, Italy
1932   Married poet Anne Channing, New York, NY
1975   Died
Selected Exhibitions
1991   Drawings By, Curated by John Lees, Proctor Art Center, Bard College, Annadale, New York
1987   Still Life, Rahr-West Art Museum, Manitowoc, WI
1987   Compass Rose Gallery, Inaugural Exhibition, Chicago, IL (solo)
1986   The Late Watercolors, Katonah Gallery, Katonah, NY (solo)
1986   Art Museum of Florida International University, Miami
1986   Objects Observed, Summit Art Center, Summit, NJ
1986   Drawings and Drawings, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
1985   The Realist Landscape, Robeson Center Gallery, Newark, NJ
1985   Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, NY (solo)
1984   Whitney Museum of American Art, Fairfield County Branch (solo)
1984   Paintings and Works on Pater', Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL (solo)
1984   Art and Friendship: A Tribute to Fairfield Porter, Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY
1983   Retrospective, organized by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA (solo)
1982   Haus Olen Kunst, Munich
1981   Pennsylvania Acadimy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia
1981   The Contemporary American Landscape, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, NY
1979   Mickelson Gallery, Washington, DC (solo)
1979   Artist's Choice Museum, New York, NY (solo)
1979   Hull Gallery, Washington, DC (solo)
1979   Gross-McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
Literature
1989   John Arthur, Spirit of Place, Bullfinch Press, Boston, MA
1987   'Objects Observed', Summit Art Center News, December-January
1987   Alan G. Artner, 'Gallery Debut Is a Hit Thanks to Porter Show', The Chicago Tribune, April 1
1986   Eileen Watkins, 'Art', The Star Ledger, Newark, NJ
1979   Fairfield Porter. Art in Its Own Terms. Selected Criticism, 1935-1975. Edited and with and Introduction by Rackstraw Downes, Taplinger, NY

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