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Oscar Florianus Bluemner Biography
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1867
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Born June 21st in Hanover, Germany
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1886
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Solo exhibition, Latin School, Berlin
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1892
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Wins Royal Medal in Germany for a painting with an architectural subject; emigrates to New York and works in an architect’s office
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1899
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Becomes a United States citizen
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1902
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Wins commission for Bronx Borough Courthouse, New York; receives New Jersey architect’s license
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1901 - 1910
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Settles in New York City
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1910
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Meets Alfred Stieglitz, a photographer and well-known art dealer of modern American artists (including John Marin, Marsden Hartley, Arthur Dove, and Georgia O’Keeffe); begins first oil paintings
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1911
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Impressed with Cézanne watercolor show at Stieglitz’s New York Gallery '291'
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1912
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Travels to Europe: Paris, Italy, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, The Hague, London; solo show at Gurlitt Gallery, Berlin
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1913
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Participates in the Armory Show, New York, an important exhibition that brings modern European art to America
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1915
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Solo show at Stieglitz’s Gallery 291
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1916
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Participates in “The Forum Exhibition of Modern American Painters,” a group show at the Anderson Galleries, New York; moves to New Jersey where he lives for next ten years; New Jersey landscape becomes the subject of several works
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1917 - 1923
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Exhibits in several group shows at Bourgeois Gallery, New York; studies Asian art and design; develops color theories
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1924
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Solo exhibition at J.B. Neumann’s New Art Circle, New York; shows with Neumann through 1926
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1926
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Solo exhibition at Aline Meyer Liebman’s Art Room at The Handiwork Center; moves to South Braintree, Massachusetts
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1928 - 1929
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Solo exhibitions at Stieglitz’s Intimate Gallery, New York, and Whitney Studio Gallery, New York
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1930
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Develops casein-varnish medium
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1932
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Participates in the first biennial exhibition at Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
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1933
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Joins Public Works of Art Project, New England Region
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1935 - 1937
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Solo exhibition, Marie Harriman Gallery, New York
Solo exhibition, Arts Club Gallery, Chicago
Solo exhibition, Phillips, Washington, D.C.
Group exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Group exhibition, Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts
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1936 - 1937
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Eye-sight deteriorates and health worsens; stops painting in 1936
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1938
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Death by suicide, January 12th
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