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Biography |
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1886 |
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Born, Philadelphia, PA |
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1906 - 1910 |
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Attended Drexel Institute and Philadelphia Academy of Arts |
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1919 |
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Torr met Arthur Dove in Connecticit |
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1924 |
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Torr and Dove left their respective unhappy marriages and moved together to Halesite, NY |
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1933 - 1938 |
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Dove and Torr relocate to Geneva, NY |
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1938 |
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They moved back to Long Island, purchases a cottage in Centerport |
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1946 |
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Arthur Dove dies, Torr becomes a recluse |
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1967 |
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Died in Centerport, NY |
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1967 |
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Mary Rehm, Torr's sister, inherits her work. Rehm contacted Eva Ingersoll Gatling, then director of the Heckscher Museum of Art who put on a major exhibiton of her work. |
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1998 |
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The Dove/Torr cottage was purchased by the Heckscher Museum of Art with the assistance of a New York State Historic Preservation grant |
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Exhibitions |
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2003 |
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"Out of the Shadows: Helen Torr, A Retrospective" organized by Heckscher Museum of Art. Toured to: the Terra Foundation for American Art, Chicago, IL, St. Jonh's College, Annapols, MD, and |
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1967 |
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Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY (solo) |
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1933 |
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Her work was shown with her husband's, Arthur Dove |
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1927 |
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Included in group show organized by Georgia O'Keefe |
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