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Biography |
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1913 |
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Born 23 March, San Francisco, CA. |
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1959 - 1960 |
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Taught at New York University and accompanied exhibitions of his work to Lima, Peru; Mexico City; London, and Copenhagen |
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1965 |
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Awarded a Ford Foundation grant and named to the Andrew Mellon Chair of Painting at Carnegie-Mellon University |
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1989 |
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The National Endowment honored Calcagno with a major painting grant |
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1993 |
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Died in State College, Pennsylvania, on 22 April |
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Studied painting in San Francisco with Clyfford Still, Edward Corbett and Mark Rothko after World War II |
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Held posts at several universities as artist-in-residence, including the Albright School of the University of Buffalo |
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Awarded fellowships by the Yaddo Foundation in Saratoga Springs, New York, the Macdowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire, and the Wurlitzer Foundation in Taos, NM |
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Exhibitions |
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2000 - 2005 |
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Canfield Gallery, Santa Fe |
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1987 |
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Retrospective exhibition, Harwood Museum, Taos, NM |
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1982 - 1983 |
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Retrospective exhibition, The Mitchell Museum, Mount Vernon, Il. |
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1973 - 1975 |
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Circulating exhibition of Calcagno’s works on paper, The Smithsonian, Washington D.C. |
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1967 |
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Retrospective exhibition, Westmoreland County Museum of Art, Greensburg, PA. |
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1958 |
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17 Americans at the Brussels Worlds Fair. |
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1957 |
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Instituto de Arte Contemporaneo, Lina, Peru |
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1956 |
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University of AL., Tuscaloosa |
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1956 |
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Howard College, Birmingham, AL |
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1956 |
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Macon Art Association, Macon, GA. |
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1956 |
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Albright Art Gallery, The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, NY. |
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1955 |
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First solo exhibition at the Martha Jackson Gallery |
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1954 |
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Martha Jackson Gallery, New York City |
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1954 |
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Studio Paul Facchetti, Paris, France. Calcagno |
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1954 |
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The Lucien LaBaudt Art Gallery, San Francisco, California |
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1952 |
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Studio Paul Facchetti, Paris, France |
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1945 |
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Little Gallery, New Orleans, LA. |
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