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Biography |
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1942 |
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Born in Cozad, Nebraska |
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1964 |
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BFA, Kansas City Art Institute |
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1967 - 1968 |
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Art major, University of Nebraska |
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1968 - 1970 |
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Full scholarship at Kansas City Art Institute |
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1971 - 1973 |
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Studio assistant for Ken Noland and Jules Olitski |
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1986 |
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Became conservator and curator of outsider artist Emery Blagdon's lifework -- mounted 15 exhibitions to date |
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1976 - 1988 |
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Pursued a music career |
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1989 |
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Resumed painting |
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1991 |
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National Endowment for the Arts fellowship grant for painting |
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1996 |
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New York Foundation for the Arts painting fellowship award |
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2007 |
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Died |
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Selected Museum Collections: Boston Museum of Fine Art, Boston, Mass; Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, IL; Fine Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY; Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C.; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois; Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY |
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Exhibitions |
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2007 |
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LewAllen Contemporary Gallery, Santa Fe, NM |
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2007 |
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“High Times, Hard Times: New York Painting 1967-1975,” National Academy Museum, New York, NY |
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2007 |
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Los Angeles Art Show (exhibited by LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM) at Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, CA |
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2007 |
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Spanierman Modern, New York, NY |
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2006 |
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Pamela Williams Gallery, Amagansett, NY |
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2005 |
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Skot Foreman Gallery, Atlanta, GA. |
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2002 - 2003 |
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“Selections from a Retrospective” Parish Museum of Art, Southampton, New York |
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2001 - 2002 |
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Butler Institute of American Art “Dan Christensen: A Forty Year Survey” |
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1999 |
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OM, Dorsky Gallery, New York, N.Y. |
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1998 |
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Dorothy Blau Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, Florida |
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1997 |
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Christmas at the Prado, Plan eat Thailand, Brooklyn, N.Y. |
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1997 |
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Intimate Universe, James Howe Fine Arts Gallery of Kean University, Union, N.J. |
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1997 |
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Automatic Automatic, Plan eat Thailand, Brooklyn, N.Y. (two person show) |
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1997 |
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Abstracted and Unfixed, Art In General, New York, N.Y. |
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1997 |
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Intimate Universe(Revisited), Robert Steele Gallery, New York, N.Y. |
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1997 |
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Some Artists We Like, Robert Steele Gallery, New York, N.Y. |
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1996 |
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Miracle on Bedford St., Plan eat Thailand, Brooklyn, N.Y. |
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1995 |
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Plants, Animals, and Small Abstractions, Margulies Taplin Gallery, Miami, Florida. |
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1994 |
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Gallery ISM, Seoul, Korea |
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1993 |
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Small Paintings, Big Issues, Douglas Drake Gallery, New York, N.Y. |
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1993 |
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ACA Galleries, New York, NY |
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1992 |
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Douglas Drake Gallery, New York, N.Y. (solo) |
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1992 |
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Gallery Artist's Show, Douglas Drake Gallery, New York, N.Y. |
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1990 |
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Vered Gallery, East Hampton, New York |
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1984 |
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Bank of America, San Francisco |
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1984 |
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Meredith Long & Company, Houston, Tx. |
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1983 |
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Lincoln Center Gallery, New York |
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1980 |
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Meredith Long Contemporary Gallery, New York |
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1979 |
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Meredith Long Contemporary Gallery, New York |
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1978 |
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Meredith Long Contemporary Gallery, New York |
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1977 |
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B.R. Kornblatt Gallery, Baltimore, MD |
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1976 |
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Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York |
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1975 |
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Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York |
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1975 |
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Flaming Youth, 75 Warren St. Gallery, New York, N.Y. |
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1974 |
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Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York |
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1972 |
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Nicholas Wilder Gallery, New York |
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1971 |
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Galerie Ricke, Cologne, Germany |
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1970 |
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Nicholas Wilder Gallery, New York |
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1969 |
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Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York |
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1968 |
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Galerie Ricke, Cologne, Germany |
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1967 |
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Noah Goldowsky Gallery, New York |
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Literature |
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2005 |
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Gilmore, Jonathan. “Dan Christensen at Ed Thorp.” Art in America 1 March 2005. |
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2002 |
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Harrison, Helen A. “Landscapes of Fantasy, and a Devotion to Color.” The New York Times 8 December 2002. |
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2001 |
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Heartney, Eleanor, “Dan Christensen and Ronnie Landfield at Salander O”Reilly.” Art In America, February 2001: pp.146-147 (photo). |
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1995 |
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Pardee, Hearne. “Dan Christensen.” ARTnews 94.1 (January 1995): 165-66. |
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1994 |
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Cotter, Holland. “Art in Review—‘1969: A Year Revisited.’” The New York Times 15 July 1994: C23. |
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1994 |
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Cotter, Holland. “Art in Review.” The New York Times 22 July 1994: C24. |
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1993 |
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Wei, Lilly. “Dan Christensen at ACA Galleries.” Art in America July 1993: 99. |
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1991 |
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Bass, Ruth. “Dan Christensen.” Art News Nov. 1991: 136. |
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1991 |
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Kandel, Susan. “L.A. in Review.” Arts Magazine Nov. 1991: 97. |
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1991 |
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Adams, Brooks. “Dan Christensen at Salander-O’Reilly and Douglas Drake.” Art in America December 1991: 107-108. |
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1991 |
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Smith, Roberta. “A Color Field Painter from the 60’s to Now.” The New York Times 2 August 1991: C23. |
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1981 |
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Elderfield, John. New Work on Paper. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1981 |
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