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Biography |
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1914 |
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Born in Pittsburgh, PA on June 23 |
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1930 - 1933 |
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Studied at the Carnegie Institute of Technology |
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1933 |
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Studied with the Art Students League of NY, Harry Sternberg and Thomas Hart Benton |
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1935 - 1938 |
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Studied at the Hans Hofmann School |
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1936 - 1941 |
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Federal Arts Project (WPA) |
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1944 - 1952 |
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Taught at Cooper Union, NYC |
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1949 - 1953 |
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Taught at New York University, NYC |
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1954 - 1956 |
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Taught at the State University of New York, Buffalo |
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1957 |
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Taught at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
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1958 |
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Taught at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA |
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1970 - 1972 |
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Taught at Southampton College, NY, summer art program |
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1961 - 1982 |
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Taught at the University of Minnesota, MN |
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1985 |
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Died in East Hampton, NY |
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Exhibitions |
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2003 |
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David Findlay Jr Fine Art, New York, NY (solo) |
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2000 |
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Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, “Surrealists in Exile and the Beginning of the New York School” Madrid, Spain |
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1998 - 2000 |
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“Surrealism in America: During the 1930’s and 1940’s,” Salvador Dali Musuem, St. Petersburg, FL, The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Cape Musuem of Fine Arts, Dennis MA |
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1992 |
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Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA (solo) |
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1992 |
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Renee Fotouhi Gallery, East Hampton, NY (solo) |
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1989 |
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Anita Shapolsky Gallery, “Early Abstractions: Paintings and Sculpture of the 40s and 50s,” New York, NY |
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1988 |
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Parrish Art Museum, “Drawing on the East End, 1940-1988,” Southampton, NY |
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1988 |
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East Hampton Center for Contemporary Art, East Hampton, NY |
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1985 |
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East Hampton Center for Contemporary Art, East Hampton, NY (solo) |
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1982 |
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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (solo) |
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1980 |
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Carleton College, Northfield, MN (solo) |
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1978 |
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Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY (solo) |
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1978 |
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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (solo) |
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1977 |
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Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN (solo) |
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1975 |
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Wisconsin State University, Eau Claire, WI (solo) |
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1972 |
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Kansas State University Union Gallery, Manhattan, KS (solo) |
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1970 |
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Chrysler Art Museum, Provincetown, MA (solo) |
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1967 |
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Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (solo) |
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1966 |
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University Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (solo) |
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1965 |
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Tweed Gallery, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN (solo) |
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1964 |
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Chrysler Art Museum, Provincetown, MA (solo) |
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1963 |
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Iowa State College, Ames, IA (solo) |
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1962 |
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Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (solo) |
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1962 |
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St. Cloud State College, St. Cloud, MN (solo) |
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1960 |
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Nova Gallery, Boston, MA (solo) |
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1960 |
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Cape Cod Art Association, Hyannis, MA (solo) |
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1959 |
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Whitney Museum of American Art, Annual, New York, NY |
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1958 |
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Chrysler Art Museum, Provincetown, MA (solo) |
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1951 - 1957 |
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"Young Painters USA" American Federation of Art |
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1956 |
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Whitney Museum of American Art, Annual, New York, NY |
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1954 |
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Gallery 256, Provincetown, MA (solo) |
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1953 |
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Bertha Schaefer Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1953 |
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Whitney Museum of American Art, Annual, New York, NY |
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1952 |
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Whitney Museum of American Art, Annual, New York, NY |
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1951 |
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Ninth Street Exhibition, New York, NY |
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1951 |
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Bertha Schaefer Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1950 |
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Bertha Schaefer Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1950 |
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Whitney Museum of American Art, Annual, New York, NY |
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1948 |
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Bertha Schaefer Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1948 |
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Julius Carlebach Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1948 |
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Whitney Museum of American Art, Annual, New York, NY |
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1946 |
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Whitney Museum of American Art, Annual, New York, NY |
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1946 |
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Gallery Neuf, “Semeiology, or 8 and a Totem Pole,” New York, NY |
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1946 |
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Art of This Century, New York, NY (solo) |
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1945 |
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Art of This Century, New York, NY |
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1944 |
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Ashby Gallery, “Color Plays a Part”, New York, NY |
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1943 |
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Art of This Century, New York, NY |
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1940 |
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Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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1939 |
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World’s Fair, “American Art Today,” New York, NY |
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1936 |
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New York Municipal Gallery, NY
ACA Gallery, NY |
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SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS |
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Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, HO |
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Brandeis University, Waltham, MA |
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Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA |
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Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME |
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Cooper Union, New York, NY |
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Cornell University, Ithaca, NY |
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Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH |
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Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY |
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Federal Reserve Bank, Minneapolis, MN |
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Solomon Guggenheim Foundation, Baroness Hilla Rebay |
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Peggy Guggenheim, Art of This Century Collection, Venice, Italy |
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Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY |
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Iowa State College, Ames, IA |
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La Jolla Museum of Art, La Jolla, CA |
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY |
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Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI |
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Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN |
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National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC |
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Portland Art Museum, Portland, ME |
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Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA |
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Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ |
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Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA |
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St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY |
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Syracuse University Museum, Syracuse, NY |
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Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, MN |
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University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA |
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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN |
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University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC |
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University of Oregon, Eugene, OR |
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University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, WI |
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Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN |
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Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY |
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