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Edgar Louis Ewing (American, 1913)
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Edgar Louis Ewing
Dream of Mt. Pelion 1993
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Edgar Louis Ewing
Dream of Mt. Pelion (detail) 1993
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Edgar Louis Ewing
Dream of Mt. Pelion (signature) 1993
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Edgar Louis Ewing
Visions Of Pythia 1986
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Edgar Louis Ewing
Visions Of Pythia (detail) 1986
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Edgar Louis Ewing
Visions Of Pythia (signature) 1986
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Biography |
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1913 |
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Born, Hartington, Nebraska |
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1931 - 1935 |
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Student, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, study with Boris Anisfeld [1879-1973]; later as instructor at AIC |
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1935 - 1937 |
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Edward L. Ryerson Fellowship for Foreign Travel and Study. Worked, studied, and traveled extensively in France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Holland, Scandinavia, North Africa, and England |
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1938 |
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Married Suzanna P. Giovan, former art student at the Art Institute of Chicago |
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1937 - 1943 |
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Member, Faculty of the Art Institute of Chicago |
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1943 |
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Berthe Aberle Florscheim Memorial Prize for Oil Painting, 54th Annual Exhibition of American Painting and Sculpture, Art Institute of Chicago |
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1943 - 1946 |
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Member, Corps of Engineers attached to CPIC-RAF (British intelligence) India; Southeast Asia Command, China, Burma Theatre, later the Philippines (briefly as General J. W. Stilwell’s courier), and Japan |
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1946 |
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Member, Summer Session Faculty, University of Michigan |
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1946 |
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Professor of Fine Arts, University of Southern California |
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1947 |
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Pepsi Cola Regional Award for Young Artists, New York |
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1948 - 1949 |
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Louis Comfort Tiffany Grant for Oil Painting, New York |
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1950 |
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Member, Summer Session Faculty, University of Oregon |
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1952 |
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First Purchase Award for Oil Painting, Los Angeles and Vicinity, Los Angeles County Museum of Art |
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1957 |
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Samuel Goldwyn Award for Oil Painting, Los Angeles Artists and Vicinity, Los Angeles County Museum of Art |
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1957 |
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Sabbatical leave, University of Southern California; travel in England, France, Italy, Switzerland, and Greece |
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1962 |
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Ahmanson Purchase Award, City of Los Angeles Exhibition |
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1964 |
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Sabbatical leave, University of Southern California |
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1964 |
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Artist in Residence, American Academy in Rome |
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1964 |
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Travel in Portugal, Spain, England, Holland, Germany, France, Italy, Greece, Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Egypt, India, Thailand, Hong Kong, and Japan |
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1967 |
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Jose Drudis Foundation Grant for work in Greece |
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1968 - 1969 |
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Andrew W. Mellon Chair, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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1971 - 1972 |
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Sabbatical leave, University of Southern California |
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1971 - 1972 |
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Sojourn in Athens, Greece |
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1972 - 1976 |
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Eighth annual Award, Los Angeles Library Association |
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1972 - 1976 |
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Academic years at University of Southern California |
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1972 - 1976 |
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Summers in Athens studio |
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1978 |
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Retirement as Professor Emeritus, University of Southern California |
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1978 - 1984 |
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Resident, Athens, Greece, studio at Odos Piraeus 6 |
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1987 |
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Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Southern California |
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1987 |
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Return to Athens studio. |
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1992 |
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to Present: Resident, Los Angeles studio |
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2003 |
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Lifetime Achievement Award, American Watercolor Society |
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Exhibitions |
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1993 |
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Los Angeles, Edgar Ewing: The Classical Connection, Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, December 14, 1993 -February 12, 1994; catalogue |
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1978 |
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University Galleries, University of Southern California, April 20-May 18 |
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1976 |
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Palm Springs, Edgar Ewing, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, California, November 3-January 2, 1977; catalogue |
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1974 |
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Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, January 30-March 3 |
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1973 |
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National Gallery, Athens, Greece, January; catalogue |
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1971 |
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Esther Bear Gallery, Santa Barbara, California, November 30-December 30 |
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1969 |
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Hewlett Gallery, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, January 27-February 14 |
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1967 |
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Esther Bear Gallery, Santa Barbara, California, October 29-November 24 |
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1965 |
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Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, The Roman Series: Paintings, Monotypes, Bronzes, Los Angeles, March 20-April 17 |
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1963 |
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Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, Edgar Ewing - 1963, Los Angeles, October 15-November 9 |
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1961 |
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Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, Los Angeles, June 14-July 15 |
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1960 |
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Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California, January 10-January 31 |
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1958 |
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Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, Los Angeles, June 16-July 16 |
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1956 |
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Hewlett Gallery, College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 12-March 31 |
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1956 |
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Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, Los Angeles, September 15-October 15 |
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1955 |
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Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California, January 10-January 31 |
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1954 |
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Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, Los Angeles, November 30-December 30 |
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1952 |
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Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California, February 3-March 2 |
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1948 |
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Stanford University Gallery, Palo Alto, California, January-February |
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1948 |
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M. H. DeYoung Memorial Museum, San Francisco, March |
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1947 |
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Pepsi Cola Opportunity Gallery, New York, November 2-December 6 |
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Literature |
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Harias Livas, Edgar Ewing In Greece, The Greek American Journal, pgs. 8-9, Jan. 1992 |
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Fredrick Page, Fragments of An Unseen World, The Greek-American Review, July, 1994 (cover illus., and pgs. 7-10) [excerpted from The Classical Connection, catalogue at U.S.C., 12/93-2/94] |
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Hermes Magazine The Classical Connection on Canvas, interview, September, 1999 |
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