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Biography |
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1915 |
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Born: March 10 in San Lorenzo, Pordenone, Italy. |
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1937 |
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He received a scholarship to study at the Cranbrook Academy of Art where he encountered Walter Gropius, Edmund N. Bacon and Ray and Charles Eames for the first time. |
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1938 |
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Attended the Art School of the Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts, now known as the College for Creative Studies. |
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1939 |
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Opening his own metal workshop, he taught jewelry design and metal work. |
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1943 |
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He married Brigitta Valentiner, and moved to California to work with Charles and Ray for the Evans Product Company. |
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1950 |
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He moved to Pennsylvania, to establish a studio, and to work with Hans and Florence Knoll. |
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1950 - 1955 |
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The commercial success enjoyed by Bertoia's diamond chair was immediate and in the mid-50's the chairs, being produced by Knoll, sold so well, that the royalties he received for them allowed him to devote himself exclusively to sculpture. |
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1957 |
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In 1957 he was a fellow at the Graham Foundation in Chicago. |
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1978 |
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Died November 6 in Barto, Pennsylvania. |
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