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Biography |
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1908 |
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Born Corinne West in Chicago, Il |
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1925 |
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Education: Cincinnati Conservatory of Music; later Cincinnati Art Academy, studying drawing and portraiture under John Weis and Frank Meyers |
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1927 |
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Continues studies at Art Academy of Cincinnati with Kate Reno Miller, professor of still life painting and figure drawing |
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1932 |
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Attends first historic Hans Hofmann class at the legendary Art Students League; studies with Raphael Soyer and Kenneth Hayes Miller |
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1933 |
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Studies with Raphael Soyer |
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1935 |
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West moves to Rochester and exhibits at the Rochester Memorial Art Gallery, where her Portrait of Manuelle receives attention |
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1935 |
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Lectured on "The New American Painting" at the Rochester Arts Club, Rochester, NY |
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1933 - 1936 |
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Protege of Arshile Gorky |
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1941 |
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Exhibition at the Rochester Memorial Art Gallery; Abstract Still Life is critically acclaimed |
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1943 |
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Exhibits series of drawings at Rochester Fingerlakes Exhibition |
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1945 - 1946 |
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Worked with Richard Prousette-Dart |
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1991 |
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Died: New York |
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Exhibitions |
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2007 - 2008 |
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“Suitcase Paintings Smallscale Abstract Expressionism” Various: Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA; Ball State University Museum of Art, Muncie, IN; Utah Museum of Fine Art, Salt Lake City, UT; Sydney Mishkin Gallery, Baruch College, New York, NY; Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC; Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago, IL |
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2005 |
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“Rapt in the New York School”, The Studio Armonk, NY |
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2001 |
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“Second to None: Six Artists of New York School”, Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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1999 |
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Michael West: Automatic Paintings 123 Watts Gallery, New York |
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1996 |
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“Other Artists of the 50s”, Kendall Campus Art Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College Miami, FL
Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center New York, NY |
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1979 |
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WomanArt Gallery New York, NY |
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1978 |
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Solo: Woman Art Gallery New York, NY |
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1976 |
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“Bicentennial Exhibition”,Gallerie Internationale New York, NY |
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1966 |
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Solo: Dolly Carlson’s Imaginary Art New York, NY |
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1965 |
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Included in Park Bennet auctions; painting titled Oliver sold |
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1963 |
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Solo: Granite Gallery New York, NY |
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1958 |
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Solo: Domino Gallery Georgetown, DC |
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1957 |
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Solo: Uptown Gallery New York, NY |
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1953 |
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2nd “New York Painting and Sculpture Annual,” Stable Gallery New York, NY |
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1948 |
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Group show: Rose Fried Gallery New York, NY |
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1945 |
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Pinacotheca (with Gottlieb, Kaldis, Rothko, Avery and others) New York, NY |
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1943 |
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Rochester Memorial Art Gallery and Fingerlakes Exhibitions Rochester, NY |
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1941 |
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Rochester Memorial Art Gallery and Fingerlakes Exhibitions Rochester, NY |
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1939 |
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Rochester Memorial Art Gallery and Fingerlakes Exhibitions Rochester, NY |
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1935 |
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Rochester Arts Club Rochester, NY
Rochester Memorial Art Gallery and Fingerlakes Exhibitions Rochester, NY |
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