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John Grazier    (American)

 John Grazier - !!!! (Paintings) h: 36 x w: 48 in / h: 91.4 x w: 121.9 cm
John Grazier
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 John Grazier - Bellweather (Paintings) h: 36 x w: 48 in / h: 91.4 x w: 121.9 cm
John Grazier
Bellweather
 
 John Grazier - Cruciform Arbor (Paintings) h: 18 x w: 24 in / h: 45.7 x w: 61 cm
John Grazier
Cruciform Arbor
 
 John Grazier - Fallen and Forgotten (Paintings) h: 18 x w: 24 in / h: 45.7 x w: 61 cm
John Grazier
Fallen and Forgotten
 
 John Grazier - Pendulums; Moon, Clock (Paintings) h: 18 x w: 24 in / h: 45.7 x w: 61 cm
John Grazier
Pendulums; Moon, Clock
 
 John Grazier - Portrait of a Cop (Paintings) h: 18 x w: 24 in / h: 45.7 x w: 61 cm
John Grazier
Portrait of a Cop
 

Biography
1946 Born: Long Beach, New York, NY
1968 Studied at the Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC
1971 - 1972 Studied at the Maryland Institute of Art, Baltimore, MD
1972 Refused the Abel Scholarship and left school
1974 Grant, National Endowment for the Arts
1975 Davidson National Print & Drawing Competition, Davidson College, Davidson, N.C.: Purchase Award, Impressions Workshop Award, Impressions Workshop
1986 - 1987 Grant, Pollock-Krasner Foundation
1993 Fellow, McDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH
1996 Grant, Washington, D.C., Council on the Arts

Exhibitions
1996 "New Aquatint Etchings", Historic Former Greyhound Terminal, Washington, DC (solo)
Citibank, Washington, DC (solo)
1995 Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC
Clark and Company Gallery, Washington, DC
“The Herbert Plimpton Collection of Realist Art,” Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
1992 "Assorted Trompe l’oiel Paintings", Adams-Davidson Gallery, Washington, DC
1991 Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC (solo)
1990 Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC (solo)
“Intimate and Visionary: 200 Years of American Master Drawings 1790-1970”, Adams-Davidson Gallery, Washington, DC
1985 Robert Brown Gallery, Washington, DC
“The Tampa Triennial”, The Tampa Museum, Tampa, FL
1983 “Realism 1983”, Southeasten Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC
1980 “Contemporary Drawings and Watercolors”, Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
“25 Washington Artists:Realism and Representation,” Foundry Gallery, Washington, DC
“22nd Area Exhibtion: Works on Paper”, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
“American Drawings in Black and White-1970-1980”, Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, NY
Lunn Gallery, Washington, DC (solo)
1979 “Drawn in Pencil”, Fitchburg Museum, Fitchburg, MA
“Southeastern Graphics Invitational:Drawings”, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
“15 Washington Artists:Works on Paper, Works in Clay”, The Arts Gallery, Baltimore, MD
1978 “Garbage and Wrecks”, Fendrick Gallery, Washington, DC
“Washington Realists”, Middendorf-Lane Gallery, Washington, DC
1977 "Contemporary American Drawings", Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington, DC
Stowe Gallery, Davidson College, Davidson, NC (solo)
1976 "American Drawings from Friends of the Corcoran”, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
“Collectibles", Sunne Savage Gallery, Boston, MA
Stowe Gallery, Davidson College, Davidson, NC
"Posters, Prins, Presents", Kingpitcher Gallery, Pittsburg, PA
1975 “Davidson National Print and Drawing Competition”, Davidson College, Davidson, NC
“Drawings from the Studios of Washington Artists”, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC
“Washington Area Art”, United States Information Agency, International Tour: Near East, Middle East
Fendrick Gallery, Washington, DC (solo)
1974 “The Soft Pencil Line”, Fendrick Gallery, Washington, DC
“19th Area Exhibition”, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore, MD (solo)
1973 “Davidson National Print and Drawing Competition, “Davidson College, Davidson, NC
Selected Public Collections:
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts
Davidson College, Davidson, NC
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts

Literature
2009 Grazier, John. American Painter John Grazier. MagCloud, June 2009
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