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Frederick Hammersley    (American, 1919-2009)

 Frederick Hammersley - Apprehend (Paintings) h: 34 x w: 34 in / h: 86.4 x w: 86.4 cm
Frederick Hammersley
Apprehend 1974
 
 Frederick Hammersley - Apprehend (Paintings) h: 34 x w: 34 in / h: 86.4 x w: 86.4 cm
Frederick Hammersley
Apprehend 1974
 
 Frederick Hammersley - In Two (Paintings) h: 32 x w: 32 in / h: 81.3 x w: 81.3 cm
Frederick Hammersley
In Two 1977
 

Biography
1919 Born: Salt Lake City, Utah
1936 - 1938 University of Idaho, Pocatello, ID
1940 - 1942 Chouinard Art School, Los Angeles, CA
1945 Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, France
1946 - 1947 Chouinard Art School, Los Angeles, CA
1947 - 1950 Jepson Art School, Los Angeles, CA

Exhibitions
2004 Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM (solo)
2000 Visual Puns and Hard-Edge Poems, Laguna Beach Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA (solo)
1999 Visual Puns and Hard-Edge Poems, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (solo)
Visual Puns and Hard-Edge Poems, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM (solo)
1994 - 1996 Still Working, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
1995 Modernism, San Francisco, CA (solo)
1993 The Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas (solo)
Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
1992 Owings-Dewey Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM (solo)
1990 - 1992 Turning the Tide: Early Los Angeles Modernists 1920-1956
1990 Modernism, San Francisco, CA (solo)
1989 - 1990 Paris, Berlin, Albuquerque, California State University, Northridge, CA (solo)
1989 Graham Gallery, Albuquerque, NM (solo)
1988 Statement 88, New Mexico State Fair, Albuquerque, NM (solo)
1987 Modernism, San Francisco, CA (solo)
1979 - 1980 The First Western States Biennial Exhibition
1970 - 1972 The Drawing Society National Exhibition, American Federation of Arts

Literature
1991 "Painting from Left Field," by Kathleen Shields, Art in America, January
1989 "Personal Abstract Language of F. Hammersley," by Sandy Ballatore, Artspace, Nov.-Dec.
The California Art Survey, Les Krantz, American References
1985 Art in Your Environment, 2nd edition, Brommer and Horn, Davis Publishing
Art in Your World, 2nd edition, Brommer and Horn, Davis Publishing
1979 Visual Art, Mathematics and Computers, Malina Pergamon
Who's Who in the West, 17th edition
1977 Art News, January, May
1974 Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC
International Who's Who in Art and Antiques, England
Dictionary of International Biography, Cambridge, England
Who's Who in Contemporary Art, New York
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