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Robert Motherwell (American, 1915-1991)
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Robert Motherwell
Primal Sign V 1981
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Robert Motherwell
The Cavern 1989
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Robert Motherwell
The Red Queen 1989
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Robert Motherwell
untitled 1965-1966
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Biography |
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1915 |
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Born, Aberdeen, Washington |
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1926 |
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Receives a scholarship to the Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles |
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1930 |
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Because of asthma is sent to Moran Preparatory School, Atascadero, CA |
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1932 |
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Studied California School of Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA |
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1932 - 1937 |
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Undergraduate studies at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California |
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1937 - 1938 |
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Enrolls at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA |
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1938 |
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Enrolls at the University of Grenoble to study French, summer |
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1939 |
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First exhibition of twelve paintings in the spring at the Raymond Duncan Gallery in Paris
Studies briefly at the Academe Julian |
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1940 |
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Accepts a one-year teaching post at the University of Oregon, Eugene
Accepted into the Art History Department of Columbia University’s graduate division, New York, NY
Studies painting informally with Kurt Seligman |
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1940 - 1941 |
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Studied: Colombia University |
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1941 |
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Studies painting informally with Kurt Seligman |
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1942 |
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Participates in First Papers of Surrealism, an exhibition organised by Breton and installed at the Whitelaw-Reid Mansion in New York, October |
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1950 - 1959 |
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Took teaching post at Hunter College in New York |
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1991 |
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Died: July 16, Provincetown, MA |
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Exhibitions |
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2009 |
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The Thaw Collection of Master Drawings: Aquisitions since 2002, Morgan Library and Museum, NY |
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2008 - 2009 |
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Robert Motherwell: Unique Monotypes, Greenfield Sacks Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Beyond the Canon: Small Scale American Abstraction 1945-1965, Robert Miller Gallery, NY
Robert Motherwell: Lost in Form, Found in Line, Turchin Center for the Visual Art, Boone, NC
Robert Motherwell, Galleria d'Arte il Gabbiano, Rome |
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2008 |
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The Hands of Art, SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent
Museum Morsbroich, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen
Robert Motherwell: Five Great Opens, Bernard Jacobsen Gallery London
Reflections on Light, Galerie Bernd Kluser, Munich |
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2007 |
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Temptations, The Columns, Seoul |
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2006 |
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Black, Black & White, White, Leonard Hutton galleries, New York City, NY |
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2005 |
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Looking at Words, erie, Das MoMA in Berlin
Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Robert Motherwell Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York city, NY |
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2004 |
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Robert Motherwell - Rosenbaum Contemporary, Boca Raton, FL
Robert Motherwell - Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen
Robert Motherwell from the Collection: 1940–1990 - The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX
Robert Motherwell: Red - Greenfield Sacks Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
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2003 |
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Leverkusen, Museum Morsbroich (solo)
Robert Motherwell - Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London (England)
Robert Motherwell - Selected Prints - Marlborough New York, New York City, NY
Robert Motherwell - A la pintura (to painting) - The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA |
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2002 |
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Robert Motherwell: Drawings and Related Prints - Greenfield Sacks Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Robert Motherwell - Galerie Bernd Klüser, Munich |
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2001 |
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Munich, Galerie Bernd Klüser (solo) |
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2000 |
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Robert Motherwell: Inspiration: Five Drawings for Seven Prints - Greenfield Sacks Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
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1999 |
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Robert Motherwell: Unique Works on Paper: Monoprints and Monotypes - Greenfield Sacks Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
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1998 |
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Robert Motherwell's Graphics II - Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA |
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1997 |
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Robert Motherwell: The Artist at Work - Greenfield Sacks Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
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1996 |
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Robert Motherwell - Fundación Antoni Tŕpies, Barcelona
Robert Motherwell: Reality and Abstraction - Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN |
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1995 |
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Motherwell: Obra Gráfica (1975-1991) - Museo de Arte Abstracto Espańol, Cuenca |
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1994 |
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Robert Motherwell's Graphics I - Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA |
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1991 |
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M. Knoedler & Co., Inc. New York, NY (solo) |
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1986 - 1989 |
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M. Knoedler & Co., Inc. New York, NY (solo) |
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1988 |
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Provincetown Art Association; Cooper Union, New York, NY (solo) |
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1987 |
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"The WIndow in Twentieth Century Art," State University, Purchase, NY |
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1984 |
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Robert Motherwell - The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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1983 |
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The Painter and The Printer: Robert Motherwell's Graphics, 1943-1980 - Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
M. Knowdler, Zurich (solo)
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY (solo) |
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1981 - 1983 |
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M. Knoedler & Co., Inc. New York, NY (solo) |
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1982 |
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'The New School: Four Decades," Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY |
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1981 |
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"The Abstract Expressionists and Their PRecursors," Nassau County Museum, New York, NY
"American Abstract Expressionists," Scottish Arts Council & International Council of The Museum of Modern Art |
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1980 |
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Knoedler Contemporary Art, New York, NY (solo)
The Painter and the Printer: Robert Motherwell's Graphics - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY
Robert Motherwell - Charles Cowles Gallery, New York City, NY
Robert Motherwell - Fundación Juan March, Madrid
"The Fifties: Aspects of Painting in New York," Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC |
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1979 |
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William Benton museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (solo) |
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1978 |
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"Abstract Expressionism: The Formative years," Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
"American Art at Mid-Century," National Gallery, Washington, DC
Knoedler Contemporary Art, New York, NY (solo)
Knoedler Gallery, London (solo)
Royal Academy of Art, London, England (solo) |
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1977 |
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Galerie Andre Emmerich, Zurich (solo)
Vienna; Edinburgh; Paris (solo) |
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1976 |
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Knoedler Contemporary Art, New York, NY (solo)
Dusseldorf; Stocholm (solo) |
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1975 |
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Knoedler Contemporary Art, New York, NY (solo)
Museo de Arte Moderna, Mexico City, Mexico (solo) |
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1974 |
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Robert Motherwell: In California Collections - Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
The Walker Art Center, Minneapolois, MN (solo)
Knoedler Contemporary Art, New York, NY (solo) |
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1973 |
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The Whitney Museum of American Art Annual and Biennial, New York, NY |
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1972 |
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The Walker Art Center, Minneapolois, MN (solo)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (solo) |
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1969 |
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The Whitney Museum of American Art Annual and Biennial, New York, NY
Robert Motherwell: Lyric Suite - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY
Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, Inc., New York, NY |
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1968 |
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The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (solo) |
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1967 |
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San Fransisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA (solo) |
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1965 - 1967 |
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The Whitney Museum of American Art Annual and Biennial, New York, NY |
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1966 |
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Robert Motherwell: Works on Paper - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
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1965 |
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Robert Motherwell - MoMA, Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY
The Walker Art Center, Minneapolois, MN (solo) |
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1964 |
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Documenta III, Kassel, Germany |
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1963 |
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MIT, Cambridge, MA (solo) |
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1962 |
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Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1961 |
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Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
VI Biennal de Arte, Sao Paulo, Brazil (solo) |
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1959 |
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Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Documenta II, Kassel, Germany |
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1958 |
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Brussels World's Fair |
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1957 |
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Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1953 - 1957 |
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"New York Painting and Sculpture Annual," Stable Gallery, New York, NY |
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1952 |
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The Kootz Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1951 |
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"New York Painting and Sculpture Annual," Stable Gallery, New York, NY |
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1949 |
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The Kootz Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
"Forum 49," Provincetown, MA |
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1947 |
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The Kootz Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
"Introduction to American Painting," Galerie, Maeight, Paris |
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1946 |
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The Kootz Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
San Fransisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA (solo)
"Fourteen Americans," Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY |
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1944 |
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Art of this Century, New York, NY (solo) |
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1942 |
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'First Paper of Surrealism," Whitelaw Reid Mansion, New York, NY |
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1939 |
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Raymond Duncan Gallery, Paris, France |
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