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Biography |
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1882 |
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Born, March 19, 1882, Paris, France |
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1895 |
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Entered École Bernard Palissy and trained in the decorative arts |
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1898 - 1904 |
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Studied sculpture at L'Academie Nationale des Beaux-Arts (Atelier Gabriel Jules Thomas) |
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1904 - 1905 |
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Leaves École des Beaux-Arts |
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1904 - 1905 |
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Designs Art Nouveau decorative objects for René Lalique |
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1906 |
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Immigrates to the United States |
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1906 - 1912 |
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Assistant to H.H. Kiston, Sculptor of military monuments, Boston, MA |
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1912 |
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Assistant to the sculptor Paul Manship, New York |
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1916 |
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Becomes a U.S. citizen |
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1917 |
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Marries Canadian-American Isabel Dutaud Nagle |
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1921 |
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Commissioned Frieze for American Telephone and Telegraph Building, New York, NY |
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1922 |
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Joins C.W. Kraushaar Galleries, New York, NY |
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1922 |
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Resigns from Board of Directors, Society of Independent Artists |
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1931 |
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Executes reliefs from RCA (now GE) building in Rockefeller Center, New York, NY |
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1932 |
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Large plaster relief for "Century of Progress Exhibition," Chicago World's Fair |
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1934 |
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Reliefs for International Building executed in cement, Rockefeller Center, New York |
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1935 |
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Died, October 18, 1935, New York, NY |
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1935 |
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Commission, "Welcoming the Peoples," Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, PA |
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Exhibitions |
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2007 - 2008 |
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Woman: The Art of Gaston Lachaise, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX |
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2004 |
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Great Parade: The Artist as Clown, Grand Palais, Paris, FRANCE |
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2004 |
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Il Nudo fra Ideale e Realtŕ, Museo d’arte moderna, Bologna, ITALY |
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2003 |
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Refashioning the Figure: Gaston Lachaise and Elevation, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, UK |
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2002 |
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Gaston Lachaise Sculpture: Woman, Goddess, and Idol, Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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2001 |
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The Celebration of Woman in the Sculpture of Gaston Lachaise, Lore Degenstein Gallery Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, |
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1954 |
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"de Kooning, Shahn, Lachaise, Lassaw, Smith", XXVII Biennale, Venice, ITALY |
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1935 |
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Retrospective exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY |
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1928 |
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Brummer Gallery, New York, NY (Solo) |
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1927 |
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Alfred Stieglitz’s The Intimate Gallery, New York,NY |
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1925 - 1926 |
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Original Sculpture by Gaston Lachaise, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
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1924 |
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C.W. Kraushaar Galleries, New York, NY |
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1922 |
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Society of Independent Artists, Waldorf-Astoria, NY |
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1920 |
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Stephan Bourgeois Galleries, New York, NY (Solo) |
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1918 |
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First Solo Exhibition of Sculpture & Drawings by Gaston Lachaise Stephan Bourgeois Galleries, New York, NY |
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1913 |
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exhibits in The Armory Show, New York, NY |
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