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Gaston Lachaise    (American, 1882-1935)

 Gaston Lachaise - Dolphins (Sculptures) h: 10.1 in / h: 25.7 cm
Gaston Lachaise
Dolphins 1922
 
  

Biography
1882 Born, March 19, 1882, Paris, France
1895 Entered École Bernard Palissy and trained in the decorative arts
1898 - 1904 Studied sculpture at L'Academie Nationale des Beaux-Arts (Atelier Gabriel Jules Thomas)
1904 - 1905 Leaves École des Beaux-Arts
1904 - 1905 Designs Art Nouveau decorative objects for René Lalique
1906 Immigrates to the United States
1906 - 1912 Assistant to H.H. Kiston, Sculptor of military monuments, Boston, MA
1912 Assistant to the sculptor Paul Manship, New York
1916 Becomes a U.S. citizen
1917 Marries Canadian-American Isabel Dutaud Nagle
1921 Commissioned Frieze for American Telephone and Telegraph Building, New York, NY
1922 Joins C.W. Kraushaar Galleries, New York, NY
1922 Resigns from Board of Directors, Society of Independent Artists
1931 Executes reliefs from RCA (now GE) building in Rockefeller Center, New York, NY
1932 Large plaster relief for "Century of Progress Exhibition," Chicago World's Fair
1934 Reliefs for International Building executed in cement, Rockefeller Center, New York
1935 Died, October 18, 1935, New York, NY
1935 Commission, "Welcoming the Peoples," Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, PA

Exhibitions
2007 - 2008 Woman: The Art of Gaston Lachaise, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX
2004 Great Parade: The Artist as Clown, Grand Palais, Paris, FRANCE
2004 Il Nudo fra Ideale e Realtŕ, Museo d’arte moderna, Bologna, ITALY
2003 Refashioning the Figure: Gaston Lachaise and Elevation, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, UK
2002 Gaston Lachaise Sculpture: Woman, Goddess, and Idol, Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001 The Celebration of Woman in the Sculpture of Gaston Lachaise, Lore Degenstein Gallery Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove,
1954 "de Kooning, Shahn, Lachaise, Lassaw, Smith", XXVII Biennale, Venice, ITALY
1935 Retrospective exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
1928 Brummer Gallery, New York, NY (Solo)
1927 Alfred Stieglitz’s The Intimate Gallery, New York,NY
1925 - 1926 Original Sculpture by Gaston Lachaise, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1924 C.W. Kraushaar Galleries, New York, NY
1922 Society of Independent Artists, Waldorf-Astoria, NY
1920 Stephan Bourgeois Galleries, New York, NY (Solo)
1918 First Solo Exhibition of Sculpture & Drawings by Gaston Lachaise Stephan Bourgeois Galleries, New York, NY
1913 exhibits in The Armory Show, New York, NY
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