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Biography |
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1900 |
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Born Biala, Poland |
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1913 |
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Emigrated to the United States |
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1923 |
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Begins summering in Provincetown, MA |
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1923 - 1925 |
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Studied at National Academy of Design |
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1928 |
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Becomes a United States citizen. Member of New England Society of Contemporary Art |
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1934 |
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Works on the Federal Art Project of the WPA (Easel Division), New York. Begins long association with Willem de Kooning |
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1949 |
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Becomes a member of "The Club" and "New York School" |
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1952 |
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Teaches Black Mountain College, NC |
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1948 - 1953 |
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Shares adjoining studios with Willem de Kooning |
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1963 |
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Appointed Chairman of the Art Department Yale University |
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1971 |
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Doctor of Fine Arts, Maryland Institute of Art, Baltimore, MD |
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1972 |
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Doctor of Human Letters, Columbia University, New York |
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1974 |
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Medal for Painting, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, ME |
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1976 |
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Distinguished Teaching Art Award, College Art Association of America, New York, NY |
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1979 |
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Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI |
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1981 |
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Elected member American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York |
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1982 |
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Dies Provincetown, MA |
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Exhibitions |
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2009 |
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Jack Tworkov: Against Extremes/Five Decades," UBS Art Gallery, New York, NY |
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2008 |
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The Late Paintings of Jack Tworkov, ACME Fine Arts, Boston, MA |
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2007 |
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Jack Tworkov: Rythm, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, NY |
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2006 |
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Jack Tworkov: Paintings 1929-1949, Valerie Carberry Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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2005 |
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Ecole de New York: Expressionnisme abstrait Americain, Musee d'Art, Moderne, Nice |
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2000 |
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(to Present) Jack Tworkov, Mitchell-Innes and Nash |
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1998 |
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Twentieth Century American Drawings, The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, traveling exhibition |
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1994 |
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Jack Tworkov, Manny Silverman, Los Angeles, CA |
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1990 - 1992 |
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Jack Tworkov, Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York |
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1987 |
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Jack Tworkov, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA |
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1974 - 1985 |
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Jack Tworkov, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York |
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1982 |
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Jack Tworkov, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York |
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1981 |
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American Drawing in Black and White: 1970-1980, Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York |
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1979 |
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Jack Tworkov, Third Eye Centre, Glasgow, Scotland, traveling exhibition to Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland; Academy Gallery, Liverpool, England; Ulster Museum, Belfast, Ireland; Hatton Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England |
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1976 |
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Jack Tworkov, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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1976 |
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The Golden Door: Artist-Immigrants of America, 1876-1976, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Washington, DC |
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1971 |
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Jack Tworkov, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
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1958 - 1965 |
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Jack Tworkov, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York |
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1964 |
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Jack Tworkov, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, traveling exhibition to Washington Gallery of Modern Art, DC; San Francisco Museum of Art, CA |
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1959 |
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New York and Paris: Painting in the Fifties, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX |
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1958 |
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The New American Painting, International Program of the Museum of Modern Art New York, NY, traveling exhibition to eight European countries |
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1957 - 1958 |
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Jack Tworkov, Stable Gallery, New York |
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1947 - 1954 |
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Jack Tworkov, Charles Egan Gallery, New York |
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1952 |
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American Vanguard Art for Paris, organized by the Sidney Janis Gallery for Galerie de France, Paris |
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1941 |
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New Directions in American Painting, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA |
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1931 - 1935 |
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Dudensing Gallery, New York |
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1926 - 1928 |
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Provincetown Art Association, Provincetown, MA |
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