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Robert Motherwell 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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| Selected 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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