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Walter Quirt Biography
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1902 |
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Born November 24th in Iron River, Michigan
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1921 - 1923 |
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1921-23 Studied drawing and composition at the Layton School of Art, Milwaukee
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1924 - 1928 |
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Teaches drawing at the Layton School
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1933 |
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Starts painting in oil
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1936 |
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First solo show, Julien Levy Gallery, New York
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1936 - 1937 |
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Enrolled in the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Art Project
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1939 |
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Marries Eleanor Falk, a painter from New York; designs murals in tempera for Bellevue Hospital, New York
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1943 - 1944 |
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Solo show at Associated American Artists’ Gallery, New York; participates in Surrealist exhibition at the Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, 1944
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1942 - 1945 |
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Shows at: Pinacotheca Gallery, New York, 1942; Associated American Artist’s Gallery, New York, 1943; and Durlacher Gallery, New York, 1945
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1945 |
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Gives art lectures at Michigan State College
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1946 |
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Awarded Cranbrook prize, Michigan Artists Annual exhibition, Detroit
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1948 |
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Wins Wisconsin Centennial Prize, Wisconsin Artists Annual
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1949, 1959 |
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Solo exhibition at University Gallery, University of Minnesota
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1951 - 1952 |
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Solo exhibition at New Gallery, New York, 1951; teaches at University of Minnesota, 1952
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1959 - 1960 |
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1959-60 Teaches again at University of Minnesota, 1959; The American Federation of the Arts sponsors a circulating series of exhibitions in 1959-60, including Quirt’s retrospective exhibition, which opens at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, March 2, 1960 (other artists in this series are Milton Avery, Andrew Dasburg, Jose de Creeft, and William Pachner)
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