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Max Weber Biography
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1881 |
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Born: in Byalostol, Russia
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1891 |
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Moved to the U.S. with his parents, settling in Brooklyn, NY
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1897 |
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Graduated from Boys' High School, Brooklyn, NY
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1897 - 1900 |
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Studied at Pratt Institute under Wesley Dow, New York, NY
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1900 - 1905 |
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Taught drawing and painting at public schools in Virginia and Michigan
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1905 |
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Moved to Paris, France and studied at the Julian Academy under Jean Paul Laurens
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1909 |
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Returned to New York, NY
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1917 |
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Became director of the Society of Independent Artists, New York, NY
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1914 - 1918 |
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Lectured on history and appreciation of art at the White School of Photography, New York, NY
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1920 - 1921 |
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Taught at the art students' League, New York, NY
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1926 |
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Primitives published. Taught at the Art Students' League again
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1928 |
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Received Potter Palmer Gold Medal, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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1931 |
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Guest Teacher at University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN
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1937 |
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National chairman, American Artists' Congress (organization of artists against Fascism)
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1938 - 1940 |
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Honorary national chairman, American Artists' Congress
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1941 |
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Awarded the Temple Gold Medal, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the Ada s. Garrett Prize, Art Institute of Chicago
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1945 |
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Awarded Second Prize, Pepsi-Cola Exhibition, New York, NY
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1951 |
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Guest teacher, Humanities Department, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN
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1955 |
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Elected member of The National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
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1956 |
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Awarded Lippincott Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, PA
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1958 |
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Received honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from Pratt Institute, New York, NY
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1959 |
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Life Fellow, National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
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1961 |
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Dies: in Great Neck, NY
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2008
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"Max Weber: Paintings from the 1930s, 40s and 50s", Gerald Peters Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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2000
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"Max Weber's Modern Vision", The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (solo)
"Max Weber", Gerald Peters Gallery, New York, NY; Santa Fe, NM (solo)
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1991
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"Max Weber: The Cubist Decade, 1910–1920", The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA (solo)
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1985
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"The Circle of Montparnasse: Jewish Artists in Paris, 1905–1945", The Jewish Museum, New York, NY (solo)
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1982
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"Max Weber: American Modern", The Jewish MuseumJewish Museum, New York, NY (solo)
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1980
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National Collection of Fine Arts, Washington, DC (solo)
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1975
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"All Media Exhibition, 1907–1956", Forum Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1969 - 1972
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Bernard Danenberg Galleries, New York, NY (solo)
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1968
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University of California, Santa Barbara, CA (traveled to California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA; Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ; The Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, San Diego, CA) (solo)
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1966
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Rose Art Museum of Brandeis University, Waltham, MA (solo)
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1962
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National Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY (solo)
Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, MA (solo)
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1959
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Pratt Institute, New York, NY (solo)
Newark Museum, Newark, NJ (solo)
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1958
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"Retrospective", The Downtown Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1957
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"Retrospective", Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA (solo)
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1956
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"Retrospective", Jewish Museum, New York, NY (solo)
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1954
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"25th Anniversary Exhibition", MOMA Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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1952 - 1953
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Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
"Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture", Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
"Abstract Art in America", Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
"Modern Art", Metropolitan Museum of Art, , New York, NY
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1950 - 1951
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25th Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy
"Abstract Art in America", MOMA Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Saõ Paulo Biennial, Saõ Paolo, Brazil
Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel (solo)
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1949
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"Retrospective", Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (solo)
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1947
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Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA (solo)
California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (solo)
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1943
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The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (solo)
The Carnegie Institute, New York, NY (solo)
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1942
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The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (solo)
Paul Rosenberg & Co, New York, NY
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1941
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Associated American Artists Galleries, New York, NY (solo)
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1937
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JB Neumann Gallery (solo)
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1935
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JB Neumann Gallery (solo)
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1930
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"Retrospective", MOMA Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (solo)
JB Neumann Gallery (solo)
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1929
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"Paintings by Nineteen Living Americans", Museum of Modern Art, MOMA, New York, NY
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1928
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Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
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1927 - 1928
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JB Neumann Gallery (solo)
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1924 - 1925
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JB Neumann Gallery (solo)
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1924
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Galerie Bernhiem-Jeune, Paris, France
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1923
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Montross Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1916
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"Post Exposition", Panama Pacific Exposition, San Francisco, CA
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1915
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Ehrich Galleries, New York, NY
Montross Gallery, New York, NY
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1913
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Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (solo)
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1912
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Murray Hill Galleries, New York, NY (solo)
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1911
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291 Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1910
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"Younger American Painters", 291 Gallery, New York, NY
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1909
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Haas Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1906 - 1908
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Salon des Independents, Paris, France
Salon d'Automne, Paris, France
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Selected Public Collections:
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
The Jewish Museum, New York, NY
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, Spain
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
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| Literature |
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2002
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Harnsberger, R.S. Four artists of the Stieglitz Circle: a sourcebook on Arthur Dove, Marsden Hartley, John Marin, and Max Weber. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2002
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1996
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North, P. . Max Weber: Max Weber's women. New York: Forum Gallery, 1996
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1991
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North, P. Max Weber: the cubist decade, 1910-1920. Atlanta: High Museum of Art, 1991
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1980
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Rubenstein, D.R. Max Weber: a catalogue raisonné of his graphic work. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1980
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1975
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Werner, A. Max Weber. New York: Abrams, 1975
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