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Norman Bluhm Biography
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1936 - 1941 |
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Studied architecture with Mies van der Rohe at Armour Institute of Technology (later Illiniois Institute of Technology)
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1941 - 1945 |
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United States Army Air Force
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1945 |
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Returned to architecture studies at Armour Institute of Technology
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1946 |
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Studied at Accademia de Belle Arte, Florence, Italy
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1947 |
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Studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris
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1949 |
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Acted in Jean Cocteau’s film Orphée
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1947 - 1956 |
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Lived in Paris
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1956 |
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Returned to New York City
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1964 - 1965 |
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Lived in Paris
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1965 |
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Returned to New York City
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1999 |
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Died, February 3, East Wallingford, Vermont
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2007
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"The Late Paintings of Norman Bluhm," Station Museum of Contemporary Art, Houston, TX (solo)
James Graham & Sons Gallery Booth, Art Chicago (solo)
"Norman Bluhm: Selected Works from 1976 to 1989," Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (group)
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2005
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"New York School, Another View" Opalka Gallery, The Sages Colleges, Albany (group)
"Norman Bluhm, Works on Paper from the 70s, 80s and 90s," James Graham and Sons, New York, NY (solo)
"Horman Bluhm, Three Paintings," JG Contemporary, New York, NY (solo)
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2004
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"An American Odyssey: 1945 19080, "Circulo do Bellas Artes, Madrid (and other museums) (group)
"Recent Acquisitions: Framing the Collection" Parrish Art Museum, Southampton (group)
"Modern Americal Painting, from the N.Y.U. Art Collection" Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork (group)
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2003
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"Abstract per se", Red Dot, New York (group)
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2002
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"Norman Bluhm Drawings," Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA (solo)
"Ideal Abstraction, 1955 - 1965, Karl Benjamin and Norman Bluhm," Gary Snyder Fine Art, New York, NY (solo)
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2001
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“1950–1965, Abstraction on Paper,” Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York (group)
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2000
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“Rudy Burckhardt and Friends: New York Artists of the 1950s and 60s,” Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York (group)
Group Exhibition, Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles (group)
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1999
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“In Memory of My Feelings: Frank O’Hara and American Art,” The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; traveling to Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, and The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York (group)
“O’Hara, Bluhm & Goldberg, Un poeta e due pittori a New York negli anni ‘50,” Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea di Palazzo Rocca, Chiavari, Genova (group)
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1998
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“Dreams for the Next Century,” The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York (group)
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1997
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“Bluhm, Burton, and Frank,” Kunstruimte Wagemans, Beetsterzwaag, Netherlands (group)
“Colorflex,” Apex Art C.P. New York (group)
“Torino Parigi New York Osaka. Tapié. Un Art Autre,” Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Torino (group)
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1996
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“Pintura Estadounidense, Expressionismo Abstracto,” Centro Cultural (group)
“After Goya, a Subjective Look,” Saragossa, Spain (group)
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1994
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Ace Contemporary Gallery, New York, NY and Los Angeles, CA (solo)
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1993
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“1ère Triennale des Amériques,” Maubeuge, France (group)
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1992
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Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y. (solo)
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1991
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Washburn Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
“Inaugural Exhibition,” Parts I and II, Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, New York (group)
“Group Show,” Galerie Stadler, Paris (group)
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1990
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Washburn Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
“A Salute to the Signa Gallery,” Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, New York (group)
“Group Show,” Galerie Stadler, Paris (group)
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1989
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Washburn Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
“Inaugural Exhibition of Twentieth Century Art,” James A. Michener Center, Bucks County, Pennsylvania (group)
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1988
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Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ (solo)
“American Abstract Drawings,” The Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas (group)
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1987
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“Inner Worlds - Fantastic Landscapes of the 1950’s,” Sarah Lawrence College Art Gallery, Bronxville, NY (group)
“Leo Castelli,” Centro Cultural Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City (group)
“Michael Goldberg/Norman Bluhm: Painterly Direction: Spontaneity/Restraint -Work of the fifties and sixties,” Vanderwoude Tananbaum Gallery, New York (group)
“Post Abstract Expressionism,” Vanderwoude Tananbaum Gallery, New York (group)
“In Scale and Time,” Washburn Gallery, New York (group)
“Prints from the Workshop of Cone Editions,” Gallery North, Setauket, New York (group)
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1986
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Washburn Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Zolla-Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
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1985
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Herbert Palmer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport, CA (group)
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA (group)
Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH (group)
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY (group)
National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC (group)
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1977
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Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C. (solo)
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1976
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Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX (solo)
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1970 - 1974
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Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY (solo)
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1973
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Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY (solo)
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1969
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Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C. (solo)
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1967
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Large Scale American Painting, Jewish Museum (group)
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1966
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Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (group)
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1961
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Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY (group)
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1960
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Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1958
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Carnegie Institution, Washington D.C. (group)
Paul Kantor Gallery, Los Angeles (solo
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1957
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Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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