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Giorgio Cavallon Biography
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1904 |
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Born: in Sorio, Italy
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1920 |
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Immigrated to the United States
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1926 |
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Enrolled in the National Academy of Design, New York, NY
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1927 |
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Studied during the summer with Charles W. Hawthorne, Provincetown, MA
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1936 |
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Joined other like-minded artists in founding the American Abstract Artists group
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1988 |
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Inducted into the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
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1989 |
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Died: in New York, NY
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2009
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James Brooks and Giorgio Cavallon, Jason McCoy Inc., New York, NY
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2006
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Summer Exhibition: Recent Acquisitions, Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York, NY
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2005
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Giorgio Cavallon: Paintings, Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, New York, NY (solo)
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2000
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Kouros Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1996
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Seven Paintings from the 1950's., Jason McCoy Inc., New York, NY (solo)
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1995
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Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, New York, NY (solo)
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1994
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New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT (solo)
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1992
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Baruch College Art Gallery, New York, NY
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1991
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Summer Group Show, Jason McCoy Inc., New York, NY
Giorgio Cavallon and Giuseppe Santomaso, Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Watercolors, Jason McCoy Inc., New York, NY (solo)
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1990
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Paintings from the 1950's, Jason McCoy Inc., New York, NY
Giorgio Cavallon (1904-1989): A Retrospective View, The William Benton Museum of Art University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (solo)
The Provocative Years 1935-1945: Hans Hofmann School and Its Students in Provincetown, Provincetown Art Association and Museum Provincetown, MA
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1989
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Paintings from the 1960's, Jason McCoy Inc., New York, NY (solo)
Paintings: 1952-1989, Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
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1988
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Three Italo-American Artists, Peggy Guggenheim Collection Venice, Italy; Castello Svevo, Bari, Italy
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1986
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Gruenebaum Gallery, Gruenebaum Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1985
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Gruenebaum Gallery, Gruenebaum Gallery, New York, NY
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1983
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Gruenebaum Gallery, Gruenebaum Gallery, New York, NY
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1981
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Gruenebaum Gallery, Gruenebaum Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1978
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Gruenebaum Gallery, Gruenebaum Gallery, New York, NY
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1977
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Gruenebaum Gallery, Gruenebaum Gallery, New York, NY
Patricia Learmonth Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1976
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A.M. Sachs Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Bicentennial Exhibition, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
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1974
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A.M. Sachs Gallery, A.M. Sachs Gallery, New York, NY
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1972
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A.M. Sachs Gallery, A.M. Sachs Gallery, New York, NY
American Geometric Abstraction/ 1930's, Zabriskie Gallery, American Federation of Arts, New York, NY
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1971
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A.M. Sachs Gallery, A.M. Sachs Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1970
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Exhibition of Contemporary Artists Eligible for Awards, Academy of Arts & Letters, New York, NY
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1969
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A.M. Sachs Gallery, New York, NY
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1968
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Painting as Painting, The Art Museum University of Texas, Austin, TX
Betty Parsons Private Collection, Finch College Museum, New York, NY
The 1930's, Painting and Sculpture in America, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
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1966
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Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Large Scale American Paintings, The Jewish Museum, New York, NY
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1965
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Whitney Museum Annual, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Kootz Gallery, Kootz Gallery, New York, NY
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1964
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Weatherspoon Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC (solo)
Art in Embassies, Museum of Modern Art, Bogota, Colombia
Recent American Paintings, Art Museum, University of Texas, Austin, TX
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1963
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Art in Embassies, Museum of Modern Art, Bogota, Colombia
Kootz Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1963
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Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture, Krannert Art Museum University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
Fourteen Americans, Abstract Watercolors, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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1962
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Carnegie International, Pittsburgh, PA
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1961
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Carnegie International, Pittsburgh, PA
Whitney Museum Annual, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
American Abstract Expressionists and Imagists, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Kootz Gallery, New York, NY
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1960
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60 American Painters, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
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1959
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Carnegie International, Pittsburgh, PA
Whitney Museum Annual, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Stable Gallery, New York, NY
Five Contemporary Painters in a Twenty-Five Year Retrospective, Camino Gallery, New York, NY
Documenta II, Kassel, Germany
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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1957
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Stable Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1956
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University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
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1955
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Italy Rediscovered, Munson-Williams Proctor Institute, Utica, NY
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1954
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Egan Gallery, New York, NY
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1952
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Drawings and Watercolors, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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1951
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Abstract Art in America, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Egan Gallery, New York, NY
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1950
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Young Painters in the U.S. and France, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, NY
Post-Abstract Painters, France, America, Hawthorne Memorial Gallery Provincetown, MA
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1948
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Egan Gallery, New York, NY
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1946
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Egan Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1940
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Eighth Street Playhouse Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1939
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American Art Today, New York World's Fair, New York, NY
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1934
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A.C.A. Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1932
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Bottega d'Arte, Vicenza, Italy (solo)
Biennale, Ca'Pesaro, Venice, Italy
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SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
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Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Fogg Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Museum of the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
The Museum of Modern Art, New York , NY
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
University Art Museum, Berkeley, California
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| Literature |
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1990
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Giorgio Cavallon, 1904-1989, A Retrospective View. Storrs, CT: William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, 1990 (catalogue)
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