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André Lhote Biography
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1885 |
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Born in Bordeaux, France
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1897 |
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Apprenticed to local furniture maker to be trained as wood sculptor
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1898 - 1904 |
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studied decorative sculpture at the École de Beaux-Arts , Paris, France
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1910 |
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Galerie Druet, Paris, France (solo exhibition)
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1912 |
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Salon de le Section d'Or, Galerie de la Boetie, Paris, France (group exhibition)
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1914 |
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With the outbreak of WW1, Lhote joined the French Army
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1917 |
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Discharged from the Army
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1918 - 1920 |
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Taught at the Academie Notre Dame de Champs, Montparnasse, France
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1922 |
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Founded Academie Montparnasse (art school), Montparnasse, France
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1917 - 1940 |
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Art critic for "La Nouvelle Revue Francaise" magazine
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1952 |
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Opened a second branch of the Académie Montparnasse in Rio de Janeiro
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1955 |
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“Grand Prix National de Peinture”, Paris, France
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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Musee du Petit Palais- Geneva, Switzerland
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Musee Nationale d’Arte Moderne- Paris, France
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Museum of the Annunciation- St. Tropez
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Museum of Fine Arts- Boston, MA
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The Art Institute of Chicago- IL
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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Hermitage Museum- St. Petersburg, Russia
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Ball State Museum of Art, Muncie, IN
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Cleveland Museum of Art- OH
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Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux- Bordeaux, France
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Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
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Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
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Tate Gallery, London, England
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Musee d’Art Moderne- Paris, France
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| Links to further information |
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