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Elaine de Kooning Biography
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1918 |
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Born in Brooklyn, PA
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1936 |
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Enrolls at Hunter College, drops out following year.
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1937 |
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Begins to attend classes at Leonardo da Vinci Art School.
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1960 |
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Visiting professor, Pennsylvania State University, University Park.
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1967 - 1968 |
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Continues to teach: Yale University Graduate School, New Haven; Pratt Institute, Brooklyn; Mellon Chair, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh; Wagner College, Staten Island; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
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1972 |
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Awarded Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia.
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1974 |
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Begins two-year professorship at Parsons School of Design, New York.
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1975 |
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Artist in residence, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts.
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1976 |
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Holds Mellon Chair at Cooper Union, New York
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1982 |
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Holds Milton and Sally Avery Chair, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.
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1984 |
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Awarded Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Adelphi University, Garden City, New York.
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1985 |
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Awarded Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, The Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore.
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1988 |
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Awarded Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, Long Island University, Southampton.
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1989 |
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Died in Southampton, NY
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2003
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Elaine De Kooning, Hackett Freedman, San Francisco
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1999
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Elaine de Kooning Portraits, Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, New York
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1997
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Art & Friendship: Selections from the Roland F. Pease Collection, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York
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1996
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Elaine de Kooning Paintings 1955 - 1965, Joan T. Washburn Gallery, New York
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1996
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Major Paintings, Sculpture & Drawings, Joan T. Washburn Gallery, New York
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| Links to further information |
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