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Jimmy Ernst Biography
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1920 |
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Born in Colgne, Germany to Dada Surrealist artist Max Ernst and art historian Louise Straus-Ernst
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1933 |
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Ernst family emigrated to Paris for being suspected by the new Nazi regime
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1932 - 1936 |
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Student, Lindenthal Real-Gymnasium, Cologne
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1938 |
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Emigrated to the United States
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1938 |
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Student, School of Arts and Crafts, Altona, Germany
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1940 |
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Meets members of the New York avant-garde and European artists in exile. Petitions Emergency Rescue Committee (ERC) to help his parents escape from France.
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1941 |
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ERC succeeds in securing his father Max's release from internment. Max arrives in New York with Peggy Guggenheim on July 14.
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1942 |
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Guggenheim's Art of This Century Gallery opens, October 20, with Jimmy as director
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1944 |
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Unknown to him, his mother is transported to Auschwitz concentration camp on June 30 from Drancy, a detention camp near Paris. She does not survive the war
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1945 |
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Allied victory in Europe declared on May 8. Spends part of the summer in Amagansett with his father and other "Surrealists in Exile".
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1946 |
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Hattie Brooks Stevens Memorial Award Purchase Prize of the Pasadena Art Institute
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1947 |
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Married Edith Dallas Bauman
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1950 |
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Joins so-called "IrascibleEighteen" in protesting the anti-abstractionist bias of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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1951 |
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Awarded Juliana Forme Memorial Purchase Award of the Whitney Museum of American Art
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1952 |
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Became a U.S.citizen and lived in New York City and East Hampton, NY
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1954 |
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Awarded Norman Weit Harris Bronze Medal of the Chicago Art Institute
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1957 |
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Recipient Brandeis Creative Arts Award
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1961 |
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Awarded John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
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1961 |
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Guggenheim recipient
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1982 |
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Awarded an honorary Doctorate by Southampton College of Long Island University
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1982 |
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Honorary doctorate, Southampton College
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1983 |
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Elected to membership of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York
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1951 - 1984 |
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Taught at Brooklyn College, become associate professor in 1963
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1984 |
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Dies in New York City on February 6
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2008
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"Une Lignee Electrique: Surrealisme et ses Environs," Galerie 1900-2000, Paris
"Gifted: Recent Additions to the Permanent Collection," Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
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2007
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"Shining Spirit: Westheimer Family Collection," Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, OK
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2006
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"Jimmy Ernst: Five Decades of Paintings and Works on Paper," Spanierman Gallery, LLC. East Hampton, New York. June 29-August 7, 2006. (solo)
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2003
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Harmon Meeks Gallery. Naples, Florida. (solo)
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2002
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"Jimmy Ernst: Transcending the Surreal," Springfield Art Museum. Springfield, Missouri. September 14-November 10, 2002. (solo)
The Butler Institute of American Art. Salem, Ohio. September 20-October 25, 2003. (solo)
Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University Art Gallery. Malibu, California. January 10-April 4, 2004. (solo)
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2001
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"Jimmy Ernst: Paintings and Works on Paper: 1942-1983," ACA Galleries. New York, New York. March 1-31, 2001.
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1999
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"Jimmy Ernst: I Am an American Painter," Sprengel Museum. Hanover, Germany. October 12-December 19, 1999. (solo)
"Max Ernst & Jimmy Ernst - Father & Son," American Contemporary Art Gallery. Munich, Germany. June 10 - August 31, 1999. (solo)
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1998
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"The Sea of Grass series and beyond," Museum of Fine Arts. St. Petersburg, Florida. September 13-November 8, 1998. (solo)
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1997
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Grand, Stanley I, curator. "Shadow to Light," Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes University. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. (solo)
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1994
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"Trails of Silence," Tampa Museum of Art. Tampa, Florida. September 11-November 13, 1994. (solo)
"Jimmy Ernst: Lines Through Time," Philharmonic Center for the Arts. Naples, Florida. March 20-May 2, 1994. (solo)
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1991
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"Jimmy Ernst," Galerie 1900-2000/Marcel Fleiss. Paris, France. November 8-28, 1990. (solo)
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1988
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University of Wisconsin. Oshkosh, Wisconsin. (solo)
McAllen International Museum, Texas. (solo)
Community Gallery of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. (solo)
Muscatine Art Center, Iowa. (solo)
"The Forgotten Mural," Emily Lowe Gallery, Hofstra Museum, Hofstra University. Hempstead, New York. September 13-October 30, 1988. (solo)
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1987
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"Retrospective," Harmon-Meek Gallery. Naples, Florida. February 15-March 7, 1987. (solo)
Butler Institute of American Art. Youngstown, Ohio. September 6-October 11, 1987. (solo)
Century Club. New York, New York. (solo)
Corbine Gallery. Sarasota, Florida. (solo)
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1986
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Century Club. New York, New York. (solo)
Galerie am Schloss in Ausstellung ger Stadt. Bruhl, Germany. (solo)
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1985
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"Jimmy Ernst: A survey, 1942-1983," Guild Hall Museum. East Hampton, New York. July 21-September 15, 1985. (solo)
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1984
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Armstrong Gallery. New York, New York. (solo)
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1981
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Harmon Gallery. Naples, Florida. (solo)
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1976
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Riva Yares Gallery. Scottsdale, Arizona. (solo)
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1974
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Riva Yares Gallery. Scottsdale, Arizona. (solo)
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1972
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Galerie Lucie Weill. Paris, France. (solo)
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1970
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Guild Hall Museum. East Hampton, New York. (with John Opper). (solo)
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1968
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"Recent paintings by Jimmy Ernst," Arts Club of Chicago. Chicago, Illinois. December 17-January 25, 1969. (solo)
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1966
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Des Moines Art Center. Des Moines, Iowa. (solo)
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1965
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Amerika Haus. Berlin, Germany. (solo)
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (solo)
Norton Gallery. West Palm Beach, Florida. (solo)
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1964
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Stadtisches Kunsthaus. Bielefeld, Germany. (solo)
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1963
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Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, Michigan. December 10-January 5, 1964. (solo)
Kolnischer Kunstverein. Cologne, Germany. (solo)
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1962
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Obelisk Gallery. Washington, D.C.. (solo)
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1957
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"Art on the Campus," Rabb Graduate Center, Brandeis University. Waltham, Massachusetts. (solo)
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1956
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Museum of Fine Arts. Houston, Texas.(solo)
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1955
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Silverman Guild of Artists. Norwalk, Connecticut. (solo)
Philadelphia Art Alliance. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (solo)
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1954
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Walker Art Center. Minneapolis, Minnesota. (solo)
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1953
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Obelisk Gallery. Washington, D.C.. (solo)
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1951
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Grace Borgenicht Gallery. New York, New York. 1951-1972. (solo)
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1950
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Robert Carlen Gallery. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.(solo)
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1948
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Laurel Gallery. New York, New York. 1948-1950.(solo)
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1946
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"Black Music," Norlyst Gallery. New York, New York. (solo)
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1944
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Norlyst Gallery. New York, New York. 1944-1945. (solo)
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1943 - 1934
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First one-man show "Reflections of the Inner Eye," Norlyst Gallery. New York, New York.
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