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John Ferren Biography
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1905 |
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Born in Pendleton, OR
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1923 |
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Graduated from Polytechnic High School, Los Angeles, CA
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1925 |
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Attended California School of Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
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1930 |
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Debuts exhibition at the Arts Center in San Francisco, CA
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1935 |
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George L.K. Morris and Albert E. Gallatin are the first Americans to purchase Ferren’s Parisian works
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1936 |
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Pierre Matisse hosts solo exhibition of Ferren’s art at Matisse’s New York gallery
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1938 |
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Moves to New York City; becomes one of the founding members of the American Association of Abstract Artists
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1947 |
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Moves back to California; begins teaching summer sessions at the Art Center School and UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
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1955 |
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Artistic consultant for director Alfred Hitchcock's film "The Trouble with Harry"
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1958 |
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Artistic consultant for director Alfred Hitchcock's film "Vertigo"
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1970 |
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Died in East Hampton, NY
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2008
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"Order and Intuition: American Abstraction from the Patty & Jay Baker Naples Museum of Art, 1913-1954," Hollis Taggart Gallery, New York, NY
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2007
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Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, NYC
"Leaders in American Modernism," Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL
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2006
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"Geometric Abstraction and Color Function: Two Generations," D. Wigmore Fine Art Inc., New York, NY
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2005
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Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, NYC
“Art of Tomorrow: Hilla Rebay and Solomon R. Guggenheim,” Guggenheim Museum, NYC
“Jean Hélion and American Art,” National Academy Museum, NYC
“Artists & Nature on Eastern Long Island: 1940’s to the Present,” Spainerman Gallery at East Hampton
“New York School: Another View,” Opalka Gallery, Sage Colleges, Albany, NY
“Hilla Rebay & the Museum of Non-Objective Painting” DC Moore Gallery, NY
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2003
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Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, NYC
"The American Avant-Garde in Paris 1918-1939- An Ambivalent Fascination" Musée d'Art Américain, Giverny, France
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2001
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Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, NYC
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2000
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Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, NYC
“The American Avant-Garde: A Decade of Change 1936-1946.” The Bruce Museum of Arts and Science, Greenwich, CT
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1998
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Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, NYC
Snyder Fine Art, NYC
Defining the Edge: Early American Abstraction, Selections from the Collection of Dr. Peter B Fischer, catalog illus. cover
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA
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1997
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, NY
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1996
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Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery New York, NY
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1995
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Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery New York, NY
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1993
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Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery New York, NY
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1993
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The Abstract Spirit: John Ferren (1905-1970), Curated by Helen Harrison, Pollock-Krasner Found. Queens Col.; SUNY, Stonybrook; East Hampton, NY
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1992
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Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery New York, NY
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1990
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Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery New York, NY
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1988
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Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery New York, NY
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1987
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Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery New York, NY
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1985
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A.M. Sachs Gallery, A.M. Sachs Gallery New York, NY
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1983
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A. M. Sachs Gallery, A. M. Sachs Gallery New York, NY
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1982
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A.M. Sachs Gallery, A.M. Sachs Gallery New York, NY
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1980
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A.M. Sachs Gallery, A.M. Sachs Gallery New York, NY
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1979
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A.M. Sachs Gallery, A.M. Sachs Gallery New York, NY
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1979
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Retrospective, The Graduate Center of the City Univ. of New York New York, NY
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1978
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A.M. Sachs Gallery, A.M. Sachs Gallery New York, NY
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1977
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A.M. Sachs Gallery, A.M. Sachs Gallery New York, NY
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1975
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A.M. Sachs Gallery, A.M. Sachs Gallery New York, NY
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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
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1971
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John Ferren Memorial Show, The Century Club New York, NY
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1969
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A.M. Sachs Gallery, A.M. Sachs Gallery New York, NY
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1968
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Rose Fried Gallery, Rose Fried Gallery New York, NY
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1967
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Rose Fried Gallery, Rose Fried Gallery New York, NY
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1966
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Rose Fried Gallery, Rose Fried Gallery New York, NY
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1965
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Rose Fried Gallery, Rose Fried Gallery New York, NY
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1964
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Centre d'Art, Centre d'Art Beirut, Lebanon
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1958
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The Phillips Collection, The Phillips Collection Washington, D.C.
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1958
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Stable Gallery, Stable Gallery New York, NY
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1957
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Stable Gallery, Stable Gallery New York, NY
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1956
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Stable Gallery, Stable Gallery New York, NY
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1955
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Stable Gallery, Stable Gallery New York, NY
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1954
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Stable Gallery, Stable Gallery New York, NY
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1952
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San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco Museum of Art San Francisco, CA
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1940
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Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art Washington, D.C.
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1938
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Pierre Matisse Gallery, Pierre Matisse Gallery New York, NY
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1937
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Pierre Matisse Gallery, Pierre Matisse Gallery New York, NY
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1937
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Arts Club of Chicago, Arts Club of Chicago Chicago, IL
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1936
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Pierre Loeb, Pierre Loeb Paris, France
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis, MN
Corcoran Gallery, Corcoran Gallery Washington, D.C.
Pierre Matisse Gallery, Pierre Matisse Gallery New York, NY
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Public Collections
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Univ. of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
The James Michener Collection, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX
Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Grey Art Gallery, New York University, NYC
Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State Univ., Logan, UT
PepsiCo, Purchase, NY
Arts Club of Chicago, IL
Enid Haupt Collection
Mitsui Bank, NYC
Queens College, NY
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Chase Manhattan Bank, NYC
Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Long Island City, NY
Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, NYC
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Museum Collections
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
The Museum of Modern Art, NYC
Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NYC
Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC
The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC
National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA
The Cleveland Museum of Art, OH
The Detroit Institute of Arts, MI
Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA
The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA
The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
The Newark Museum, NJ
The Crocker Museum, Sacramento, CA
University of Utah Art Museum, Salt Lake City, UT
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