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Gunther Gerzso Biography
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1915 |
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Born in Mexico City, MEXICO
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1927 - 1931 |
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Attended various Swiss schools, Lugano, Switzerland
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1934 |
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Graduated from the German School, Mexico
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1936 - 1939 |
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Staff Set Designer at the Cleveland Playhouse, Cleveland, Ohio
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1940 |
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Started his avocation as a self-taught painter, Cleveland, Ohio
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1942 - 1962 |
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Designed sets for 250 films
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1973 |
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Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship
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1978 |
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Received National Award for Arts and Sciences, Mexico
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2004
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Gunther Gerzso: Defining Mexican Abstractionism, ArtSpace/Virginia Miller Galleries, Coral Gables, Florida, February 6-April 30
Risking the Abstract: Mexican Modernism and the Art of Gunther Gerzso, Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago, March 19-June 27
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2003 - 2004
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Risking the Abstract: Mexican Modernism and the Art of Gunther Gerzso, Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City, November 12-February 22
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2003
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Risking the Abstract: Mexican Modernism and the Art of Gunther Gerzso, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California, July-October 2003
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2000
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Gunther Gerzso, In His Memory, Mary-Anne Martin/Fine Art, New York
Gunther Gerzso, The Last Decade, Galería Lopez-Quiroga, Mexico D.F.
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1996
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Gunther Gerzso, Latin American Masters Gallery, Beverly Hills, California
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1992 - 1996
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The Gelman Collection (travelling exhibition), Centro Cultural de Arte Contemporaneo Mexico, D.F.
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1995
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Gunther Gerzso 80th Birthday Show, Mary-Anne Martin/Fine Art New York, NY
Gunther Gerzso: Prints and Sculpture, The Americas Society, New York
Gunther Gerzso. Obra Receinte, Galería Lopez Quiroga,Mexico, D.F.
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1994
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Gunther Gerzso. Pintura, Grafica y Dibujo, 1949-1993, Museo Carrillo Gil, Mexico, D.F.
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1993
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Gunther Gerzso. Pintura, Grafica y Dibujo, 1949-1993, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Oaxaca Oaxaca, Mexico
Gunther Gerzso. Pintura, Grafica y Dibujo, 1949-1993, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
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1990
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A New Antiquity of Form, Mary-Anne Martin/Fine Art New York, NY
Gerzso, Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico, D.F.
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1989
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Museo de Arte Moderno, 25 Años 1964-1989, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico, D.F
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1988
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The Latin American Spirit: Art and Artists in the United States, 1920-1970, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York
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1987 - 1988
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Imagen de Mexico, Der Beitrag Mexikos Zur des 20 Jahrhunderts, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
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1987 - 1988
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The Woman and Surrealism, Musée Cantonal des Beaux Arts Lausanne, Switzerland
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1986
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Gunther Gerzso, Museo Carrillo Gil, Mexico, D.F.
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1984
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Gunther Gerzso Retrospective, Mary-Anne Martin/Fine Art, New York
Gerzso. La Centella Glacial. Un Dialogo Plastico en la Ciudad de Mexico, Sala Ollin Yoliztli, Mexico
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1982
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Gunther Gerzso, One Man Show, FIAC 1982 Paris, France
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1981
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Gunther Gerzso - Retrospectiva, Museo de Monterrey, Mexico
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1980
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Mexique: Peintres Contemporains, Musée Picasso Antibes, France
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1979
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Le Mexique d'Hier et d'Aujord'Hui, Musée du Petit Palais, Paris, France
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1978
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Seccion Anual de Invitados: Tamayo, Merida, Gerzso, Salon Nacional de Artes Plasticas, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico, D.F.
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1975
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12 Latin American Artists Today, University of Texas, Austin, Texas
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1975
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El Geometrismo Mexicano: una Tendencia Actual, Museo de Arte Mo, Mexico, D.F.
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1970
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Twenty Years of Gunther Gerzso, Phoenix Art Museum Phoenix, Arizona
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1966 - 1967
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Art of Latin America Since Independence, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut and the University of Texas, Austin, Texas
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1963
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Gunther Gerzso, Exposicion Retrospectiva, Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno Mexico, D.F.
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1955
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The Third International Art Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum Tokyo, Japan
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1950
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Galeria de Arte Mexicano Mexico, D.F.
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