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Chaim Gross Biography
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1904 |
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Born: in Wolow, Austria
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1917 |
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Apprenticed to a jeweler; began sketching
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1919 - 1920 |
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Took evening classes at a free art academy, Budapest, Hungary
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1921 |
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Studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule (School of Arts and Crafts), Vienna, Austria
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1922 |
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Emigrated to New York, NY
Took evening classes at the Educational Alliance Art School, New York, NY
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1925 - 1927 |
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Attended classes at the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design, New York, NY
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1926 - 1930 |
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Participated to the artist colonies in Woodstock, NY and Provincetown, RI
Studied carving with Robert Laurent at the Art Students League, New York, NY
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1933 |
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Awarded Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Fellowship
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1937 |
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Won silver medal in Exposition Universelle, Paris, France
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1938 |
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Co-founded the Sculptors Guild
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1942 |
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Received the Purchase Prize, New York, NY
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1943 - 1949 |
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Taught at The Museum of Modern Art Peoples Art Center, New York, NY
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1956 |
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Received award from National Academy and Institute of Arts & Letters, New York, NY
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1963 |
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Received Award of Merit for sculpture, American Academy and Institute of Arts & Letters, New York, NY
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1964 |
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Elected to membership in American Academy and Institute of Arts & Letters, New York, NY
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1965 |
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Received Henry C. Avery Award from Architectural League of New York for sculpture Sisters, New York, NY
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1970 |
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Received Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA
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1974 |
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Established The Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation
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1978 |
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Received Doctor of Humane Letters from Yeshiva University, New York, NY
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1979 |
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Received Elizabeth N. Watrous Gold Medal Award
Received American-Israel Arts, Science and Industry Award
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1927 - 1987 |
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Taught sculpture at the Educational Alliance School, New York, NY
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1991 |
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Died: Provincetown, MA
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2006
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Chaim Gross Reinventing, Forum Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Chaim Gross, One Hundred Drawings, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AK (solo)
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2001
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Chaim Gross: The Jewish Holidays, Forum Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1996
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Chaim Gross: A Celebration, The National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (solo)
Exhibition of bronzes, West Point Jewish Chapel at the United States Military Academy, West Point, NY
Music and Dance, Soho Building, New York, NY (solo)
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1995
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Chaim Gross: Fantasy Drawings, Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, New York, NY (solo)
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1994
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Chaim Gross Memorial Exhibition, Forum Gallery, New York, NY; The Chaim Gross Studio Museum, New York, NY (solo)
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1991
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Intimations of Immorality: The Sculptures of Chaim and Mimi Gross, B'nai B'rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum, Washington, D.C.
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1990
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The Coming of Age of American Sculpture: The First Decades of the Sculptors Guild, 1930s-1950s, Hofstra Museum, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
Chaim Gross: Fantasy Drawings, Galerie 1900/2000, Paris, France (solo)
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1989
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Chaim Gross and His Universal Themes, Joseph Gallery, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Cincinnati, OH (solo)
75th anniversary, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA
Chaim Gross and His Universal Themes, Jewish Community Museum, San Francisco, CA (solo)
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1988
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Chaim Gross and His Universal Themes, Joseph Gallery, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Brookdale Center, New York, NY (solo)
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1987
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Chaim Gross, Wood Carvings, Forum Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1984
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Chaim Gross: Sculpture in Wood at the Nassau County Museum, Roslyn Harbor, NY (solo)
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1977
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Retrospective, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL (solo)
Retrospective, The Jewish Museum, New York, NY (solo)
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1974
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Chaim Gross Sculpture and Drawings, National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (solo)
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1971
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Medici II Gallery, Miami Beach, FL (solo)
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1969
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Studies, drawings and lithographs of The Jewish Holidays, Associated American Artists, New York, NY
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1966
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Clark University, Worcester, MA (solo)
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1964
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New York World's Fair, New York, NY
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1962
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Werbe Gallery, Detroit, MI (solo)
Forum Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1961
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Marble Arch Gallery, Miami Beach, FL (solo)
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1959
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Four American Expressionists, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
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1957
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Duveen Graham Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1953
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Watercolors and sculptures, The Jewish Museum, New York, NY (solo)
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1947
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Associated American Artists Galleries, New York, NY (solo)
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1946
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Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
Associated American Artists Galleries, New York, NY (solo)
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1943
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Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
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1942
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Artists for Victory, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Associated American Artists Galleries, New York, NY
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1940
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Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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1938
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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1935
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Boyer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
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1932
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Gallery 144, New York, NY (solo)
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1926
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Independent Student's Gallery, New York, NY
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SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
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Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
B'nai B'rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum, Washington, D.C.
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Bruce Museum of Arts and Science, Greenwich, CT
Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA
Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Holocaust Museum, Houston, TX
Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
The Jewish Museum, New York, NY
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA
The Museum of Modern Art New York, NY
Nassau County Museum of Art, Hempstead, NY
National Academy of Design Museum and School of Fine Arts, New York, NY
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
Parrish Art Museum Southampton, NY
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS
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| Literature |
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1949
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Lombardo, Josef Vincent. Chaim Gross: Sculptor. New York: Dalton House, Inc., 1949
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