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George Hurrell Biography
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1904 |
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Born in Covington, KY.
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1925 |
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Commissioned to photograph paintings and painters in Laguna Beach, CA art colony.
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1930 |
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Hired as head of the MGM portrait gallery.
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1956 |
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He settled in Southern California permanently, eventually moved back into the film industry as a unit still man.
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1992 |
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George Hurrell died of cancer.
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2006
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LIGHTS! CAMERA! GLAMOUR!, The Queen Mary, Long Beach, CA
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2005
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The Hurrell Men, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
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2004
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George Hurrell at 100, Palm Sprints Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA
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1995
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Still Men: The Glamour Photographs of Max Munn Autrey and George Hurrell, 1920–1950, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
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1995
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Unseen Hurrell: Classics and Rediscovered Works, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences,
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1992
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Hollywood: Identity Under the Guise of Celebrity, Alyce De Roulet Williamson Gallery at Art Center College, Pasadena, CA
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1987
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Masters of Starlight, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
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1983
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The Art of the Great Hollywood Portrait Photographers, National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC
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1981
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The Hollywood Portrait Photographers 1921–1941, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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1965
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Glamour Portraits, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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| Links to further information |
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