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Gaston Lachaise Biography
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1882 |
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Born, March 19, 1882, Paris, France
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1895 |
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Entered École Bernard Palissy and trained in the decorative arts
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1898 - 1904 |
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Studied sculpture at L'Academie Nationale des Beaux-Arts (Atelier Gabriel Jules Thomas)
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1904 - 1905 |
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Leaves École des Beaux-Arts
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1904 - 1905 |
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Designs Art Nouveau decorative objects for René Lalique
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1906 |
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Immigrates to the United States
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1906 - 1912 |
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Assistant to H.H. Kiston, Sculptor of military monuments, Boston, MA
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1912 |
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Assistant to the sculptor Paul Manship, New York
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1916 |
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Becomes a U.S. citizen
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1917 |
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Marries Canadian-American Isabel Dutaud Nagle
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1921 |
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Commissioned Frieze for American Telephone and Telegraph Building, New York, NY
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1922 |
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Joins C.W. Kraushaar Galleries, New York, NY
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1922 |
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Resigns from Board of Directors, Society of Independent Artists
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1931 |
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Executes reliefs from RCA (now GE) building in Rockefeller Center, New York, NY
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1932 |
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Large plaster relief for "Century of Progress Exhibition," Chicago World's Fair
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1934 |
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Reliefs for International Building executed in cement, Rockefeller Center, New York
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1935 |
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Died, October 18, 1935, New York, NY
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1935 |
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Commission, "Welcoming the Peoples," Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, PA
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2007 - 2008
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Woman: The Art of Gaston Lachaise, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX
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2004
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Great Parade: The Artist as Clown, Grand Palais, Paris, FRANCE
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2004
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Il Nudo fra Ideale e Realtŕ, Museo d’arte moderna, Bologna, ITALY
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2003
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Refashioning the Figure: Gaston Lachaise and Elevation, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, UK
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2002
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Gaston Lachaise Sculpture: Woman, Goddess, and Idol, Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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2001
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The Celebration of Woman in the Sculpture of Gaston Lachaise, Lore Degenstein Gallery Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove,
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1954
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"de Kooning, Shahn, Lachaise, Lassaw, Smith", XXVII Biennale, Venice, ITALY
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1935
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Retrospective exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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1928
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Brummer Gallery, New York, NY (Solo)
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1927
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Alfred Stieglitz’s The Intimate Gallery, New York,NY
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1925 - 1926
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Original Sculpture by Gaston Lachaise, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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1924
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C.W. Kraushaar Galleries, New York, NY
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1922
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Society of Independent Artists, Waldorf-Astoria, NY
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1920
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Stephan Bourgeois Galleries, New York, NY (Solo)
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1918
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First Solo Exhibition of Sculpture & Drawings by Gaston Lachaise Stephan Bourgeois Galleries, New York, NY
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1913
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exhibits in The Armory Show, New York, NY
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