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Cy Twombly Biography
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1948 - 1951 |
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Attended School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA
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1948 - 1951 |
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Attended Washington & Lee University, Lexington, VA
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1951 - 1952 |
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Art Students League, New York, NY. Black Mountain College. Beria, NC.
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1952 |
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Travelling Grant, The Richmond Art Museum
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Winner of the Leone d'Oro for Contemporary Art at the Venice Biennale
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American Academy, Institute of Arts and Letters
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2011
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Museum Brandhorst, Munich (solo)
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2011
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London, Dulwich Picture Gallery
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2010
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Musée du Louvre, Paris
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2009
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The Art Institute of Chicago (solo)
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2008
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Tate Modern, London, England (solo)
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2007
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Cy Twombly - Blooming. A Scattering of Blossoms and other Things, Yvon Lambert Collection – Musée d’ Art Contemporain, Avignon (solo)
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2006
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Cy Twombly - Neue Skulpturen, Alte Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich (solo)
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2005
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Cy Twombly - 50 Years of Works on Paper, Whitney Museum, New York (solo)
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2005
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Cy Twombly - 50 Years of Works on Paper, Menil Collection, Houston (solo)
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2005
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Cy Twombly - Lepanto, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (solo)
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2004
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Cy Twombly. Serpentine Gallery, London (solo)
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2004
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Cy Twombly- Drawing on 50. Centre Pompidou. Paris, France (solo)
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2003
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Cy Twombly. Fifty Years of Works on Paper. State Hermitage Museum. St. Petersburg. Travelled to Munich, Paris and London.
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2003
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Cy Twombly. Gagosian Gallery. New York, NY (solo)
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2002
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Pinakothek der Moderne. Munich, Germany (solo)
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2001
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County Museum of Art. Los Angeles, CA (solo)
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2000
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Sprengel Museum. Hannover, CT (solo)
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2000
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The Sculpture. Cy Twombly. Kunstmuseum. Basel. Travelled to Menil Collection, Houston. National Gallery, Washington (solo)
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1998
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Gagosian Gallery. Los Angeles, CA (solo)
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1997
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Galerie Karsten Greve. Cologne, Germany (solo)
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1997
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Paintings, Sculptures, and Paper Works, Galerie Karsten Greve Cologne, Germany
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1994
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Retrospective, Museum of Modern Art New York, NY
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1984
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Retrospective of Paintings and Drawings, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden
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1982
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Retrospective of Sculptures, Museum Haus Lange Krefeld
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1979
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Comprehensive Retrospective of Works 1954-1977, Whitney Museum of American Art New York, NY
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1977
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Galerie Karsten Greve Cologne, Germany
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1975
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Institute of Contemporary Art Philadelphia, PA
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1973
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Retrospective, Kunsthalle Bern Switzerland and Munich, Germany
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1968
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Retrospective, Milwaukee Art Center Milwaukee, WI
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1968
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Nicholas Wilder Gallery Los Angeles, CA
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1960
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Leo Castelli Gallery New York
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1958
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La Tartaruga Rome, Italy
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1951
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Kootz Gallery New York
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1951
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The Seven Stars Gallery Chicago, IL
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