Cy Twombly  (American, 1928-2011) 

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Cy Twombly Biography
1928   Born: Lexington, VA
1948 - 1951   Attended School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA
1948 - 1951   Attended Washington & Lee University, Lexington, VA
1951 - 1952   Art Students League, New York, NY. Black Mountain College. Beria, NC.
1952   Travelling Grant, The Richmond Art Museum
2001   Winner of the Leone d'Oro for Contemporary Art at the Venice Biennale
  American Academy, Institute of Arts and Letters
Selected Exhibitions
2011   Museum Brandhorst, Munich (solo)
2011   London, Dulwich Picture Gallery
2010   Musée du Louvre, Paris
2009   The Art Institute of Chicago (solo)
2008   Tate Modern, London, England (solo)
2007   Cy Twombly - Blooming. A Scattering of Blossoms and other Things, Yvon Lambert Collection – Musée d’ Art Contemporain, Avignon (solo)
2006   Cy Twombly - Neue Skulpturen, Alte Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich (solo)
2005   Cy Twombly - 50 Years of Works on Paper, Whitney Museum, New York (solo)
2005   Cy Twombly - 50 Years of Works on Paper, Menil Collection, Houston (solo)
2005   Cy Twombly - Lepanto, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (solo)
2004   Cy Twombly. Serpentine Gallery, London (solo)
2004   Cy Twombly- Drawing on 50. Centre Pompidou. Paris, France (solo)
2003   Cy Twombly. Fifty Years of Works on Paper. State Hermitage Museum. St. Petersburg. Travelled to Munich, Paris and London.
2003   Cy Twombly. Gagosian Gallery. New York, NY (solo)
2002   Pinakothek der Moderne. Munich, Germany (solo)
2001   County Museum of Art. Los Angeles, CA (solo)
2000   Sprengel Museum. Hannover, CT (solo)
2000   The Sculpture. Cy Twombly. Kunstmuseum. Basel. Travelled to Menil Collection, Houston. National Gallery, Washington (solo)
1998   Gagosian Gallery. Los Angeles, CA (solo)
1997   Galerie Karsten Greve. Cologne, Germany (solo)
1997   Paintings, Sculptures, and Paper Works, Galerie Karsten Greve Cologne, Germany
1994   Retrospective, Museum of Modern Art New York, NY
1984   Retrospective of Paintings and Drawings, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden
1982   Retrospective of Sculptures, Museum Haus Lange Krefeld
1979   Comprehensive Retrospective of Works 1954-1977, Whitney Museum of American Art New York, NY
1977   Galerie Karsten Greve Cologne, Germany
1975   Institute of Contemporary Art Philadelphia, PA
1973   Retrospective, Kunsthalle Bern Switzerland and Munich, Germany
1968   Retrospective, Milwaukee Art Center Milwaukee, WI
1968   Nicholas Wilder Gallery Los Angeles, CA
1960   Leo Castelli Gallery New York
1958   La Tartaruga Rome, Italy
1951   Kootz Gallery New York
1951   The Seven Stars Gallery Chicago, IL

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