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Elizabeth Catlett Biography
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1915
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Born in Washington, DC
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1935
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BS cum laude, Howard University School of Art, Washington, DC
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1940
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MFA, University of Iowa
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1941
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Studied ceramics, Art Institute of Chicago, IL
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1942 - 1943
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Studied lithography, Art Students League, New York, NY
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1943
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Studied with sculptor Ossip Zadkine in New York
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1944
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Taught dressmaking and sculpture at George Washington Carver School in Harlem
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1947
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Had first solo exhibition at Barnett-Aden Gallery, Washington, DC
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1958
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Became Professor of Sculpture and Head of Sculpture Department at School of Fine Arts, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City
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1962
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Became Mexican citizen and was cited as an "undesirable alien" by the United States State Department
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1971
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Had first solo exhibition at the Studio Museum in Harlem
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1976
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Retired as Professor of Sculpture at University of Mexico
Moved to Cuernavaca, Mexico
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2012
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Died in Cuernavaca, Mexico
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2002 |
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Wood Sculpture, June Kelly Gallery, New York, NY |
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2001 |
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Elizabeth Catlett, Works Of Art On Paper, M. Lee Stone Fine Prints, Inc., San Jose, CA |
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1998 |
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Elizabeth Catlett Sculpture: A Fifty-Year Retrospective, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY (catalogue; traveling exhibition) |
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1998 |
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Elizabeth Catlett: Sculpture, June Kelly Gallery, New York, NY |
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1998 |
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Elizabeth Catlett: Prints & Drawings, Sragow Gallery, New York, NY |
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1996 |
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Prints from Mexico, Queens College Art Center, Benjamin S. Rosenthal Library, Flushing, NY |
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1996 |
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Struggle and Serenity: The Visionary Art of Elizabeth Catlett, Caribbean Cultural Center/African Diaspora Institute, New York, NY |
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1996 |
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In Rare Form, Afro-American Cultural Center, Charlotte, NC |
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1994 |
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In the Hemisphere of Love: Elizabeth Catlett and Francisco Mora, Isobel Neal Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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1993 |
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Sculpture, June Kelly Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue) |
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1993 |
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Elizabeth Catlett, James E. Lewis Museum of Art, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD |
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Selected Public Collections |
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Art Institute of Chicago, IL
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT
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