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Gaston Lachaise Biography
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1882
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Born: in Paris, France
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1898 - 1904
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Studied sculpture at L'Académie Nationale des Beaux-Arts under Gabriel Jules Thomas, Paris, France
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1904 - 1905
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Designed Art Nouveau decorative objects for René Lalique
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1906
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Immigrated to the United States
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1912
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Assisted the sculptor Paul Manship, New York, NY
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1917
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Became a U.S. citizen
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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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1931
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Executed reliefs from RCA (now GE) building in Rockefeller Center, New York, NY
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1934
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Executed reliefs for International Building executed in cement, Rockefeller Center, New York, NY
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1935
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Died: in New York, NY
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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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2007 |
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Gaston Lachaise 1882–1935, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA (solo)
Gaston Lachaise (1882–1935), Veletržní Palác, Narodni Galerie, National Gallery); Prague, Czech Republic (solo) |
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2004 |
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Great Parade: The Artist as Clown, Grand Palais, Paris, France
Il Nudo fra Ideale e Realtà, 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 (solo) |
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2002 |
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Gaston Lachaise Sculpture: Woman, Goddess, and Idol, Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo) |
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2001 |
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The Celebration of Woman in the Sculpture of Gaston Lachaise, Lore Degenstein Gallery, Selinsgrove, PA (solo) |
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1985 - 1986 |
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Portrait Sculpture by Gaston Lachaise, The National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C (solo) |
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1984 |
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Gaston Lachaise Sculpture and Drawings, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME (solo) |
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1980 |
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Special exhibition of works by Lachaise from the permanent collection, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (solo) |
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1974 - 1975 |
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Retrospective exhibition: Herbert F Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY;The Frederick S. Wight Art Galleries, University of California, Los Angeles, CA; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (solo) |
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1969 |
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Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo) |
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1963 - 1964 |
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (solo) |
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1957 |
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Margaret Brown Gallery, Boston, MA (solo) |
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1955 - 1956 |
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Weyhe Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1954 |
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de Kooning, Shahn, Lachaise, Lassaw, Smith, XXVII Biennale, Venice, Italy |
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1937 |
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Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (solo) |
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1935 |
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Retrospective exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (solo) |
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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 (solo) |
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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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Sculpture & Drawings by Gaston Lachaise , Stephan Bourgeois Galleries, New York, NY (solo) |
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1913 |
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The Armory Show, New York, NY |
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SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS: |
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
The Phillips Collection, Washington D.C.
Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY
Cleveland Museum of Art, OH
The National Portrait Gallery, Washington D.C.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA |
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1935 |
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Gaston Lachaise: Retrospective Exhibition. New York, NY: The Museum of Modern Art, 1935 (catalogue) |
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Links to further information |
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