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George Tooker Biography
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1920 |
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Born: in Brooklyn, NY on August 5th
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1938 - 1942 |
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BA, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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1943 |
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Student, Arts Student League, under Reginald Marsh and Kenneth Hayes Miller
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1960 |
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Grant, National Institute of Letters
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1970 |
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Member, National Academy of Design
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2007 |
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Awarded the National Medal of Arts by President George W. Bush
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2011 |
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Died: in Hartland, VT on March 27th
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2001
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Cadmus, French, Tooker, Columbus Museum of Art Columbus, OH
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2000
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Making Choices 1929-1955, The Museum of Modern Art New York, NY
George Tooker, Hart Gallery at the Guild Art Centre Northhampton, MA
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1999
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The American Century 1900-1950, Whitney Museum of American Art New York, NY
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1998
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George Tooker, DC Moore Gallery New York, NY
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1997
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Civil Progress: Images of Black America, Mary Ryan Gallery New York, NY
Views from Abroad: European Perspectives on American Art 3 - American Realities, Tate Gallery London
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1996
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Reality and Dream: The Art of George Tooker, Ogunquit Museum of American Art Maine
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1992
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Tooker's Women, Marisa Del Re Gallery New York, NY
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1990
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Cadmus, French & Tooker: The Early Years, Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris New York, NY
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1989
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George Tooker: Paintings and Drawings, 1946-1989, Marsh Gallery, University of Richmond Richmond, VA
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1987
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George Tooker: Working Drawings, Robert Hull Fleming Museum, University of Vermont Burlington, VT
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1985
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Surreal City, 1930-1950, Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris New York, NY
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1982
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Homo Sapiens, the Many Images, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art Ridgefield, CT
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1974
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George Tooker: Paintings 1947-1973, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco San Francisco, CA
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1969
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Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, Whitney Museum of Art New York, NY
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1964
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Durlacher Brothers New York, NY
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1963
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Paintings from the Museum of Modern Art, New York, National Gallery of Art Washington, DC
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1960
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Robert Isaacson Gallery New York, NY
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1958
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Festival of Two Worlds, Spoleto, Italy
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1953
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Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, Whitney Museum of American Art New York, NY
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1951
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Edwin Hewitt Gallery New York, NY
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1949
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Painting in the United States, 1949, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute Pittsburgh, PA
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1946
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Fifteen Americans, Museum of Modern Art New York, NY
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