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Harry Bertoia Biography
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1915 |
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Born in San Lorenzo, Pordenone, Italy
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1937 |
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He received a scholarship to study at the Cranbrook Academy of Art where he encountered Walter Gropius, Edmund N. Bacon and Ray and Charles Eames for the first time, Bloomfield Hills, MI
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1938 |
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Attended the Art School of the Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts, now known as the College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
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1939 |
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Opened his own metal workshop and taught jewelry design and metal work
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1943 |
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Married Brigitta Valentiner and moved to California to work with Charles and Ray Eames for the Evans Product Company
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1950 |
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Moved to Pennsylvania to establish a studio and to work with Hans and Florence Knoll
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1950 - 1955 |
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The commercial success enjoyed by Bertoia's diamond chair was immediate and in the mid-50's the chairs, produced by Knoll, sold so well that the royalties he received for them allowed him to devote himself exclusively to sculpture
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1957 |
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Fellow at the Graham Foundation in Chicago, IL
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2009
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Pordenone Art Museum, Pordenone, Friuli, Italy
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2008
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Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
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2006
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Reading Art Museum, Reading, PA
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2001
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Kennedy Galleries, New York, NY
Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
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1999
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Allentown Art Musuem, Allentown, PA
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1984
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Fairweather Hardin Gallery, Chicago, IL
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1981
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Harry Bertoia, Retrospective, Staempfli Gallery, New York, NY
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1978
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Grieg Hall, Bergen, Norway
Heinie-Onstad Museum, Oslo, Norway
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1977
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Marshall University, Huntington, WV
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1975
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Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
Olympia Galleries, Glenside, PA
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1973
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Marshall University, Huntingdon, WV
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1966
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St. Paul Art Center, St. Paul, MN
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1961
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Staempfli Gallery, New York, NY
St. Paul Art Center, St. Paul, MN
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1958
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US Pavilion, Brussels World's Fair, Brussels, Belgium
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1957
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The American Federation of Arts, New York, NY
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1956
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Fairweather Harden Gallery, Chicago, IL
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1954
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
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1952
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Knoll Associates, New York, NY
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1947
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Nierendorf Gallery, New York, NY
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1945
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
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1943
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Nierendorf Gallery, New York, NY
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| Selected Public Collections |
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Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
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Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA
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Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
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Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
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Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
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Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX
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Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
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Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
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Vero Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach, FL
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| Links to further information |
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