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Harry Gottlieb Biography
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1895 |
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Born in Bucharest, Romania
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1907 |
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Immigrated to the United States, settled in Minneapolis
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1915 - 1917 |
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Attended the Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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1918 |
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Moved to New York City
Worked as a scenic and costume designer for Eugene O'Neil's Province Town Theater Group
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1923 |
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Married artist and sculptor Eugenie Gershoy, joined the artist colony at Woodstock, NY
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1930 |
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Joined the Communist Party in the 1930's and remained a life-long member
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1931 |
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Received the Guggenheim Fellowship in Fine Arts
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1936 - 1937 |
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Served as the first director of the American Artists School, New York, NY
Was a leader and active member of both the Artist's Union and the Artist's Congress
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1935 - 1940 |
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Joined the Federal Art Project
Became one of the first members of the Silk Screen Unit of the WPA/FAP
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1977 |
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Helped to organize a show of WPA artists at the Parsons School of Design
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1992 |
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Died of Alzheimer's disease in 1992
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2010
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The American Scene: New Deal Art 1935-1943, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA (Group)
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2009
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1934: A New Deal for Artists, Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Washington, DC
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2008
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Above and Below: Skyscrapers to Subways in New York City 1913-1949, Stark University Art Collection, Syracuse, NY
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2000
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Life of the People: Realist Prints and Drawings from the Ben and Beatrice Goldstein Collection, 1912-1948, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (Group)
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2000
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rintmakers A to Z: Selections from Georgetown's Collections, Georgetown University, Washington, DC (Group)
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2000
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20 in 2000, Winston Unity Center, New York, New York (Group)
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1995
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American Screenprints: 1930s-1960s, The Museum of Fine Art, Boston, MA
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1983
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Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ (Solo)
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1948
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Aca Gallery, New York, NY
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1943
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12th Biennial International Water Color Exhibition, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
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1940
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40th Annual Exhibition of Watercolours and Prints at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (Group)
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