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Imogen Cunningham Biography
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1883 |
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Born in Portland, OR
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1903 - 1907 |
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Studied chemistry at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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1907 |
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Worked as a phototechnician in the studio of Edward Curtis, Seattle, WA
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1909 - 1910 |
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Studied at the Technische Hochschule on a graduate scholarship, Dresden, Germany
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1910 |
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Established her own portrait studio in Seattle, WA
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1932 |
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Joined the West coast photographers known as Group f.64, which included Ansel Adams, Henry Swift, and Edward Weston
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1947 |
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Instructor, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
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1967 |
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Elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Arts and Sciences
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1968 |
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Recipient, Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from the California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
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1970 |
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Recipient, Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship
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1973 |
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Recipient, Artist of the Year, San Francisco Art Commission, San Francisco, CA
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1976 |
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Died in San Francisco, CA
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2009 - 2010
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Everything Under the Sun: Photographs by Imogen Cunningham, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA (solo)
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2003
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Natural Inspiration, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia (solo)
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2002
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Imogen Cunningham: Her Family and Friends, Jan Kesner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
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1999
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Imogen Cunningham: Pictorialism - Modernism, Jan Kesner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
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1998
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Imogen Cunningham, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA (solo)
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1994
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Imogen Cunningham: Magical Realism, Jan Kesner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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1993
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Die Poesie der Form, Fotografie Forum international, Frankfurt, Germany
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1991
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Imogen Cunningham, Hasselblad Center, Göteborg, Sweden (solo)
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1983
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The Photographs of Imogen Cunningham: A Centennial Selection, Blaffer Gallery, The Art Museum of the University of Houston, Houston, TX and Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA (solo)
Imogen Cunningham: A 75-Year Photographic Survey, Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver, Canada (solo)
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1974
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Imogen, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA (solo)
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1973
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Imogen Cunningham, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (solo)
Witkin Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1972
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Group f.64 Exhibition, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
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1970
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Witkin Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1964
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Photographs by Imogen Cunningham, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (solo)
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1941
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Golden Gate International Exposition, Treasure Island, San Francisco, CA
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1936
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E. B. Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA (solo)
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1935
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Dallas Art Museum, Dallas, TX (solo)
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1932
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Group f.64 Exhibition, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
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1931
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M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA
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1929
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Film and Foto Exhibtion, Stuttgart, Germany
Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
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1921
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Pictorial Photographic Society Exhibition, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA
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1914
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Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn, NY (solo)
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| Selected Public Collections |
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
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Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
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Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, OK
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
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Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
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Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
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The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
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National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
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| Literature |
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2001
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Taschen, Angelika. Imogen Cunningham 1883 - 1976. New York: Taschen, 2001.
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| Links to further information |
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