Isabel Bishop  (American, 1902-1988) 

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Isabel Bishop Biography
1902   Born in Cincinnati, OH
1918   Moved to New York, NY
1918 - 1920   Studied illustration at the New York School of Applied Design for Women, New York, NY
1920 - 1924   Studied with Kenneth Hays Miller at the Art Students League, New York, NY
1931   Traveled with Kenneth Hays Miller and Reginald Marsh in Europe to study the Old Masters
1934   Leased a studio on Union Square (New York, NY) where she worked for the remainder of her career
1936 - 1937   Taught at the Art Students League as the only female full-time instructor
1938   Worked as a Muralist for the W.P.A., and did a mural for the US Post Office in New Lexington, OH
1943   Academy of Arts and Letters Award
1946   First woman to hold an executive position in the National Institute of Arts and Letters as vice-president
1979   Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts presented by President Jimmy Carter
  Honorary Doctorate Degree, Syracuse University
  Honorary Degree of Doctorate of Fine Arts Mount Holyoke College
  Benjamin West Clinedist Memorial Medal
  Benjamin Franklin Fellow, Royal Society of Arts, London, England
  Gold Medal of Honor, National Arts Club
  Honorary Doctorate Degree of Fine Arts Bates College
Selected Exhibitions
2000   Figures and Forms: Selections from the Terra Foundation for the Arts, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, IL
2000   The Figure: Another Side of Modernism, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY
1999   Life of the People: Realist Prints and Drawings form the Ben and Beatrice Goldstein Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC
1999   The American Century 1900-1950, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
1998   Isabel Bishop, DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY
1997   Between the Wars: Women Artists of the Whitney Studio Club and Museum, Whitney Museum of American Art at Champion Stamford, CT
1996   Women's Work: A Century of Achievement in American Art, The Columbus Museum, Columbus, OH
1992   The Creative Process: Isabel Bishop's Dante and Virgil in Union Square, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
1991 - 1992   Midtown Payson Galleries, New York, NY
1987   American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
1983   St. Gaudens Museum, NH
1977   Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC
1960   Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
1945   Smithsonian Institiute, Washington, DC

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