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