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John Jonas Gruen Biography
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1948
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Married Jane Wilson, painter.
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1947 - 1949
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BA, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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1949 - 1950
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MA Degree, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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1950 - 1960
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Photographed New York City's and the Hamptons' artists and writers during the 1950s: his photographs, especially his portraits, stand as a definitive record of the East End art colony since 1957.
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1955 - 1960
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Worked for Rapho-Guillumette Photo Agency in New York
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1960 - 1990
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Art and music Critic for leading publications such as The New York Herald Tribune, New York magazine, The New York Times, Vogue, ARTnews and Dance Magazine
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2007 |
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Classic Sag Harbor Houses - Photographs by John Jonas Gruen. The Gallery, Sag Harbor, New York, NY (solo) |
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2005 |
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The Artist's Gaze - Photographs by John Jonas Gruen. Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Young in the Hamptons - Photographs by John Jonas Gruen. Hampton Road Gallery, southampton, New York, NY (solo)
the Comfort of Sameness - Photographs by John Jonas Gruen. The Gallery, Sag Harbor, New York, NY (solo) |
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2004 |
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Red, White and Blue in Black and White - Photographs of the American Flag by John Jonas Gruen. Southampton Historical Museum, Southampton, NY (solo) |
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2003 |
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Facing the Artist - Photographs by John Jonas Gruen. McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX (solo) |
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2001 |
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Streets and Public Places. Candace Dwan Gallery, Katonah, NY (group) |
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2000 |
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Land/Sea/Sky – Paintings by Jane Wilson, photographs by John Jonas Gruen. Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY
Carl van Vechten/John Jonas Gruen. Pfizer Learning Center, New York, NY; Hammond Museum, North Salem, NY |
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1999 |
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Facing the Artist - Photographs by John Jonas Gruen. Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY (solo) |
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1997 |
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The Artist Observed - Photographs by John Jonas Gruen. Earl McGrath Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1994 |
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Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY |
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1993 |
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Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, East Hampton, Long island
Bianca Lanza Gallery, Miami, FL |
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Public Collections:
The Whitney Museum, New York, NY
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY |
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2006 |
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John Jonas Gruen, The Sixties Young in the Hamptons. Milan-New York: Charta, 2006 |
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1999 |
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John Jonas Gruen, Facing the Artist. Munich-London-New York: Prestel Verlag, 1999 |
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1991 |
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John Jonas Gruen, Keith Haring: The Authorized Biography. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991 |
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1972 |
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John Jonas Gruen, The Party's Over Now: Reminiscences of the Fifties. New York: Viking Press, 1972 |
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1968 |
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John Jonas Gruen, The Private World of Leonard Bernstein. New York: Viking Press, 1968) |
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1967 |
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John Jonas Gruen, The New Bohemia. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1967 |
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