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Lawrence Calcagno Biography
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1913 |
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Born 23 March, San Francisco, CA.
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1959 - 1960 |
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Taught at New York University and accompanied exhibitions of his work to Lima, Peru; Mexico City; London, and Copenhagen
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1965 |
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Awarded a Ford Foundation grant and named to the Andrew Mellon Chair of Painting at Carnegie-Mellon University
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1989 |
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The National Endowment honored Calcagno with a major painting grant
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1993 |
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Died in State College, Pennsylvania, on 22 April
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Studied painting in San Francisco with Clyfford Still, Edward Corbett and Mark Rothko after World War II
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Held posts at several universities as artist-in-residence, including the Albright School of the University of Buffalo
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Awarded fellowships by the Yaddo Foundation in Saratoga Springs, New York, the Macdowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire, and the Wurlitzer Foundation in Taos, NM
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2000 - 2005
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Canfield Gallery, Santa Fe
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1987
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Retrospective exhibition, Harwood Museum, Taos, NM
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1982 - 1983
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Retrospective exhibition, The Mitchell Museum, Mount Vernon, Il.
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1973 - 1975
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Circulating exhibition of Calcagno’s works on paper, The Smithsonian, Washington D.C.
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1967
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Retrospective exhibition, Westmoreland County Museum of Art, Greensburg, PA.
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1958
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17 Americans at the Brussels Worlds Fair.
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1957
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Instituto de Arte Contemporaneo, Lina, Peru
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1956
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University of AL., Tuscaloosa
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1956
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Howard College, Birmingham, AL
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1956
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Macon Art Association, Macon, GA.
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1956
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Albright Art Gallery, The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, NY.
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1955
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First solo exhibition at the Martha Jackson Gallery
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1954
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Martha Jackson Gallery, New York City
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1954
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Studio Paul Facchetti, Paris, France. Calcagno
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1954
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The Lucien LaBaudt Art Gallery, San Francisco, California
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1952
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Studio Paul Facchetti, Paris, France
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1945
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Little Gallery, New Orleans, LA.
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