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Leon Kelly Biography
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born in Perpignan, Fr
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Cresson Traveling Scholarship from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia
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William and Nora Copley award (made without competition by Jury of Roland Penrose, Dariss Milhaud, Alfred Barr, Max Ernst, Matta Eschaurren Arp, Sir Herbert Read.
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Studied under Jean Auguste Adolphe, Alexandre Portinoff, Arthur Carles and Earl Horter.
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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1965
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Retrospective 1920-65, at International Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland, 150 paintings, 50 of which were lent by museums and private collections.
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1963
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Zabriskie Gallery, New York(solo)
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1962
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Long Beach Island Foundation of Arts and Sciences, New Jersey
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1961
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Alexandre Iolas Gallery, New York
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1956
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Edwin Hewitt Gallery, New York
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1954
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Galeria Amici de Francia, Milano, Italy
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1950
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Hugo Gallery, New York - 1 with Cecil Beaton and 1 with Matta and Hans Bellmer, also included in Annuals, Whitney Museum, Carnegie, Nebraska, Carnegie International, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Worcester and others.
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1945
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Julian Levy, New York(solo)
Imagery of Chess, California Palace of the Legion of Honor
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1944
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Julian Levy, New York(solo)
Traveling Show Italian Ballet: Julian Levy Gallery
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1942
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Julian Levy, New York(solo)
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1933
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Century of Progress, Worlds Fair, Chicago
College Art Assn
Contemporary Arts, NY(solo)
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1928
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Galeris van Leer, Paris
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1927
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Galerie Fabre, Paris, European International (French Section) with Fautrier and others
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1926
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Galerie du Printemps, Paris (solo)
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| Selected Public Collections |
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Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
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University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
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La France Institute, Philadelphia
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Museum of Modern Art, New York
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Wadsworth Atheneum, Connecticut
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Munson-Williams Proctor Institute, Utica, New York
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Addison Gallery, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts
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Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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