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Morris Graves Biography
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1910 |
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Born in Fox Valley, OR, the sixth of eight children
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1932 |
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Graduates from High School in Beaumont, Texas
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1934 |
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First studio was in Edmonds, shared with Guy Anderson
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1936 |
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Begins to paint for the Federal Art Project
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1940 |
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Built studio, “The Rock,” on Fidalgo Island
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1953 |
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Featured in LIFE magazine's “The Mystic Painters of the Northwest”
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1954 |
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Built home in Edmonds called “Careläden”
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1962 |
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published in The Artist’s Voice by Katherine Kuh, Harper & Row
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1974 |
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The Drawings of Morris Graves published by The Drawings Society, Inc., New York
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Dies in May at The Lake in Loleta, California
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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1996
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“Flower Paintings” exhibition at Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
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1988
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Exhibition with Schmidt-Bingham in New York, NY, five more through 1996
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1985
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Exhibits in “The Spiritual in Art” at Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA
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1983
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Retrospective exhibition travels to Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, Oakland Museum, Seattle Art Museum and San Diego Art Museum
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1981
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Exhibition with Willard Gallery, New York, NY
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1975
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Exhibition with Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA, five more through 1996
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1942
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Exhibition at Willard Gallery in New York, NY, thirteen more through 1981
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1942
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Annual Exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
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1933
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Exhibition at Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, eight more through 1996
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| Selected Public Collections |
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
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Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden (Smithsonian Institute) Washington, DC
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Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
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Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
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National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
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