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Robert Jay Wolff Biography
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1928 |
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Chicago Art Institute
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1930 |
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École des Beaux Arts, Paris
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1932 |
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Returned to Chicago and continued to work in sculpture
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1933 - 1934 |
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Wolff's sculpture received prizes in juried shows at the Chicago Art Institute
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1935 |
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Wolff's sculpture received prizes in a one-man exhibition
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1936 |
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Began abstract painting
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1937 |
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Became a member of Abstract American Artists
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Professor of Art at Brooklyn College, department chairman
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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1937 - 1975
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Annual group exhibitions Abstract American Artists
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1935
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Individual exhibition of sculpture at the Chicago Art Institute
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1933 - 1934
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Juried sculpture shows at the Chicago Art institute
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| Selected Public Collections |
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Art Institute of Chicago, Brooklyn Museum of Art, estate of Alexander Calder, estate of Marcel Breuer, Guggenheim Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Tate Gallery in London, and the Wadsworth Athenaeum
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| Literature |
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1971
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Wolff’s book, Essays on Art and Learning, was published
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