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Robert Motherwell Biography
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1915 |
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Born: in Aberdeen, WA
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1937 |
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Received the Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy from Stanford University, Standford, CA
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1937 - 1938 |
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Enrolled at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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1940 |
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Studied in Columbia University, where he was encouraged by Meyer Schapiro to shift fields to art and art history
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1941 |
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After a vayage to Mexico with the surrealist painter Matta, decided to make painting his primary vocation
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1950 - 1959 |
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Taught painting at Hunter College in New York, NY and in addtion to directing the influential Documents of Modern Art Series, he editied The Dada Painters and Poets: An Anthology, which was published in 1951.
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1965 |
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Was given a major retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art; this show subsequently traveled to Amsterdam, London, Brussels, Essen, and Turin
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1967 |
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Began to work on his Open series.
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1970 |
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Moved to Greenwich, CT
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1977 |
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Was given a major mural commission for the new wing of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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1960 - 1979 |
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Exhibited widely in both America and Europe
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1983 |
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A major retrospective exhibition of Motherwell’s work was mounted at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York; this exhibition was subsequently shown in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington, D.C., and New York City
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1991 |
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Died: in Provincetown, MA
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2009
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The Thaw Collection of Master Drawings: Aquisitions since 2002, Morgan Library and Museum, NY
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2008 - 2009
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Robert Motherwell: Unique Monotypes, Greenfield Sacks Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Beyond the Canon: Small Scale American Abstraction 1945-1965, Robert Miller Gallery, NY
Robert Motherwell: Lost in Form, Found in Line, Turchin Center for the Visual Art, Boone, NC
Robert Motherwell, Galleria d'Arte il Gabbiano, Rome, Italy
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2008
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The Hands of Art, SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent
Museum Morsbroich, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen
Robert Motherwell: Five Great Opens, Bernard Jacobsen Gallery London
Reflections on Light, Galerie Bernd Kluser, Munich, Germany
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2007
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Temptations, The Columns, Seoul, South Korea
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2006
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Black, Black & White, White, Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York , NY
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2005
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Looking at Words, erie, Das MoMA, Berlin, Germany
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2004
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Robert Motherwell, Rosenbaum Contemporary, Boca Raton, FL
Robert Motherwell, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
Robert Motherwell from the Collection: 1940–1990, The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX
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2003
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Robert Motherwell, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, UK
Robert Motherwell - A la pintura (to painting), The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
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2002
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Robert Motherwell: Drawings and Related Prints - Greenfield Sacks Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Robert Motherwell - Galerie Bernd Klüser, Munich, Germany
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1999
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Robert Motherwell: Unique Works on Paper: Monoprints and Monotypes, Greenfield Sacks Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
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1998
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Robert Motherwell's Graphics II, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
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1996
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Robert Motherwell: Reality and Abstraction, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
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1994
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Robert Motherwell's Graphics I, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
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1984
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Robert Motherwell, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
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1983
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The Painter and The Printer: Robert Motherwell's Graphics, 1943-1980, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
M. Knowdler, Zurich (solo)
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY (solo)
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1981 - 1983
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M. Knoedler & Co., Inc. New York, NY (solo)
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1982
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'The New School: Four Decades," Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
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| Selected Public Collections |
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Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
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Kiasma - Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
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Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy
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The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC
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Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
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The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
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University of Massachusetts, Amherst Fine Arts Center, Amherst, MA
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| Literature |
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1997
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Robert Motherwell on Paper: Drawings, Prints, Collages( text by David Rosand): Harry N. Abrams; First Edition edition
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Robert Motherwell: A Dialogue with Literature(text by Robert Motherwell and Bernd Kluser), Galerie Bernd Klüser, Munich, Germany(catalogue)
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Robert Motherwell: The Complete Prints 1940-1991 Catalogue Raisonné(text by Robert Motherwell and Siri Engberg), Walker Art Center
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| Links to further information |
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