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Ronald Brooks Kitaj Biography
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1932 |
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R. B. Kitaj is born as Ronald Brooks in Cleveland, Ohio
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1950 - 1951 |
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Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York
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1951 - 1954 |
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Studies at the Academy of Fine Art, Vienna
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1956 - 1958 |
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U.S. Army of Occupation, AFCE HQ (Armed Forces Central Europe)
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1957 - 1959 |
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Ruskin School of Drawing, University of Oxford, where he attended lectures by Edgar Wind and Douglas Cooper
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1959 - 1961 |
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Royal College of Art, London
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1959 - 1961 |
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Forms lasting friendship with David Hockney
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1962 - 1965 |
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Settles in London and teaches at Camberwell and the Slade
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1970 - 1971 |
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Teaches at UCLA. Meets Sandra Fisher
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1982 |
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Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters
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1982 |
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Honorary Doctorate, University of London
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1985 |
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Elected to the Royal Academy
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1989 |
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Published First Diasporist Manifesto, translated into German and Hungarian
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1991 |
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Honorary Doctorate, Royal College of Art, London
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1994 |
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Major retrospective at the Tate Gallery, London.
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1995 |
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Wins the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale
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1995 |
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Honorary Doctorate, California College of Arts, Oakland
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1996 |
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Chevalier in Order of Arts and Letters, Paris
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1996 |
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Commissioned portrait of President Bill Clinton for University College, Oxford
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1996 |
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Honorary Doctorate, Durham University
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1997 |
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Wollaston Award to the best painting in the Summer exhibition, Royal Academy, London
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1999 |
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Exhibition at the National Gallery, London: Kitaj In The Aura of Cézanne And Other Masters
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1999 |
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Honorary Doctorate, Spertus College, Chicago
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2001 |
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Begins to write his Confessions of an Old Jewish Painter
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2007 - 2008
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Paintings and Sculpture, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, December 12, 2007 - January 12, 2008
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2007
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Summer Exhibition, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY, June 6 – September 21
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2006
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Summer Group Show, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY, June 22 – September 5
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2005
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Modern Masters, Marlborough Fine Art, London, March 9 – 24.
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2005
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R.B. Kitaj: How To Reach 72 In A Jewish Art, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, March 1 – April (solo)
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2004
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Kitaj: Retrato de un Hispanista, Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao, Spain, 31 May-1 August (solo)
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2003
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R. B. Kitaj: Los Angeles Pictures 1998-2003, L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, California, USA, 21 May-5 July (solo)
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2002
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R. B. Kitaj: A Survey of his Printmaking 1964-2001, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, England, 14 February-6 April (solo)
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2001 - 2002
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Kitaj: In the Aura of Cézanne and Other Masters, National Gallery, London, England, 7 November-10 February (solo)
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2000
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Paintings; Marlborough Gallery, New York, April 26 – May 20; travelling to Marlborough Monte-Carlo, Monaco, June 28 - September 30
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2000
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R.B. Kitaj: How To Reach 67 in Jewish Art, Galeria Marlborough, Madrid, Spain, 12 September-14 (solo)
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1999
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Portrait of a City: Seven Figurative Painters from London, 12 January-27 February, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco
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1998
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Pop Art Spirits: Masterpieces from the Ludwig Collection, 15 August - 5 October, Sezon Museum of Art, Tokyo; 24 October - 23 November, Himeji Museum of Art, Hyogo, Japan
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1998
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R.B. Kitaj: An American in Europe, Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo, Norway, 10 January-22 March; travelled to Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid, Spain, 7 April-9 June; Jüdisches Museum de Stadt wien, Wien, Austria, 25 June-30 August; Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany,13 September-22 November (solo)
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1997
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Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy, London, June-17 August, 1997
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1996
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From London, 16 February-17 April, Fundación Caixa de Catalunya, Barcelona
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1996
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Sandra Two, FIAC, Espace Eiffel Branly, Paris, France, 2-7 October (solo)
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1993
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Obra Reciente, Arikha, Auerbach, Kitaj, Marlborough Madrid, September-October, 1993
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1985
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R.B. Kitaj, Marlborough Fine Art, London, England, November December (solo)
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1980
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Kitaj: Pastels and Drawings, Marlborough Fine Art, London, England, 8 October 7 November (solo)
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