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Stanton MacDonald-Wright Biography
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1890 |
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Born July 8, 1890, in Charlottesville, Virginia
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1900 |
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Moved to Santa Monica, CA
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1906 |
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Began study at Art Students League of Los Angeles, meets Rex Slinkard
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1907 |
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Expelled from Harard Military School, Los Angeles
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1909 |
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Goes to Europe; becomes close friend of T. H. Benton and Henri Focillon, who introduces him to Asian art and thought; attends Academy Julian and others
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1911 |
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Tours Europe; meets Morgan Russell; together they study color theory leading to founding of Synchromism
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1913 |
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Moves to New York, NY
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1919 |
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Moves to Los Angeles, California
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1922 |
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Lectures at Chouinard Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA
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1923 |
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Teaches at Chouinard Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA
Teaches and directs Arts Students League, Los Angeles, CA
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1924 |
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Writes and published 'A Treatise on Color' regarding synchromist theory
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1936 |
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Teaches at University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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1935 - 1942 |
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Director of the Southern California division of the federal Works Project Administration
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1942 - 1954 |
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Teaches at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
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1973 |
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Died August 22, 1873 in Pacific Palisades, California
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2009
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The Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
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2008
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"A Seed of Modernism: The Art Students League of Los Angeles," Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA
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2006
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"Summer Selections," Forum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"California Modern," Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
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2005
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"Villa America: American Moderns, 1900-1950," Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
"A Window on the West: California Art from the Permanent Collection," Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
"Body Language," George Adams Gallery, New York, NY
"Visual Music," MOCA Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
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2003
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"Musical Analogies: Kandinski and His Contemporaries," Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
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2002
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"Routes Toward Modernism: American Painting, 1870-1950," Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX
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2001 - 2002
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"Color, Myth, and Music: Stanton MacDonald-Wright and Synchromism," The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX (solo)
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2001
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"Stanton MacDonald-Wright and Synchromism," North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC (solo)
"One Minute of Your Time: A Brief Survey of Southern California Art," Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
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1999
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"Synchromism: Morgan Russell and Stanton MacDonald-Wright," Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York, NY
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1990
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"Turning the Tide: Early Los Angeles Modernists 1920-1956," Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
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1986
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"Aspects of California Modernism 1920-1950" Federal Reseve System, Washington, DC
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1983
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"The Forum Exhibition: Selections and Additions," Whitney Museum at Philip Morris, New York, NY
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1982
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"Stanton Macdonald-Wright," Forum Gallery, New York, NY
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1981
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"An American Place," The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY
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1979
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"Stanton MacDonald-Wright: Paintings 1903-1973," ARCO Center, Los Angeles, CA
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1978
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"Synchromism and American Color Abstraction 1910-1925," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
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1977
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"Paris-New York," Centre National d'Art Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
"Perceptions of Spirit in 20th Century American Art," Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
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1976
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"Painting and Sculpture in California: The Modern Era," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Foster Harmon Gallery, Naples, Florida (solo)
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1972
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"Color & Form 1909-1914," Fine Arts Gallery, San Diego, CA
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1970
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"Stanton MacDonald-Wright: A Retrospective," UCLA Art Galleries/Grunwald Graphic Arts Foundation, Los Angeles, CA (retrospective)
Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (solo)
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1967
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"The Art of Stanton MacDonald-Wright," National Collection of Fine Arts, Washington, DC (retrospective)
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1965
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"Stanton MacDonald-Wright," Rose Fried Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
"Synchromism and Color Principles in American painting 1910-1930," M. Knoedler Gallery, New York, NY
'The Works of Stanton MacDonald-Wright," Esther Robles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
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1964
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"Evocation, Gods, Places, Things," Esther Robles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
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1963
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"The Decade of the Armory Show," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
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1961
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"Directions in 20th Century American Painting," Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, TX
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1960
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"Fifty Paintisn by Thirty-Seven Painters of Los Angeles," San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA
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1958
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Galleria Schneider, Rome, Italy (solo)
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1956
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Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA (retrospective)
Galerie Arnaud, Paris, France (solo)
Duveen-Graham Gallery, New York, NY
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1955
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"Stanton MacDonald Wright," Rose Fried Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1953
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"Ten American Abstract Painters, 1912-1952," Rose Fried Gallery, New York, NY
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1950
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"Three American Pioneers," Rose Fried Gallery, New York, NY
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1948
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"35 Years of Creative Paintings," Art Center School, Los Angeles, CA (retrospective)
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1946
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"Pioneers of Modern Art in America," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
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1945
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Stendahl Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA
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1944
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San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA
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1942 - 1943
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Stendahl Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
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1939
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"Southern California Art Project," Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA
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1937
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"Federal Art Project: Paintings, Prints," Stendahl Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
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1936
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"Ten Pacific Coast Painters," Fischer Gallery, New York, NY
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1935
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"Abstract Painting in America," Whitney Museum of American Art, NY
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1934
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Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, CA
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1932
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Stendahl Art Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA
"S. MacDonald-Wright: 13 New Paintings," An American Place, New York, NY (solo)
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1931
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California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA
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1930
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Santa Monica Public Library, Santa Monica, CA
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1927
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"Synchromism," Los Angeles, County Museum, Los Angeles, CA; Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
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1923
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"The First Exhibition of the Group of Independent Artists of Los Angeles," Taos Building, Los Angeles, CA
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