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Stuart Davis Biography
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1892 |
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Born: December 7th, Philadelphia, PA
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1909 |
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Leaves high school to study with Robert Henri in New York
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1918 |
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Works as cartographer for U.S. Army Intelligence
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1931 - 1932 |
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Teaches at Art Students League, New York
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1933 |
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Joins the Public Works of Art Project
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1935 |
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Enrolls in Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project (WPA)
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1940 - 1950 |
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Teaches art at New School for Social Research, New York
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1951 |
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Visiting instructor at Yale University
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1952 |
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Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship
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1958 |
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Awarded Guggenheim Museum International Award
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1960 |
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Awarded Guggenheim Museum International Award
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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1992
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The Drawings of Stuart Davis: The Amazing Continuity, organized by American Federation of Arts Traveled
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1964
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United States Post Office issues commemorative stamp designed by Davis; retrospective at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
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1962
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Downton Gallery. New York, NY
Joint retrospective exhibition with Marsden Hartley held at Indiana University
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1960
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Downton Gallery. New York, NY
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1958
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Downton Gallery. New York, NY
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1957
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Retrospective at Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota; group exhibition, Downtown Gallery
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1956
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Downton Gallery. New York, NY
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1954
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Downton Gallery. New York, NY
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1952
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solo exhibition at the American Pavilion, Venice Biennale
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1951
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Group show, Museum of Modern Art, New York
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1946
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Downton Gallery. New York, NY
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1945
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Retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art. New York, NY
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1943
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Downton Gallery. New York, NY
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1939
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Solo exhibition at Katherine Kuh Gallery, Chicago
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1935
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Included in group show at Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
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1932
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Participates in the first Whitney Biennial; contributes to the mural exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, New York
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1928
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Group Show. Downtown Gallery
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1927
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Edith Gregor Halpert of the Downtown Gallery becomes his dealer; first of eleven solo shows there;
exhibits concurrently at the Valentine Gallery, New York
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1926
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Retrospective exhibition at The Whitney Studio Club, New York
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1925
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First solo museum exhibition at The Newark Museum, New Jersey
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1917
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First solo exhibition at Sheridan Square Gallery, New York
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1913
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Participates in the Armory Show, New York, NY
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