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John Ferren (American, 1905-1970)
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Biography |
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1905 |
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Born: Pendleton, OR |
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1923 |
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Graduated from Polytechnic High School, Los Angeles, CA |
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1925 |
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Attended California School of Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA |
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1929 |
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Traveled to Europe, attended classes at the Sorbonne, University of Florence, Academie de la Grande Chaumiere, University of Salamanca, Academie Ranson, Paris, and Academie Colarossi, Paris |
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1930 |
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Returned to California
Debuted exhibition at the Arts Center in San Francisco, CA |
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1935 |
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George L.K. Morris and Albert E. Gallatin are the first Americans to purchase Ferren’s Parisian works |
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1936 |
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Pierre Matisse hosts solo exhibition of Ferren’s art at Matisse’s New York gallery |
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1936 - 1937 |
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Studied engraving at S.W. Hayter's Studio 17, Paris |
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1938 |
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Moved to New York City
Became one of the founding members of the American Association of Abstract Artists |
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1947 |
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Moved back to California
Began teaching summer sessions at the Art Center School and UCLA, Los Angeles, CA |
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1946 - 1950 |
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Taught at the Brooklyn Museum School, NY |
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1947 - 1954 |
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Taught at Cooper Union, NY |
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1955 |
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Artistic consultant for director Alfred Hitchcock's film "The Trouble with Harry" |
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1958 |
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Artistic consultant for director Alfred Hitchcock's film "Vertigo" |
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1952 - 1970 |
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Taught at Queens College, NY |
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1970 |
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Died: Southampton , NY |
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Exhibitions |
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2009 |
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American Abstractions Part 2: Paintings 1950's - Present - Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York City, NY
Hot and Cool Abstractions, 1940s to the Present - Spanierman Modern, New York City, NY |
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2008 |
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Order and Intuition: American Abstraction from the Patty & Jay Baker Naples Museum of Art, 1913-1954, Hollis Taggart Gallery, New York, NY |
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2007 |
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Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, NY
Leaders in American Modernism, Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL |
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2006 |
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Geometric Abstraction and Color Function: Two Generations, D. Wigmore Fine Art Inc., New York, NY |
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2005 |
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Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, NY
Art of Tomorrow: Hilla Rebay and Solomon R. Guggenheim, Guggenheim Museum, NY
Jean Hélion and American Art, National Academy Museum, NY
Artists & Nature on Eastern Long Island: 1940’s to the Present, Spainerman Gallery at East Hampton
New York School: Another View, Opalka Gallery, Sage Colleges, Albany, NY
Hilla Rebay & the Museum of Non-Objective Painting DC Moore Gallery, NY |
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2003 |
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Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, NY
The American Avant-Garde in Paris 1918-1939- An Ambivalent Fascination, Musée d'Art Américain, Giverny, France |
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2001 |
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Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, NY |
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2000 |
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Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, NY
The American Avant-Garde: A Decade of Change 1936-1946, The Bruce Museum of Arts and Science, Greenwich, CT |
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1998 |
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Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, NY
Snyder Fine Art, NY
Defining the Edge: Early American Abstraction, Selections from the Collection of Dr. Peter B Fischer, catalogue illus. cover
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA |
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1997 |
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York NY |
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1996 |
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Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York, NY |
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1995 |
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Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York, NY |
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1993 |
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Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery New York, NY
The Abstract Spirit: John Ferren (1905-1970), Curated by Helen Harrison, Pollock-Krasner Found. Queens Col.; SUNY, Stonybrook; East Hampton, NY |
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1992 |
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Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1990 |
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Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1988 |
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Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1987 |
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Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1986 |
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Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1985 |
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Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1985 |
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A.M. Sachs Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1983 |
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A. M. Sachs Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1982 |
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A.M. Sachs Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1980 |
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A.M. Sachs Gallery, New York, NY |
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1979 |
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A.M. Sachs Gallery, New York, NY |
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1979 |
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Retrospective, The Graduate Center of the City Univ. of New York New York, NY |
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1978 |
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A.M. Sachs Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1977 |
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A.M. Sachs Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1975 |
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A.M. Sachs Gallery New York, NY (solo) |
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1974 |
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A.M. Sachs Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1972 |
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A.M. Sachs Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1971 |
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John Ferren Memorial Show, The Century Club New York, NY |
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1969 |
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A.M. Sachs Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
The Parrish Museum, Southampton, NY (solo) |
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1965 - 1968 |
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Rose Fried Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1964 |
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Centre d'Art, Centre d'Art Beirut, Lebanon |
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1962 |
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Rose Fried Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1958 |
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The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC (solo) |
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1958 |
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Stable Gallery, New York, NY |
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1957 |
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Stable Gallery, New York, NY |
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1956 |
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Stable Gallery, New York, NY |
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1955 |
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Stable Gallery New York, NY |
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1954 |
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Stable Gallery, New York, NY |
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1953 |
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Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1952 |
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San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA (solo) |
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1949 |
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Kleemann Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1947 |
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Kleemann Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1942 |
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The Willard Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1940 |
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Corcoran Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. |
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1938 |
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Pierre Matisse Gallery New York, NY |
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1937 |
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Pierre Matisse Gallery New York, NY |
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1937 |
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Arts Club of Chicago Chicago, IL |
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1936 |
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Pierre Loeb Paris, France
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis, MN
Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA (solo) |
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1932 |
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Galerie Zack, Paris, France (solo) |
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1930 |
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Art Center, San Francisco, CA (solo) |
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SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS: |
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Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Univ. of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
The James Michener Collection, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX
Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Grey Art Gallery, New York University, NYC
Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State Univ., Logan, UT
PepsiCo, Purchase, NY
Arts Club of Chicago, IL
Enid Haupt Collection
Mitsui Bank, NYC
Queens College, NY
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Chase Manhattan Bank, NYC
Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Long Island City, NY
Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, NY
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
The Museum of Modern Art, NY
Whitney Museum of American Art, NY
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY
Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC
The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC
National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA
The Cleveland Museum of Art, OH
The Detroit Institute of Arts, MI
Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA
The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA
The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
The Newark Museum, NJ
The Crocker Museum, Sacramento, CA
University of Utah Art Museum, Salt Lake City, UT |
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Literature |
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1980 |
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John Ferren (1905-1970): Paintings of the 30's through the 50's |
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