Georges Schreiber (American/Belgian, 1904–1977)

Timeline

1904: Born in Brussels, Belgium
1920: Studied at the Arts and Crafts School in Elberfeld, Germany
1922: Studied at the Academies of Fine Art in Berlin and in Dusseldorf
1925: Began work as a freelance artist when he was hired by the Keolner Tageblatt, a daily newspaper in Cologne, Germany
1928: Emigrated to New York, NY
1936: Enrolled in the WPA Federal Art Project
1936–1939: Made six long trips touring the United States painting and sketching life from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico and from Maine to Oregon
1941–1945: Commissioned by the United States Army and Navy to do a series of works. One project in 1943 was a joint effort with his friend Thomas Hart Benton to capture life aboard a submarine.
1958: Joined the faculty of the New School for Social Research, New York, NY
1964: Artist-In-Residence, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI
1977: Died in New York, NY

1998: Georges Schreiber and Fred Shane, Susan Teller Gallery, New York, NY
1995: Georges Schreiber, Paintings and Works on Paper of the 1940s to the 1990s, Susan Teller Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1977: Memorial Exhibition, Kennedy Galleries, New York, NY (solo)
1943: 12th Biennial International Water Color Exhibition, Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY

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