Harry Sternberg (American, 1904–2002)

Timeline

1904: Born on July 19, New York, NY
1910: Moves to Brooklyn
1915: Commences art classes at the Brooklyn Museum of Art
1922–1926: Studied at the Art Students League of New York
1926: Moved to Greenwich Village, began his career in etching, printmaking and painting
1928: Professional career began with first consignment of prints with art dealer Frederick Keppel in New York
1934: Meets Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, becomes more politically active in union and socialist causes
1935: Appointed a technical advisor to the Graphic Art Division, Federal Art Project (FAP)
1936: Awarded a Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
Spoke at the First American Artists’ Congress
Spent a year studying working conditions in coal mines and steel mills
1937: Paints his first post office mural in Pennsylvania
Travels to Chicago and studies the city’s history, industry, workers and architecture
1939: Marries Mary Gosney
1957: Made his first trip to the West Coast
1966: Retired from the Arts Students League and moved to Escondido, CA
1933–1967: Teaches at the Art Students League of New York
1972: Purchase Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters, NY
2001: Died on November 27, in Escondido, CA
: Awarded First Prize, The Print Club of Philadelphia
: Awarded the Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship

2002: San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
2002: National Building Museum, Washington, D.C.
2001: California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA
2000: Life of the People: Realist Prints and Drawings from the Ben and Beatrice Goldstein Collection, 1912-1948, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
1999: The Whitney Museum of American Art
1999: Allentown Art Museum, PA
1999: Harry Sternberg and His Circle: In Celebration of the Artist's 95th Brithday,Susan Teller Gallery, NY
1997: Musee-galerie de la Seita, Paris
1994: San Diego Museum of Art, CA
1993: Harry Sternberg: Recent Paintings, Susan Teller Gallery, NY
1992: The Jewish Museum, NY
1990: Worcester Art Museum, MA
1987: The National Academy of Design, NY
1983: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
1980: Minnesota Museum of Art
1943–1974: ACA Galleries
1933–1953: The Whitney Museum of American Art
1949: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, PA
1946: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, PA
1939: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, PA
1938: Fifty Modern Prints, Weyhe Gallery, New York City, NY
1932–1934: Fifty Modern Prints, Weyhe Gallery, New York City, NY
1931: The Whitney Museum of American Art, NY
1928: Brooklyn Society of Etchers, Brooklyn Museum of Art, NY

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