Joseph John Paul Meert (American/Belgian, 1905–1989)

Timeline

1905: Born, Brussels, Belgium
1910: Immigrated to the US
1920–1929: Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, KS
1932: Art Students League, New York, NY
1935: 1st Prize, Kansas City Sweepstakes Exhibition, Kansas City, KS
1936: 1st Prize, Midwestern Exhibition, Kansas City Art Institute, KS
1938: Prize for Best Oil, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, KS
1938: WPA murals for the Treasury Department at the Spencer, IN and Marceline and Mt. Vernon, MO post offices
1939: Purchase Prize, World's Fair New York, NY
1935–1940: Invited by Thomas Hart Benton to teach at the Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, KS
1940: Honorable Award, Hallmark Competition
1944: Member of the American Artists Congress
1950: J.Henry Scheidt Memorial Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of F ine Art, Philadelphia, PA
1980: Became a Ward of the State
1985: Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award
1989: Died, Waterbury, CT

1994: Color Rhythms: The Late Watercolors of Joseph Meert, Pollock-Krasner House, East Hampton, NY (solo)
1977: NYC WPA Art, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
1961: Mari Gallery, Woodstock, NY
1957: Nonagon Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1955: Ganso Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1954: Ganso Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Brooklyn Museum Print Annuals, Brooklyn, NY
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA
1953: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA
Brooklyn Museum Print Annuals, Brooklyn, NY
1952: Ganso Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1951: Philadelphia Print Club, Philadelphia, PA
Brooklyn Museum Print ANnuals, Brooklyn, NY
Ganso Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1950: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
1949: Artists Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
John Heller Gallery, New York, NY
1948: 44th Street Gallery, New York, NY
1947: Library of Congress Print Exhibition, Washington, D.C.
1946: Worchester Museum Virginia Museum Spiral Group Annual Exhibit
1943: Whitney Museum of American Art Annual Exhibition, New York, NY
1941: Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1940: Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, TX

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