Peter Busa (American, –1985)

Timeline

1914
Born in Pittsburgh, PA on June 23
1930–1933
Studied at the Carnegie Institute of Technology
1933
Studied with the Art Students League of NY, Harry Sternberg and Thomas Hart Benton
1935–1938
Studied at the Hans Hofmann School
1936–1941
Federal Arts Project (WPA)
1944–1952
Taught at Cooper Union, NYC
1949–1953
Taught at New York University, NYC
1954–1956
Taught at the State University of New York, Buffalo
1957
Taught at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
1958
Taught at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
1970–1972
Taught at Southampton College, NY, summer art program
1961–1982
Taught at the University of Minnesota, MN
1985
Died in East Hampton, NY

Exhibitions

2003
David Findlay Jr Fine Art, New York, NY (solo)
2000
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, “Surrealists in Exile and the Beginning of the New York School” Madrid, Spain
1998–2000
“Surrealism in America: During the 1930’s and 1940’s,” Salvador Dali Musuem, St. Petersburg, FL, The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Cape Musuem of Fine Arts, Dennis MA
1992
Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA (solo)
1992
Renee Fotouhi Gallery, East Hampton, NY (solo)
1989
Anita Shapolsky Gallery, “Early Abstractions: Paintings and Sculpture of the 40s and 50s,” New York, NY
1988
Parrish Art Museum, “Drawing on the East End, 1940-1988,” Southampton, NY
1988
East Hampton Center for Contemporary Art, East Hampton, NY
1985
East Hampton Center for Contemporary Art, East Hampton, NY (solo)
1982
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (solo)
1980
Carleton College, Northfield, MN (solo)
1978
Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY (solo)
1978
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (solo)
1977
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN (solo)
1975
Wisconsin State University, Eau Claire, WI (solo)
1972
Kansas State University Union Gallery, Manhattan, KS (solo)
1970
Chrysler Art Museum, Provincetown, MA (solo)
1967
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (solo)
1966
University Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (solo)
1965
Tweed Gallery, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN (solo)
1964
Chrysler Art Museum, Provincetown, MA (solo)
1963
Iowa State College, Ames, IA (solo)
1962
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (solo)
1962
St. Cloud State College, St. Cloud, MN (solo)
1960
Nova Gallery, Boston, MA (solo)
1960
Cape Cod Art Association, Hyannis, MA (solo)
1959
Whitney Museum of American Art, Annual, New York, NY
1958
Chrysler Art Museum, Provincetown, MA (solo)
1951–1957
"Young Painters USA" American Federation of Art
1956
Whitney Museum of American Art, Annual, New York, NY
1954
Gallery 256, Provincetown, MA (solo)
1953
Bertha Schaefer Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1953
Whitney Museum of American Art, Annual, New York, NY
1952
Whitney Museum of American Art, Annual, New York, NY
1951
Ninth Street Exhibition, New York, NY
1951
Bertha Schaefer Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1950
Bertha Schaefer Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1950
Whitney Museum of American Art, Annual, New York, NY
1948
Bertha Schaefer Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1948
Julius Carlebach Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1948
Whitney Museum of American Art, Annual, New York, NY
1946
Whitney Museum of American Art, Annual, New York, NY
1946
Gallery Neuf, “Semeiology, or 8 and a Totem Pole,” New York, NY
1946
Art of This Century, New York, NY (solo)
1945
Art of This Century, New York, NY
1944
Ashby Gallery, “Color Plays a Part”, New York, NY
1943
Art of This Century, New York, NY
1940
Art Institute of Chicago, IL
1939
World’s Fair, “American Art Today,” New York, NY
1936
New York Municipal Gallery, NY
ACA Gallery, NY
English (US)

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