Cy Twombly

(American, 1928–2011)

natural history, part 1, mushrooms, no. x by cy twombly

Cy Twombly

Natural History, Part 1, Mushrooms, No. X, 1974

15,000 CAD

Biography

Timeline

1928
Born: Lexington, VA
1948 - 1951
Attended School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA
Attended Washington & Lee University, Lexington, VA
1951 - 1952
Art Students League, New York, NY. Black Mountain College. Beria, NC.
1952
Travelling Grant, The Richmond Art Museum
2001
Winner of the Leone d'Oro for Contemporary Art at the Venice Biennale
American Academy, Institute of Arts and Letters

Exhibitions

2013
Cy Twombly, On Paper, Galerie Karsten Greve Paris, Paris, France
Turbulences II - Villa Empain - Boghossian Foundation, Brussels
Legacy: The Emily Fisher Landau Collection - Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
Fenêtres, de la Renaissance à nos jours. Dürer, Monet, Magritte... - Fondation de l'Hermitage, Lausanne
De La Historia - Museo Guggenheim de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo, Bilbao
2012
Cy Twombly The Last Paintings - Gagosian Gallery , New York City, NY
Cy Twombly - Photographs 1951–2010 - BOZAR - Palais des Beaux-Arts / Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels
2011
Museum Brandhorst, Munich (solo)
London, Dulwich Picture Gallery
2010
Musée du Louvre, Paris
2009
The Art Institute of Chicago (solo)
2008
Tate Modern, London, England (solo)
2007
Cy Twombly - Blooming. A Scattering of Blossoms and other Things, Yvon Lambert Collection – Musée d’ Art Contemporain, Avignon (solo)
2006
Cy Twombly - Neue Skulpturen, Alte Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich (solo)
2005
Cy Twombly - 50 Years of Works on Paper, Whitney Museum, New York (solo)
Cy Twombly - 50 Years of Works on Paper, Menil Collection, Houston (solo)
Cy Twombly - Lepanto, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (solo)

Public Collections

Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Kleve
Tate Modern, London (England)
Tate Britain, London (England)
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich
Daros Exhibitions, Zurich
Museum für Gegenwartskunst - Emanuel Hoffmann-Stiftung, Basel
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel
Dia Art Foundation: Chelsea, New York City, NY
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI