Price Database
13 December 2024
Artists
Auctions
Artnet Auctions
Global Auction Houses
Galleries
Events
News
Price Database
Use the Artnet Price Database
Market Alerts
Artnet Analytics
Hidden
Buy
Browse Artists
Artnet Auctions
Browse Galleries
Global Auction Houses
Events & Exhibitions
Speak With a Specialist
Art Financing
How to Buy
Sell
Sell With Us
Become a Gallery Partner
Become an Auction Partner
Receive a Valuation
How to Sell
Search
Hidden
Vermillion Editions Limited
New York / Hopkins
Home
Artworks
Artists
Publications
George Morrison
(
American
, 1919–2000)
George Morrison
Ice Flow, Lake Superior,
1988
Sold
Biography
Timeline
Exhibitions
Timeline
1919
Born in Grand Marais, MN
1938
Graduated from Grand Marais High School
1943 - 1946
Having been chosen to receive the Van Derlip Traveling Scholarship, Morrison studied at the Art Students League
1943
Graduated from Minnesota School of Art (now the Minneapolis College of Art and Design)
1952
After receiving a Fulbright scholarship he studied in Paris and Antibes
1954
Moved to New York City where he became acquainted with prominent American expressionists: Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline and Jackson Pollock.
1963 - 1970
Taught at the Rhode Island School of Design
1970 - 1983
Taught American Indian studies and art at the University of Minnesota
Exhibitions
1995
George Morrison: Recent Acquisitions, The Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, Minnesota
1993
Johnson Heritage Post Art Gallery, Grand Marais, Minnesota
Horizon Series, Dolly Fiterman Fine Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1992
Drawings and Small Sculpture, Bockley Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1991
Shared Visions, The Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
1990
Our Land/Ourselves, University Art Gallery, State University of New York, Albany, New York
Standing in the Northern Lights, Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, Minnesota
1987
HORIZON: Small Painting Series, 1980-1987, Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota, Duluth, Minnesota
1981
George Morrison: Entries in an Artist's Journal, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Magic Images, Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma