George Tooker

(American, 1920–2011)

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George Tooker

Mother and Child, 1982

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Biography

Timeline

1920
Born: in Brooklyn, NY on August 5th
1938 - 1942
BA, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
1943
Student, Arts Student League, under Reginald Marsh and Kenneth Hayes Miller
1960
Grant, National Institute of Letters
1970
Member, National Academy of Design
2007
Awarded the National Medal of Arts by President George W. Bush
2011
Died: in Hartland, VT on March 27th

Exhibitions

2001
Cadmus, French, Tooker, Columbus Museum of Art Columbus, OH
2000
Making Choices 1929-1955, The Museum of Modern Art New York, NY
George Tooker, Hart Gallery at the Guild Art Centre Northhampton, MA
1999
The American Century 1900-1950, Whitney Museum of American Art New York, NY
1998
George Tooker, DC Moore Gallery New York, NY
1997
Civil Progress: Images of Black America, Mary Ryan Gallery New York, NY
Views from Abroad: European Perspectives on American Art 3 - American Realities, Tate Gallery London
1996
Reality and Dream: The Art of George Tooker, Ogunquit Museum of American Art Maine
1992
Tooker's Women, Marisa Del Re Gallery New York, NY
1990
Cadmus, French & Tooker: The Early Years, Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris New York, NY
1989
George Tooker: Paintings and Drawings, 1946-1989, Marsh Gallery, University of Richmond Richmond, VA
1987
George Tooker: Working Drawings, Robert Hull Fleming Museum, University of Vermont Burlington, VT