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Giorgio Cavallon
(
American
, 1904–1989)
Giorgio Cavallon
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Biography
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Timeline
1904
Born: in Sorio, Italy
1920
Immigrated to the United States
1926
Enrolled in the National Academy of Design, New York, NY
1927
Studied during the summer with Charles W. Hawthorne, Provincetown, MA
1936
Joined other like-minded artists in founding the American Abstract Artists group
1988
Inducted into the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
1989
Died: in New York, NY
Exhibitions
2009
James Brooks and Giorgio Cavallon, Jason McCoy Inc., New York, NY
2006
Summer Exhibition: Recent Acquisitions, Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York, NY
2005
Giorgio Cavallon: Paintings, Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, New York, NY (solo)
2000
Kouros Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1996
Seven Paintings from the 1950's., Jason McCoy Inc., New York, NY (solo)
1995
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, New York, NY (solo)
1994
New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT (solo)
1992
Baruch College Art Gallery, New York, NY
1991
Summer Group Show, Jason McCoy Inc., New York, NY
Giorgio Cavallon and Giuseppe Santomaso, Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Watercolors, Jason McCoy Inc., New York, NY (solo)
1990
Paintings from the 1950's, Jason McCoy Inc., New York, NY
Giorgio Cavallon (1904-1989): A Retrospective View, The William Benton Museum of Art University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (solo)
The Provocative Years 1935-1945: Hans Hofmann School and Its Students in Provincetown, Provincetown Art Association and Museum Provincetown, MA
1989
Paintings from the 1960's, Jason McCoy Inc., New York, NY (solo)
Paintings: 1952-1989, Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
1988
Three Italo-American Artists, Peggy Guggenheim Collection Venice, Italy; Castello Svevo, Bari, Italy
1986
Gruenebaum Gallery, Gruenebaum Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1985
Gruenebaum Gallery, Gruenebaum Gallery, New York, NY
1983
Gruenebaum Gallery, Gruenebaum Gallery, New York, NY
1981
Gruenebaum Gallery, Gruenebaum Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1978
Gruenebaum Gallery, Gruenebaum Gallery, New York, NY
1977
Gruenebaum Gallery, Gruenebaum Gallery, New York, NY
Patricia Learmonth Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1976
A.M. Sachs Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Bicentennial Exhibition, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
1974
A.M. Sachs Gallery, A.M. Sachs Gallery, New York, NY
1972
A.M. Sachs Gallery, A.M. Sachs Gallery, New York, NY
American Geometric Abstraction/ 1930's, Zabriskie Gallery, American Federation of Arts, New York, NY
1971
A.M. Sachs Gallery, A.M. Sachs Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1970
Exhibition of Contemporary Artists Eligible for Awards, Academy of Arts & Letters, New York, NY
1969
A.M. Sachs Gallery, New York, NY
1968
Painting as Painting, The Art Museum University of Texas, Austin, TX
Betty Parsons Private Collection, Finch College Museum, New York, NY
The 1930's, Painting and Sculpture in America, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
1966
Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Large Scale American Paintings, The Jewish Museum, New York, NY
1965
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Whitney Museum Annual, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Kootz Gallery, Kootz Gallery, New York, NY
1964
Weatherspoon Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC (solo)
Art in Embassies, Museum of Modern Art, Bogota, Colombia
Recent American Paintings, Art Museum, University of Texas, Austin, TX
1963
Art in Embassies, Museum of Modern Art, Bogota, Colombia
Kootz Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture, Krannert Art Museum University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
Fourteen Americans, Abstract Watercolors, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
1962
Carnegie International, Pittsburgh, PA
1961
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Carnegie International, Pittsburgh, PA
Whitney Museum Annual, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
American Abstract Expressionists and Imagists, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Kootz Gallery, New York, NY
1960
60 American Painters, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
1959
Carnegie International, Pittsburgh, PA
Whitney Museum Annual, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Stable Gallery, New York, NY
Five Contemporary Painters in a Twenty-Five Year Retrospective, Camino Gallery, New York, NY
Documenta II, Kassel, Germany
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1957
Stable Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1956
University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
1955
Italy Rediscovered, Munson-Williams Proctor Institute, Utica, NY
1954
Egan Gallery, New York, NY
1952
Drawings and Watercolors, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
1951
Abstract Art in America, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Egan Gallery, New York, NY
1950
Young Painters in the U.S. and France, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, NY
Post-Abstract Painters, France, America, Hawthorne Memorial Gallery Provincetown, MA
1948
Egan Gallery, New York, NY
1946
Egan Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1940
Eighth Street Playhouse Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1939
American Art Today, New York World's Fair, New York, NY
1934
A.C.A. Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1932
Bottega d'Arte, Vicenza, Italy (solo)
Biennale, Ca'Pesaro, Venice, Italy
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Fogg Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Museum of the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
The Museum of Modern Art, New York , NY
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
University Art Museum, Berkeley, California
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Literature
1990
Giorgio Cavallon, 1904-1989, A Retrospective View. Storrs, CT: William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, 1990 (catalogue)
