Peter Busa

(American, 1914–1985)

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Peter Busa

Abstraction, 1959–1960

Price on Request

Biography

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

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)
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
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)