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Marisol Escobar
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French
, 1930–2016)
Marisol Escobar
Magritte II ,
1998
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1930
Born Paris, France
1949
School Ecôle des Beaux Arts, France
1950 - 1954
School with Hans Hofmann The New School, New York, NY
1950
School Arts Student League, New York
Moved to New York
1958
Award of Excellence in Design The Arts Commission of the City of New York, NY
1975
Public Commission, The Scarlet Letter Lincoln Center, New York, NY
1978
American Academy of Arts and Letters Award
1979
Public Commission, Opera House Lincoln Center, New York, NY
1986
Honorary Doctorate in Arts Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1992
11th Ann. Art Comm. Awards for Excel. in Design New York, NY
Honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts State University of New York, Buffalo
Stage sets for Martha Graham's Eyes of the Goddess City Center Theater, New York, NY
1995
Medal of Honor, National Arts Club New York, NY
1997
Honorary Doctorate in Arts Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2016
Died on April 30 at the age of 85
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Exhibitions
2007
Marisol Retrospective Exhibition 1960-2007, Neuhoff Edelman Gallery, NYC
1998
“Stages of Creation: Public Sculpture by National Academy Museum, NY
1997
“ Art 1997 CHICAGO: 5th Annual Expo of International Galleries Featuring Modern and Contemporary Art “, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
“ The Feminine Image”, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY
“ Spring 1997 Exhibition: Marisol, Robert Murray, Jay Wholley”, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
1996
Latin Viewpoints into the Mainstream”, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY
1995
Marisol Retrospective Exhibition, The Hakone Open-Air Museum Kanagawa, Japan
Marisol Retrospective Exhibition, The Museum of Modern Art Shiga, Japan
Marisol Retrospective Exhibition, Iwai City Art Museum Fukushima, Japan
Marisol Retrospective Exhibition, Kagoshima City Museum of Art Kagoshima, Japan
Marlborough Gallery, Marlborough Gallery New York, NY
Figure: Contemporary Sculpture, Marlborough Gallery New York, NY
1993
Venezuelan Masters of the 20th Century in American Collections, The Venezuelan Center Gallery New York, NY
1992
20th Century Masters: Works on Paper, Sidney Janis Gallery New York, NY
Images of Japan, Tenri Gallery Cultural Institute of New York, NY
Marisol, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts Summit, NJ
1991
Marisol: Selected Sculpture, Riva Yares Gallery Scottsdale, AZ
Marisol Portrait Sculpture, National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C.
Masterworks of Contemporary Sculpture (1970-1990), Traveling, Isetan Museum Tokyo, Japan
1990
Body Language! The Figure in the Art of Our Time, Rose Art Museum Brandeis University, Waltham, MD
Seoul International Art Festival, The National Museum of Contemporary Art Seoul, Korea
1989
Sidney Janis Gallery, Sidney Janis Gallery New York, NY
Marisol: Recent Sculpture, Galerie Tokoro Tokyo, Japan
Urban Figures, Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris New York, NY
Venice Biennale, Venice Biennale Venice, Italy
1988
Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton Museum of Art Boca Raton, FL
Dolly Fiterman Gallery, Dolly Fiterman Gallery Minneapolis, MN
1987
The Artist's Mother: Portraits and Homages, The Heckscher Museum Huntington, NY
1985
Forms in Wood, American Sculpture of the 1950's, Philadelphia Art Museum Philadelphia, PA
Dorothy C. Miller, With an Eye to American Art, Smith College Museum of Art MA
1984
New Portraits, Institute for Art & Urban Resources, P.S. 1 Long Island City, NY
Drawing Since 1974, Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden Washinton, D.C.
Masters of the Sixties, Marisa del Re Gallery New York, NY
Ways of Wood, Sculpture Center New York, NY
Sidney Janis Gallery, Sidney Janis Gallery New York, NY
1983
American Women Artists Part I: 20th Century Pioneers, Sidney Janis Gallery New York, NY
1982
Makler Gallery, Makler Gallery Philadelphia, PA
New Dimensions in Drawing, Aldrich Museum Ridgefield, CT
1981
Artists and Artistes by Marisol, Sidney Janis Gallery New York, NY
1978
7 Americans, Sidney Janis Gallery New York, NY
American Academy of Arts and Letters, award recipient , American Academy of Arts and Letters New York, NY
Another Aspect of Pop Art, P.S. 1 Long Island City, New York
Marisol Drawings, Chatham College Pittsburgh, PA
1977
Contemporary Arts Museum, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, TX
American Sculpture: Folk & Modern, Queens Museum Queens, New York
1976
The Golden Door: Artist-Immigrants of America, 1876-1976, Hirshhorn Museum, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C.
The Nude in American Art, Traveling, New York Cultural Center New York, NY
Realism and Reality, Kunsthalle Darmstadt Darmstadt, Germany
Sidney Janis Gallery, Sidney Janis Gallery New York, NY
1975
6 Americans, Sidney Janis Gallery New York, NY
The Art Students League of New York 100th Anniversary, Kennedy Galleries New York, NY
Makler Gallery, Makler Gallery Philadelphia, PA
Twenty-fifth Anniversary Part II, Sidney Janis Gallery New York, NY
1974
Trisolini Gallery of Ohio University, Trisolini Gallery of Ohio University Athens, Ohio
1973
Jewelry as Sculpture as Jewelry, Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, MA
Sculptor's Drawings, Margo Leavin Gallery Los Angeles, CA
The New York Cultural Center, The New York Cultural Center New York, NY
Sidney Janis Gallery, Sidney Janis Gallery New York, NY
1972
Colossal Scale, Sidney Janis Gallery New York, NY
1971
Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art, Sidney Janis Gallery New York, NY
Modern International Sculpture, Hakone Open Air Museum Hakone, Japan
Art Around the Automobile, traveling, Emily Lowe Gallery Hofstra University, New York
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester Art Museum Worcester, MD
7 Artists, Sidney Janis Gallery New York, NY
L'Art vivant American, Fondation Maeght Saint-Paul, France
1970
Moore College of Art, Moore College of Art Philadelphia, PA
Carnegie International Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute Pittsburgh, PA
1969
7 Artists, Sidney Janis Gallery New York, NY
Pop Art Redefined, Hayward Gallery London, England
Modern International Sculpture, First Prize, Hakone Open Air Museum Hakone, Japan
29th Annual Exhibition, Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL
American Drawings of the 60's: A Selection, The New School New York, NY
1968
The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection, The Museum of Modern Art New York, NY
Word and Image, Museum of Modern Art New York, NY
The Obsessive Image, Institute of Contemporary Art London, England
Documenta IV, Documenta IV Kassel, Germany
Represents Venezuela, XXXIV Venice Biennale Venice, Italy
Homage to Marilyn Monroe, Sidney Janis Gallery New York, NY
The 1967 Pittsburgh International, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute Pittsburgh, PA
American Sculpture in the 60's, The Los Angeles County Museum Los Angeles, CA
Figures of State, Hanover Gallery London, England
1967
Figures of State, Sidney Janis Gallery New York, NY
1966
The Harry N. Abrams Family Collection, The Jewish Museum New York, NY
Erotic Art '66, Sidney Janis Gallery New York, NY
Latin American Art Since Independence, traveling exhibi, The Museum of Modern Art New York, NY
68th American Exhibition, The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL
Art of the United States, 1670-1964, The Whitney Museum of American Art New York, NY
Whitney Annual: Sculpture and Prints, The Whitney Museum of American Art New York, NY
Tribute to Frank O'Hara, The Museum of Modern Art New York, NY
Sidney Janis Gallery, Sidney Janis Gallery New York, NY
Op and Pop, Sidney Janis Gallery New York, NY
The New American Realism, Worcester Art Museum Worcester, MD
1965
Arts Club of Chicago, Arts Club of Chicago Chicago, IL
1964
The 1964 Pittsburgh International, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute Pittsburgh, PA
Between the Fairs, Whitney Museum of American Art New York, NY
Stable Gallery, Stable Gallery New York, NY
1963
3 Generations, Sidney Janis Gallery New York, NY
1962
Stable Gallery, Stable Gallery New York, NY
Recent Aquisitions, Museum of Modern Art New York, NY
Annual Exhibition of Sculpture and Drawings, The Whitney Museum of American Art New York, NY
1961
The Art of Assemblage, Museum of Modern Art New York, NY
The Art of Assemblage, Museum of Contemporary Art Dallas, TX
The Art of Assemblage, Museum of Modern Art San Francisco, CA
Pan American Art, The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL
1959
The 1959 Pittsburgh International, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute Pittsburgh, PA
Work in 3 Dimensions, Leo Castelli New York, NY
1958
Festival of Two Worlds, Festival of Two Worlds Spoleto, Italy
Leo Castelli Gallery, Leo Castelli Gallery New York, NY
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