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Isabel Bishop

Nude (Back View), 1925, printed: 1988

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Nude (Front View), 1925, printed: 1988

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1902: Born in Cincinnati, OH
1918 - 1920: Studied illustration at the New York School of Applied Design for Women, New York, NY
1918: Moved to New York, NY
1920 - 1924: Studied with Kenneth Hays Miller at the Art Students League, New York, NY
1931: Traveled with Kenneth Hays Miller and Reginald Marsh in Europe to study the Old Masters
1934: Leased a studio on Union Square (New York, NY) where she worked for the remainder of her career
1936 - 1937: Taught at the Art Students League as the only female full-time instructor
1938: Worked as a Muralist for the W.P.A., and did a mural for the US Post Office in New Lexington, OH
1943: Academy of Arts and Letters Award
1946: First woman to hold an executive position in the National Institute of Arts and Letters as vice-president
1979: Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts presented by President Jimmy Carter
: Honorary Doctorate Degree, Syracuse University
: Honorary Degree of Doctorate of Fine Arts Mount Holyoke College
: Benjamin West Clinedist Memorial Medal
: Benjamin Franklin Fellow, Royal Society of Arts, London, England
: Gold Medal of Honor, National Arts Club
: Honorary Doctorate Degree of Fine Arts Bates College

2000: Figures and Forms: Selections from the Terra Foundation for the Arts, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, IL
: The Figure: Another Side of Modernism, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY
1999: Life of the People: Realist Prints and Drawings form the Ben and Beatrice Goldstein Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC
: The American Century 1900-1950, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
1998: Isabel Bishop, DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY
1997: Between the Wars: Women Artists of the Whitney Studio Club and Museum, Whitney Museum of American Art at Champion Stamford, CT
1996: Women's Work: A Century of Achievement in American Art, The Columbus Museum, Columbus, OH
1992: The Creative Process: Isabel Bishop's Dante and Virgil in Union Square, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
1991 - 1992: Midtown Payson Galleries, New York, NY
1987: American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
1983: St. Gaudens Museum, NH
1977: Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC
1960: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
1945: Smithsonian Institiute, Washington, DC

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