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LOUISE NEVELSON

1900  Born in Kiev, Russia

1905  Came to Rockland, Maine with her family

1929-30  Studied with Kenneth Hayes Miller, The Art Students League, N.Y.

1931  Studied with Hans Hofmann, Munich

1932-33  Assistant to Diego Rivera, Mexico City

1933-38  Exhibited paintings in the Secession Gallery, Contemporary Arts, Jacobsen Gallery, The Society of Independent Artists, The Brooklyn Museum, The New York Municipal Art Museum, Temporary Galleries, The A.C.A. Galleries, New York; The Springfield Museum, Mass.

1936  Sculpture first exhibited, A.C.A. Galleries, N.Y.

1941  First one-man exhibition of sculpture, Nierendorf Gallery, N.Y.

1941-43  One-man exhibitions:
THE CIRCUS, THE CLOWN IS THE CENTER OF THE WORLD, Norlyst Gallery, N.Y.
A mixed media show with motion, lights and sound.
A SCULPTORS PORTRAITS IN PAINT, Norlyst Gallery, N.Y.
DRAWINGS, Nierendorf Gallery, N.Y.
Group shows:
ART OF THIS CENTURY, exhibiting movable columns.
UNITY IN DIVERSITY, Nierendorf Gallery, N.Y.
ART IN THERAPY, Museum of Modern Art.

1944  One-man exhibition: SCULPTURE MONTAGES, Nierendorf Gallery, N.Y.
Group Show: 139 ANNUAL EXHIBITION, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts

1946-47  Last one man exhibition at Nierendorf Gallery, N.Y.

1948-49  Exhibited at the Artist's Gallery and the Sculpture Center, N.Y.  Made Archaeological trips to Central and South America.

1950  First one-man exhibition of etchings: MOONSCAPES, Lotte Jacobi Gallery

1951-53  One man Exhibition: GUEST SCULPTURE SHOW, Grand Central Moderns Galler
Group shows: 59th ANNUAL EXHIBITION, New York Society of Ceramic Arts.
The DECORATORS DISPLAY EXHIBITION, Corber Design Inc. N.Y

1954-55  One man exhibitions: NEVELSON; SCULPTURE, COLLAGES AND ETCHINGS, GRAND CENTRAL Moderns Gallery, N.Y. 
ANCIENT GAMES AND ANCIENT PLACES, Grand Cent. Mod

1956  One man exhibition: THE ROYAL VOYAGE, Grand Central Moderns Gallery
Exhibited in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond.
Participated in DIRECTIONS IN SCULPTURE, Riverside Museum, New York.

1958  One-man exhibitions:
MOON GARDEN + ONE, Grand Central Moderns Gallery, N.Y.
GRAPHICS BY LOUISE NEVELSON, Ester Stuttman Gallery, N.Y.
Group shows:
MINIATURES, 1958; Workshop Gallery: ART AND THE FOUND OBJECT, American Federation of Artists; THREE MAN SHOW, Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris.