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^[[June '69]] Lorser Feitelson: Biographical data Born in Savannah, Georgia, 1898; grew up in New York City; since 1927 has lived in Los Angeles. Study and early work in New York and Paris; exhibiting since 1919. Although early training was classic, grounded in the principles of the Renaissance masters, became interested in the modern movement at an early age (1917); work went through phases of abstraction, Neo-Classicism, Postsurrealism, etc. Exhibited in major exhibitions and museums throughout the country. Other activities: teaching and lecturing at the Art Center College of Design since 1944; Vice President and Chairman of Exhibitions, Los Angeles Art Association; Television art program, KRCA-NBC, "Feitelson on Art", 1956 to 1963. Major One-Man Shows: Daniels Gallery, New York 1924 or '25 Legion o f Honor, San Francisco 1928 and 1932 San Diego Museum 1928 Los Angeles Museum 1929 and 1944 San Francisco Museum of Art 1944 Pasadena Art Museum Retrospective 1952 ^[[Brochure by S.L.]] McNay Art Institute, San Antonio 1955 Scripps College Galleries 1958 and 1961 Long Beach Museum 1962 Occidental College Galleries 1965 Los Angeles Art Association Galleries early work 1968 Riva Gallery 1959, 1960, 1961 Ankrum Gallery 1962, 1964 Los Angeles Art Association, 1968 Participated in Major Exhibitions: Dada, Surrealism and Fantastic Art, Museum of Modern Art 1936 Postsurrealist exhibitions at Brooklyn Museum and San Francisco Museum 1936 Abstract-Surrealist show, Chicago Art Institute 1947 Contemporary American Painting, University of Illinois 1949, 1950, 1951, [[strikethrough]] 1952 [[strikethrough]] American Drawing Show, Metropolitan Museum 1953 Whitney Museum Annual 1955 Sao Paulo Biennial 1955 Abstract of Classicism Los Angeles County Museum 1959 Abstract of Classicism Institute of Contemporary Art London 1959 Painting from The Pacific (America, Japan, Australia, New Zealand) 1961 Geometric Abstraction in America, Whitney Museum 1962 Fifty California Artists Whitney Museum 1962 The Artist's Environment: West Coast Amon Carter Museum & others
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