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BIOGRAPHY     MAURICIC LASANSKY

BIRTH DATE: October 12,1914 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His father, Abraham Lasansky was a printer.

EDUCATION: Attended Superior School of Fine Arts, Argentina.

TAUGHT: Director of the Free Fine Arts School, Villa Maria Cordoba, Argentina (1936-1939)
Director of the Taller Manualidades,Cordoba,Argentina (1939 - 1943)

Prizes: 18 first prizes and represented in every museum in Argentina.

Fellowship: 1943 - Guggenheim Fellowship - for research in Black and White - came to New York to work. Work in the United Stateswhile in N.Y.,represented in National Gallery, Washington; Museum of Modern Art New York; Art Institute of Chicago; Brooklyn Museum; Philadelphia Museum; Seattle Museum; Oklahoma Museum, Tulsa; New York Public Library; Library of Congress,Washington D.C.;Rosenwald Collection,Philadelphia etc.

1944- Guggenheim Fellowship renewed.

Prizes: First Prize - 17th International Exhibition Prints Seattle, Washington
First Prize - Print Club - Philadelphia
Purchase Prize - Library of Congress

Exhibitions: One Man Show - Washington D.C.
One Man Show - San Francisco Museum of Art

State U.of Iowa: Appointed Visiting Lecturer to create Graphic Arts Department 1945
1947 - Appointed Associate Professor

Prizes: 1946: Purchase Prize - Philadelphia Print Club
Purchase Prize & Hon.Ment. - 52nd Exhibition-DenverArt Museum
Purchase Prize - Des Moines Salon, Iowa

1947: Purchase Prize - Denver Art Museum
Purchase Prize - Walker Art Center, Minn.
Award - Society of American Etchers etc.
One Man Show - Buenos Aires
One Man Show- Chicago - Art Institute

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