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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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