Biographies
WILLIAM BAZIOTES
| 1912 Born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. | |
| 1913 Family moved to Reading, Pennsylvania. | |
| 1933 Settled in New York City. | |
| 1933-36 Studied at National Academy of Design, New York City, under Leon Kroll. | |
| 1936-38 Teacher on WPA Federal Art Project. | |
| 1938-40 Worked on WPA Easel-Painting Project. | |
| 1947 Awarded Walter M. Campana Memorial Purchase Prize, Thirty-eighth Annual Exhibition, Art Institute of Chicago. | |
| 1948 Co-founder of "Subjects of the Artist" school, New York City. | |
| 1952-62 Taught painting at Hunter College, New York City. | |
| 1963 Died New York City |
JAMES BROOKS
| 1906 Born St. Louis, Missouri. | |
| 1911-26 Lived in Oklahoma, Colorado, and Texas. | |
| 1926 Moved to New York City. | |
| 1927-30 Studied at Art Students League, New York City, with Kimon Nicolaides and Boardman Robinson. | |
| 1936-42 Worked on WPA Federal Art Project as muralist. | |
| 1948-59 Taught at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York. | |
| 1955-60 Visting critit of advanced painting at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. | |
| 1962-63 Artist-in-residence at American Academy, Rome. |
WILLEM de KOONING
| 1904 Born Rotterdam, The Netherlands. | |
| 1916 Apprenticed to commercial art firm. | |
| 1916-24 Attended evening classes at Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten en Technische Wetenschappen, Rotterdam. | |
| 1926 Moved to United States. | |
| 1927 Moved to New York City. | |
| 1935-36 Worked on WPA Federal Art Project as muralist. | |
| 1948 Taught at Black Mountain College, Black Mountain, North Carolina. | |
| 1950 Exhibited at XXV Biennale, Venice. | |
| 1950-51 Taught at Yale University Art School, New Haven, Connecticut. | |
| 1960 Elected member of National Institute of Arts and Letters. |
ARSHILE GORKY
(Vosdanig Manoog Adoian)
| 1904 Born Armenia. | |
| 1920 Arrived in United States. Studied at Providence Technical High School, Rhode Island School of Design, and New School of Design, Boston. | |
| cd. 1925 Changed name to "Arshele," later "Arshile," Gorky. Moved to New York City. Studied and taught at Grand Central School until 1931. | |
| 1935 Worked on WPA Federal Art Project as muralist. | |
| 1948 Committed suicide, Sherman, Connecticut. |
ADOLPH GOTTLIEB
| 1903 Born New York City. | |
| 1920 Studied at Art Students League, New York City, with John Sloan and Robert Henri. | |
| 1921 Attended sketch classes at Académic de la Grande Cliaumière, Paris, and other art schools. | |
| 1923 Studied at Parsons School of Design, Art Students League, Cooper Union, and Educational Alliance Art School, New York City. | |
| 1935 Co-founder of and annual exhibitor with The Ten. | |
| 1936 Worked on WPA Easel-Painting Project. | |
| 1958 Taught at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, and at University of California, Los Angeles. | |
| 1963 Awarded Gran Prernio, VII Bienal, Sao Paulo, Brazil. | |
| 1967 Appointed to Art Commission, City of New York. |
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Publication information:
Book title: The Triumph of American Painting:A History of Abstract Expressionism.
Contributors: Irving Sandler - Author.
Publisher: Harper & Row.
Place of publication: New York.
Publication year: 1976.
Page number: 277.
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