Peter Krasnow Chronology

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PETER KRASNOW

Chronology:

1887 Born in the Ukraine.

1907 Emigrated to United States, initially living in Boston.

1908 Moved to Chicago; enrolled at Art Institute while working on security staff.

1915 Graduated from the Art Institute; married 'his' Rose Bloom.

1919 Moved to New York.

1922 Drove across country to California.

1923 Built redwood cabin/studio near Glendale, on a lot bought from friend Edward Weston.
Exhibited with `The Group of Independent Artists' of MacDowell Club, Los Angeles with Stanton Macdonald Wright, Boris Deutsch, Nick Brigante, Ben Berlin, etc.

1920s Accepted commissions for paintings and carvings from Temple Emmanu-El, San Francisco; Sinai Temple, Los Angeles; University of Southern California, Bullock's Wilshire, private collectors and architects.

1927/28 Created series of lithographs.

1931 Received grant, Peter and Rose went to the Dordogne region in France.

1932/34 Exchanged letters with Edward Weston concerning political conditions in United States and Europe.

1934 After Galerie Pierre exhibit in Paris, sailed for the United States and California.

1935/40 Focus upon carved wood sculptures.

1944 Returns to the easel with new techniques of the geometric/narrative.

1977 Receives fellowship from National Endowment for the Arts.

1979 Dies in Los Angeles.

Selected One-Person Exhibitions:

1922 Whitney Studio Club, New York
Los Angeles County Museum of Art

1923 MacDowell Club, Los Angeles

1928 Oakland Municipal Art Gallery
Seattle Society of Fine Arts
Dalzell Hatfield Gallery, Los Angeles
Zeitlin Book Store, Los Angeles

1929 Scripps College, Claremont, California

1930 Stendahl Art Galleries, Los Angeles

1931 California Palace of Legion of Honor, San Francisco

1934 Galerie Pierre, Paris

1935 U.C.L.A.,The Print Rooms, Los Angeles

1939 Fine Arts Gallery, San Diego

1940 Stendahl Art Galleries, Los Angeles - U.C.L.A.

1954 Pasadena Art Institute

1964 Scripps College, Claremont, California

1975 L.A. Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park

1977 Judah L. Magnes Museum, Berkeley, California

1978 Skirball Museum, Hebrew Union College, Los Angeles

1986-93 Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles

1994 Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, Utah

Selected Group Exhibitions:

1922 6th Annual Exhibition:Society of Independent Artists, The Waldorf Astoria, New York

1923 Group of Independent Artists, Taos Building, Los Angeles

1925 Whitney Studio Club Annual, New York

1926 Whitney Studio Club Annual, New York

1927 49th Annual Exhibition: San Francisco Art Association, Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco

1935 16th Annual Painters and Sculptors Exhibition, Los Angeles County Museum of Art

1950 Los Angeles County Museum of Art

1955 III Bienal, Museu de Art Moderna, Sao Paulo, Brazil

1965 Art Now: Los Angeles Art Association Gallery

1974 Nine Senior Southern California Painters, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art

1975 Painting and Sculpture in California: The Modern Era, San Francisco Museum/Modern Art

1977 Whitney Museum, New York National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.

1981 Los Angeles 1920s-1960s - Tobey C. Moss Gallery

1984 Between The Olympics - Los Angeles 1932-1984, Tobey C. Moss Gallery

1985 California 1920-1945 - Tobey C. Moss Gallery

1986 Aspects of California Modernism, Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC

1989 Forty Years of California Assemblage - U.C.L.A., San Jose Museum of Art, Fresno Art Museum, Joslyn Art Museum/Omaha

1989-90 Blueprints for Modern Living - Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

1990-92 Turning the Tide - U.C. Santa Barbara, Oakland Art Museum,Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art/Utah, Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum/Texas, Laguna Art Museum,Palm Springs Desert Museum of Art

Selected Public Collections:

Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona
University of Arizona Art Museum, Tucson, Arizona
DeSaisset Museum, Santa Clara, California
Galka E. Scheyer Collection-Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California
Judah L. Magnes Museum, Berkeley, California
Laguna Art Museum, California
Long Beach Museum of Art, California
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California
Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, California
Oakland Art Museum, California
Palm Springs Desert Museum of Art, California
Pasadena Art Museum, California
Skirball Museum, Hebrew Union College, Los Angeles, California
San Jose Museum of Art, California
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California
University Art Museum, Berkeley, California
Spertus Museum, Chicago, Illinois
Herzliya Museum of Art, Israel
Sheldon Memorial Art Galleries, University of Nebraska
The Jewish Museum, New York, New York
Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, Utah
National Museum of American Art, Washington,D.C.
University of Judaism, Los Angeles

1887	Born in the Ukraine.
1907	Emigrated to United States, initially living in Boston.
1908	Moved to Chicago; enrolled at Art Institute while working on security staff.
1915	Graduated from the Art Institute; married 'his' Rose Bloom.
1919	Moved to New York.
1922	Drove across country to California.
1923	Built redwood cabin/studio near Glendale, on a lot bought from friend Edward Weston. Exhibited with `The Group of Independent Artists' of MacDowell Club, Los Angeles with Stanton Macdonald Wright, Boris Deutsch, Nick Brigante, Ben Berlin, etc.
1920s	Accepted commissions for paintings and carvings from Temple Emmanu-El, San Francisco; Sinai Temple, Los Angeles; University of Southern California, Bullock's Wilshire, private collectors and architects.
1927/28	Created series of lithographs.
1931	Received grant, Peter and Rose went to the Dordogne region in France.
1932/34	Exchanged letters with Edward Weston concerning political conditions in United States and Europe.
1934	After Galerie Pierre exhibit in Paris, sailed for the United States and California.
1935/40	Focus upon carved wood sculptures.
1944	Returns to the easel with new techniques of the geometric/narrative.
1977	Receives fellowship from National Endowment for the Arts.
1979	Dies in Los Angeles.

1922	Whitney Studio Club, New York Los Angeles County Museum of Art
1923	MacDowell Club, Los Angeles
1928	Oakland Municipal Art Gallery Seattle Society of Fine Arts Dalzell Hatfield Gallery, Los Angeles Zeitlin Book Store, Los Angeles
1929	Scripps College, Claremont, California
1930	Stendahl Art Galleries, Los Angeles
1931	California Palace of Legion of Honor, San Francisco
1934	Galerie Pierre, Paris
1935	U.C.L.A.,The Print Rooms, Los Angeles
1939	Fine Arts Gallery, San Diego
1940	Stendahl Art Galleries, Los Angeles - U.C.L.A.
1954	Pasadena Art Institute
1964	Scripps College, Claremont, California
1975	L.A. Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park
1977	Judah L. Magnes Museum, Berkeley, California
1978	Skirball Museum, Hebrew Union College, Los Angeles
1986-93	Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles
1994	Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, Utah

1922	6th Annual Exhibition:Society of Independent Artists, The Waldorf Astoria, New York
1923	Group of Independent Artists, Taos Building, Los Angeles
1925	Whitney Studio Club Annual, New York
1926	Whitney Studio Club Annual, New York
1927	49th Annual Exhibition: San Francisco Art Association, Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco
1935	16th Annual Painters and Sculptors Exhibition, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
1950	Los Angeles County Museum of Art
1955	III Bienal, Museu de Art Moderna, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1965	Art Now: Los Angeles Art Association Gallery
1974	Nine Senior Southern California Painters, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art
1975	Painting and Sculpture in California: The Modern Era, San Francisco Museum/Modern Art
1977	Whitney Museum, New York National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.
1981	Los Angeles 1920s-1960s - Tobey C. Moss Gallery
1984	Between The Olympics - Los Angeles 1932-1984, Tobey C. Moss Gallery
1985	California 1920-1945 - Tobey C. Moss Gallery
1986	Aspects of California Modernism, Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC
1989	Forty Years of California Assemblage - U.C.L.A., San Jose Museum of Art, Fresno Art Museum, Joslyn Art Museum/Omaha
1989-90	Blueprints for Modern Living - Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
1990-92	Turning the Tide - U.C. Santa Barbara, Oakland Art Museum,Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art/Utah, Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum/Texas, Laguna Art Museum,Palm Springs Desert Museum of Art