Gallery 42 is pleased to present works from the Estate of
Lawrence Calcagno (1913-1993). Calcagno, a painter of international stature and
recognition, was born in San Francisco and grew up on his father's ranch near
Big Sur in an isolated part of California. In the 1930's he worked as a
merchant on ships to the Orient. After serving in World War II, he studied
painting at the California School of Fine Art where his principle trachers were
Clyfford Still and Mark Rothko. He eventually departed from from their theories
and developed a strongly individualized personal imagery that would incorporate
abstract metaphors from nature. Calcagno traveled to Europe in the early 1950's
and began showing in Paris at the Facchetti Gallery in 1952. He met Martha
Jackson in 1953 and began showing in her legendary New York City Gallery when
he returned after five years in Europe. Over the years he balanced teaching and
exhibition showing successfully at important American galleries and museums. He
was the recipient of many fellowships including Yaddo in Saratoga Springs, NY;
Macdowell Colony in Peterboro, NH; The Wurlitzer Foundation in Taos, NM and the
National Endowment for the Arts.
Calcagno's work is in public
collections including fine arts museums in Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Taos, Boston,
Buffalo, Denver, Houston, Minneapolis, Phoenix, San Francisco, and in the
National Gallery and National Museum of American Art in Washington and the
Whitney Museum of American Art and the MOMA in New York.
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1913 |
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Born 23 March, San Francisco, CA.
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1959 - 1960 |
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Taught at New York University and accompanied exhibitions of his work to
Lima, Peru; Mexico City; London, and Copenhagen
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1965 |
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Awarded a Ford Foundation grant and named to the Andrew Mellon Chair
of Painting at Carnegie-Mellon University
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1989 |
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The National Endowment honored Calcagno with a major painting grant
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1993 |
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Died in State College, Pennsylvania, on 22 April
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Studied painting in San Francisco with Clyfford Still, Edward Corbett and
Mark Rothko after World War II
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Held posts at several universities as artist-in-residence, including the
Albright School of the University of Buffalo
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Awarded
fellowships by the Yaddo Foundation in Saratoga Springs,
New York, the
Macdowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire,
and the Wurlitzer
Foundation in Taos, NM
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2000 - 2005
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Canfield Gallery, Santa Fe
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1987
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Retrospective exhibition, Harwood Museum, Taos, NM
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1982 - 1983
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Retrospective exhibition, The Mitchell Museum, Mount Vernon, Il.
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1973 - 1975
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Circulating exhibition of Calcagno’s works on paper, The Smithsonian,
Washington D.C.
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1967
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Retrospective exhibition, Westmoreland County Museum of Art,
Greensburg, PA.
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1958
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17 Americans at the Brussels Worlds Fair.
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1957
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Instituto de Arte Contemporaneo, Lina, Peru
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1956
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University of AL., Tuscaloosa
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1956
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Howard College, Birmingham, AL
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1956
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Macon Art Association, Macon, GA.
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1956
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Albright Art Gallery, The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, NY.
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1955
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First solo exhibition at the Martha Jackson Gallery
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1954
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Martha Jackson Gallery, New York City
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1954
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Studio Paul Facchetti, Paris, France. Calcagno
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1954
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The Lucien LaBaudt Art Gallery, San Francisco, California
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1952
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Studio Paul Facchetti, Paris, France
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1945
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Little Gallery, New Orleans, LA.
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Catalogued Exhibitions
Special Collection
1997-98 Anita Shapolsky Gallery, 152 East 65th Street, New York, NY
1992 Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, NY
1987 Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York
1984 Foundations Gallery New York, Roanoke Museum of Fine Art Roanoke, VA
1983 The New Gallery, Taos, NM
1983 New Gallery, Taos, NM Traveling Retrospective, Nine regional museums
1982 The New Gallery, Taos, NM Traveling Retrospective, Nine0 regional museums
1978 Stables Gallery, Taos, NM
1977 Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1976 Contemporary Art Center, Honolulu,HI
1973 -1975 Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Solo traveling exhibition: Permutations: Earth, Sea, Sky
1970-1972 Meredith Long Houston Galleries, Houston, TX
1968-1969 Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI
1969 Meredith Long Houston Galleries, Houston, TX
1967 Westmoreland County Museum of Art, Greensburg, PA
1966 Ester Robles Gallery, Los Angles, Ca
1965 Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
1965 Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
1962 Martha Jackson Gallery New York, NY
1961 Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico City, Mexico
1961 McRobert and Tunnard Gallery, London, England
1960 Martha Jackson Gallery New York, NY
1960 Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
1959 Fairweather-Hardin Gallery, Chicago, IL
1959 University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
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