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Aaron Bohrod Biographie
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1907 |
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Born on November 21, 1907 in Chicago, IL
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1926 - 1930 |
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Studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL and the Art Students League, New York, NY
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1930 |
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Returned to Chicago, IL; Painted views of the city and its working class
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1936 |
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Guggenheim Fellowship
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1936 |
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Commissioned by the Works Progress Administration to paint three monumental size murals for various Illinois Post Offices
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1942 - 1945 |
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Artistic war correspondent in the European Theater for Life Magazine and also worked for the Army Corps of Engineers
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1953 |
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Bohrod devoted himself exclusively to still life painting, often using a method known as ‘trompe l’oeil’
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1948 - 1973 |
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Replaced John Steuart Curry as the second Artist-in-Residence at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
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1992 |
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Died on April 3, 1992, at the age of 84, in Madison, WI
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2004 |
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Recipient of one of the Wisconsin Visual Art Lifetime Achievement Awards (The Wisconsin Visual Art Hall of Fame)
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1996
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Collecting the Art of Wisconsin: The Early Years, Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, Neenah, WI
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1986
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Butler Institute of America, Youngstown, OH (solo)
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1985
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Sid Deutsch Galleries, New York, NY (solo)
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1984
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Charles Allis Art Library, Milwaukee, WI (solo)
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1982
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John Steuart Curry, Aaron Bohrod, John Wilde: Leaders in Wisconsin Art, 1936-1981, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
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1981
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The Neglected Era, Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS
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1981
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ACA Galleries, Naples, FL (solo)
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1961
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Oehlschlaeger Galleries, Sarasota, FL (solo)
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1953
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Oehlschlaeger Galleries, Chicago, IL (solo)
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1948
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Associated American Artists Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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1939
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Carnegie International, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
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1933
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Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
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1933
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Rehn Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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