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José Luis Cuevas Biographie
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1933
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Born: Mexico City, Mexico
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1947
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By the age of fourteen, he had illustrated numerous periodicals and books and had had his first exhibition in Mexico City
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1953
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Cuevas published La cortina del nopal (The Cactus Curtain), an article condemning aspects of the Mexican Mural movement and advocating greater artistic freedom
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1959
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First International Prize for Drawing, Biennial of Sao Paulo, Brazil
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1960
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This philosophy inspired the founding in 1960 of the group Nueva Presencia, which he joined for a brief time. It promoted individual expression and figurative art reflecting the contemporary human condition
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1962
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First Prize, International Black and White Exhibition, Lugano, Switzerland
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1968
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First International Prize for Printmaking, Triennial of Graphic Arts, New Delhi, India
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1977
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First Prize, III Latin American Print Biennial, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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1981
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Awarded the National Prize for Fine Arts in Mexico
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1992
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The Museo Jose Luis Cuevas was inaugurated in Mexico City
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Expositions sélectionnées |
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Represented Mexico at the 1982 Venice Biennial |
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1976 |
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Musee d'Art Moderne, Paris, France (solo) |
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1975 |
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Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona (solo) |
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1974 |
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Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Caracas, Venezuela (solo) |
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1972 |
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The Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City (solo) |
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1970 |
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San Francisco Museum of Art, California (solo) |
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1965 |
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The Emergent Decade, Cornell University and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. |
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1961 |
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University of Texas, Austin (solo) |
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1957 |
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Four Masters of Line: Jose Luis Cuevas, Alexander Calder, Stuart Davis, and Morris Graves, Musee de la Napoule, France |
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