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Ludwig Bemelmans Biographie
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1898 |
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Born: Meran, Tyrol, Austria (now Merano, Italy)
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1914 |
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Immigrated to the United States
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1915 |
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First commissioned (caricature) portraits
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1918 |
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Became a United States citizen
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1927 |
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Studied art at the "Thaddeus Studio"
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1939 |
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Began “Madeleine” series of children’s book(Simon and Schuster), New York, NY
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1947 |
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Painted the mural, Central Park, on the walls of the Carlyle Hotel's Bemelmans Bar in New York, NY
Produced several covers for The New Yorker
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1940 - 1949 |
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Screenwriter, MGM Hollywood
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1950 |
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The National Arts Club, New York, NY
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1953 |
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Murals, La Colombe Bistro, Île de la Cité, Paris, France
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1954 |
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Was awarded a Caldecott Medal from the American Library Association
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| Expositions sélectionnées |
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2009
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Art Hamptons: The International Fine ArtFair. 1900-present, Southampton, NY
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2007
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Flights into Fantasy, Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, PA
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2002
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Coming of Ages: Images of Childhood from the Collection, University of Kentucky Art museum, Lexington, KY
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1959 - 1960
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Ludwig Bemelmans,Museum of the City of New York, New York, NY(solo)
Ludwig Bemelmans, Hammer Galleries, New York, NY(solo)
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1957
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Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, France (solo)
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| Selected Public Collections |
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Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, PA
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Mazza Museum Of International Art From Picture Books, Findlay, OH
Museé National d'Art, Paris, France
Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO
University Of Kentucky Art Museum,Lexington, KY
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| Littérature |
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1999
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Bemelmans, Ludwig. Madeline in America: And Other Holiday Tales.Arthur A. Levine Books: New York
BEMELMANS: The Life and Art of Madeline's Creator(Illustrated by John Bemelmans Marciano). Viking: New York
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1959
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Bemelmans' New York: An exhibition of paintings by Ludwig Bemelmans. Museum of the City of New York(catalogue)
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