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b. born New York City, NY, 1921
EDUCATION
1941-42 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
1946-56 École des Beaux-arts, Paris, France
Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Paris, France
Académie Julian, Paris, France.
TEACHING
1981-93 National Academy School of Fine Arts, New York, NY
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2001 University of Richmond Museums, Richmond, VA
1993 Art Students League of New York, NY
1993 La Maison Francaise, New York University, NY
1990 La Maison Francaise, New York University, NY
1989 Galerie Marie-Therese Cochin, Paris, France
1987 University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown, PA
1980 Gallery 62, National Urban League, New York, NY
1978 Discovery Art Gallery, Clifton, NJ
1977 Babcock Galleries, New York, NY
1973 Babcock Galleries, New York, New York
1972 Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
1971 Larcarda Gallery, New York, NY
1968 Larcarda Gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1999 Black New York Artists of the 20th Century: Selections from the Schomburg Center Collection
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York, NY (posthumously)
1988 Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
1972 Babcock Gallery, New York, NY
1971 Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
1971 Cummer Gallery of Art, Jacksonville, FL
1971 Finch College Museum of Art, New York, NY
1971 National Academy of Design , New York, NY
1971 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, PA
1971 Whitney Museum of American Art, New York NY
1970 Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX
1970 Philadelphia Civic Center Museum, PA
1970 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1969 San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA
1969 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1969 Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
1968 High Museum of Art, Altanta, GA
1968 Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
1968 Roko Gallery, New York, NY
1968 The Contemporaries Gallery N.Y.
1968 Academy of Fine Arts, Banfer Gallery, NY
1960 Gallery 10, New Hope, PA
1953 Village Art Center, New York, NY
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
Massillon Museum, Massillon, OH
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Miles College, Birmingham, AL
National Academy of Design, New York, NY
Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences, Norfolk, VA
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Springfield Art Museum, Springfield MO
Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, NY
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Robert Hull Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Denison University, Granville, OH
The Schomburg Collection, New York, NY
Health and Hospitals Corporation, New York, NY
Galeri Marie-Therese Cochin, Paris, France
National Academy of Design, New York, NY
Denison University, Granville, Ohio Lacarda Gallery, New York, New York
SELECTED PRIZES & AWARDS
William Patton Prize
New York Village Art Center Prize
National Academy of Design, Paton Prize
American Academy of Arts and Letters,
Childe Hassam Fund Purchase Prize
United States State Department, Exchange Grant
National Audubon Artist Society,
Grumbacher Award
American Watercolor Society Prize
Centennial Exhibition Gold Medal
Audubon Artists Society Annual Prize
American Federation of Arts, Medal of Honor
Emily Lowe Award
High Winds Award
Audubon Artists Purchase Prize
Ranger Fund,
Samuel F. B. Morse Medal
Palmer Memorial Prize
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Avel C. deKnight" by Frank Martin, in St. James Guide to Black Artist St James Press in Association with the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. 1998 pp. 135-136
"Black Art: an International
Quarterly" Volume 4. number 1 Cover Reproduction: "Halo of Memory" with text and interview by editor Val Spaulding. 8 color reproductions, 6 black and white
Essay exhibit catalog, solo exhibition, Gallery 62,
"Mask and Mirage" Lowery S. Sims, Associate Curator 20th Century Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City March 1980
"Avel C. deKnight" by Karl Lunde, in Arts. 52. November 1977, p. 11 (illustrated)
Half hour interview with Henri Ghent, Archives of American Art. Washington. D. C., 1978
"Watercolor Page: Avel deKnight." in American Artist. September 1976, pp. 44-47 (illustrated)
"Reviews and Previews" by Laurie Anderson. in Art News. 70. November 1977, p. l2
Haas, Joseph. "A Big Brillant and exciting exhibition of Black Art", Chicago Daily News January 16-17, 1971
"Eye on New York." in Art Gallery. 17, November 1973, pp. 63-65 (illustrated)
Poloski, Harry
Ernest Kaiser, and Otto Lindenmeyer. "The Black Artist", Reference Library of Black America, Vol. 4, 1971
Schatz, Walter. Directory of African-American Resources, New York, Bowker, 1970
Meyers, Carol L. Black Power in the Arts, Flint, Michigan, 1970
Lebrun, Caron. "Black Art on Display," Boston Herald Traveler, May 26, 1970
"Who's Who in American Art", 1970
Harley, Ralph, Jr. "Checklist of Afro-American Art and Artists," The Serif, December, 1970
Van Almelo, Frederick. "In the American Grain," Boston After Dark, May 26, 1970
Ruder and Finn Fine Arts. Contemporary Black Artist, 1969
Hollingsworth, Alvin. "Wealth of Expression in Black Artists", Rhode Island School of Design exhibition, Providence Sunday Journal, June 29, 1969
"Review and Previews: Avel deKnight." By Rosalind Brown, in Art News. 67, November 1968, p. 13
"Artists in the Art News." in Art News. 68. March 1969. p. 6
"Art: Russia-Bound Artist." in Jet. 20, 1, June 1961. p. 48
"Reviews and Previews: Avel deKnight." in Art News. 55, March 1960, pp. 52
"Galleries Cross Country." in Art News. 59, March 1960, pp. 52-53
"Who's News." in Art Digest 15, November 1953
"Two Gi's Go Back To Paris." in Ebony Magazine. 2, March 1947, pp.l6-18
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