Naum Knop resumé, 1917 - 1993

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Solo Exhibitions
1990 Museo Naum Knop Buenos Aires, Argentina
1989 Museum of Modern Art of Latin American, gallery at the Organization of American States Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.
1989 Foundacion Banco Patricios Buenos Aires
1989 Museo de Arte Contemporanea Campinas, Brazil
1989 Museo Naum Knop Buenos Aires
1988 Museo Naum Knop Buenos Aires
1988 Soudan Gallery Buenos Aires
1987 Martna Céspedes Gallery Buenos Aires
1987 Centro Cultural Malvinas Buenos Aires
1986 Serra Lima Buenos Aires
1986 Soudan Gallery Buenos Aires
1986 Arch Gallery New York, New York, U.S.A.
1985 Martina Céspedes Gallery Buenos Aires
1984 Argentine Embassy Washington, D.C.
1984 Angel Nuñez Galleries Washington, D.C.
1983 Praxis Gallery Buenos Aires
1983 New Art Exhibition Center Buenos Aires
1982 Vincent Price Gallery Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
1981 B. Lewin Galleries Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A
1981 B. Lewin Galleries Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
1981 Serra Lima Gallery Buenos Aires
1980 Today in Art Gallery Buenos Aires
1979 Martina Céspedes Gallery Buenos Aires
1979 Pozzi Art Saloon Buenos Aires
1977 E.P. Gallery Dusseldorf, West Germany
1977 Exhibition Cologne, West Germany
1977 Martina Céspedes Gallery Buenos Aires
1976 Wildenstein Gallery Buenos Aires
1976 Carmen Waugh Gallery Buenos Aires
1976 Paolini Acrilics Buenos Aires
1973 Exhibition Tel Aviv, Israel
1971 Fauso Gallery Buenos Aires
1970 Opening of Naum Knop Museum-house Buenos Aires
1970 Feldman Gallery Córdoba, Argentina
1969 Integra Gallery Buenos Aires
1967 Van Riel Gallery Buenos Aires
1966 Due Mondi Gallery Rome, Italy
1966 Exhibition Tel Aviv, Israel
1966 Jerusalem Museum, Director J.M. William Samberg Jerusalem, Israel
1963 Municipal Museum of Fine Arts Bahía Blanca, Province of Buenos Aires
1961 Van Riel Gallery Buenos Aires
1958 Argentine Society for the Stimulus of Fine Arts Buenos Aires
1948 Exhibition New York, N.Y.
1948 Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
1948 Hall of Arts Gallery Beverly Hills, CA
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Selected Group Exhibitions
1972 Exhibition Homage to Jose Hernandez for his book "Martin Fierro" at the General San Martin Cultural Center Buenos Aires
1960 International Exhibition organized by the Museum of Modern Art Buenos Aires
1959 Biennial of Sao Paulo Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Monuments
1984 Placement of the monument "Three Suns" Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S.A.
1984 Temporary placement, "Three Suns", in front of the Iglesia del Pilar Buenos Aires
1973 Unveiling or a wooden mural - 2.4m x 17m, or 71/2' x 53', in 3 panels at the Ort Argentina School Buenos Aires
1967 Unveiling of the monumental sculpture in bronze, "Reclining Figure", at the General San Martin Cultural Center, 3.5m x 1.5m, 11' x 4.3/4' Buenos Aires
1967 Mural at the Cooperative Bank, cement; 4m x 3m, 12 1/2' x 9 1/2' Saavedra, Buenos Aires
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Outdoor Murals and Sculptures
1978      "Dance" sculpture in bronze; 1.3m x 1.3m, 4' x 4' Buenos Aires
1972      "Figurative Dance" in bronze; 1.15m x .4m, 3 1/2' x                    1.1/4' Vidt St. and Santa Fe Ave., BA
1969      Mural in Serra Lima in wood Córdoba Ave and Agüero St., BA
1968      Mural in wood; 1.2m x 1.6m, 3 3/4' x 5' Cucha Cucha St.and Fragata Sarmiento St., BA
1966      Mural in cement; 4m x 2.5m, 12 1/2' x 7 3/4' Pueyrredón Ave. and Vincente López St, BA
1965      Sculpture in bronze Posadas St. and Montevideo St., BA
1964      Mural in cement; 3m x 2.4m, 9 1/2' x 7 1/2' Corrientes Ave between Maipú St and Florida St., BA
1963      Mural in travertine Córdoba Ave. and Esmeralda St., BA
1962      Mural at the Cooperative Bank, cement; 3m x 2.5m,                   9 1/2' x 7 3/4' Villa Crespo, BA
1961      "Large Rosette" mural in carob-tree wood; 1.5m                   diameter, 4 1/2' diameter Leandro Alem Ave. and Viamonte St., BA
1960      Mural in cement; 1.5m x 1.2m, 4 1/2' x 3 3/4' Valentin Gomez St. and Boulogne sur    Mer St, BA
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Prizes and Awards
1981     Invited to the "Augusto Palanzo" Prize by the                  Academy of Fine Arts Buenos Aites
1980     Guest of Honor in the 57th Annual Saloon of Santa Fe Buenos Aires
1964      "Acquisition Prize", Mar del Plata, Saloon of Art Buenos Aires
1964     "Grand Prize of Honor" in the National Saloon of                  Plastic Arts Argentina
1964     Selected to represent the National Academy of Fine                  Arts in the Augusto Palanzo Prize .
1963     "Great Prize of Honor" Manuel Belgrano Municipal                  Saloon of Plastic Arts Buenos Aries
1962     Invited to the "Torcuato Di Tella" Prize of Sculpture Buenos Aires
1961     "Prize of Honor" Ministry of Justice and Education of                  the 50th National Show .
1961     1st Prize, XXXIX Rosario Saloon Buenos Aries
1960     1st Prize, Province of Santa Fe Annual Saloon Buenos Aires
1959     3rd Prize, Rosario Saloon Buenos Aries
1959     1st Prize, Mar Del Plata, Saloon of Art Buenos Aries
1958     2nd Prize, "Manuel Belgrano" Municipal Saloon Buenos Aries
1958     2nd Prize, Mar Del Plata, Saloon of Art Buenos Aries
1957     3rd Prize, "Manuel Belgrano" Municipal Saloon Buenos Aries
1957     1st Prize, Saloon of Art, Tandil .
1956      Stimulus Prize in the La Plata Arts Saloon Buenos Aries
1956      "Friends of Art from Santa Fe" Prize at the "Rosa                   Galistao de Rodriguez" Museum Province of Santa Fe, Buenos Aires
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Works Purchased by Museums
Museum of Modern Art of Latin America, Organization of American States, Washington D.C.
National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires
Eduardo Sivori Museum, Buenos Aires
Museum of Modern Art, Buenos Aires, 1961
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Selected Biography
1987     Book: "Naum Knop" by Osiris Chierco, published by              Ediciones de Arte Gaglianone Buenos Aires
1983     Book: ""Naum Knop" (Drawings and Essays about the              work of Knop), photography by Enrique Limbrunner,              published by Lesague Buenos Aires
1977     Book: "Book of Designs" by Ricardo Mosquera                  Eastman, Marcos Aguinis and Osvaldo Svanascini;                  introduced at Book Fair Buenos Aires
1975     Book: "Naum Knop" text by Romualdo Brughetti,              photography by Enrique Limbrunner, published by              Lesague Buenos Aires
1965     Book: "Naum Knop" by Vincente Caride, monograph              published by Lesague; 1966, "Naum Knop" text in              Hebrew, French and English by Ernesto B. Rodríguez Buenos Aires
1972     Article: "Las liricas estructuras de Naum Knop" (Naum              Knop's lyrical structures), by Hugo Monzón, in "La              Opinion", 14-XII-1972 Buenos Aires
1970     Article: "Las originales esculturas de Naum Knop"              (Original sculptures by Naum Knop), in "La Voz del              Interior", 6-VIII-1970 Córdoba
1969     Catalogue: "Naum Knop", Introduction by Romauldo              Brughetti, Nexo Gallery Buenos Aires
1969     Catalogue: "Naum Knop", introducing six sculptors,              "Integra" by Osvaldo López Chuhurra, Art Center Buenos Aires
1966     Catalogue: "Naum Knop", Introduction by Giogio Di              Genova, "Due Mondi" Gallery Rome, Italy
1962     Catalogue: "Premio Internacional de Escultura"                  (International Sculpture Prize) by Vincente P.                  Caride, Torcuato Di Tella Institute, National Museum                  of Arts Buenos Aires
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Education
At age 10: Knop studied the craft of repairing antique furniture with a wood carver
Adolescence: Knop learned to develop large size sculptures under such teachers as Luis Fernández (Renaissance "bottega")
At age 16: studied at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes, directed by Pio Collivadino, under graduate drawing teachers such as Alberto Lagos and Alfredo Bigatti.
Knop studied at the Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes, under Ernesto Soto Avendaña, Carlos de la Cárcova and José Fioravanti.
At age 22 (1939): Knop graduates as a National Professor of Art; Professor Knop taught at the Bahía Blanca University for 6 years.
At age 30 (1947): Knop wanted to be part of the international revolution in art, traveled to the U.S., won a fellowship to the Art Institute of Los Angeles.
Knop continued to travel intermittently in order to bring the art revolution back to Argentina.
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Naum Knop is in hundreds of private collections throughout the world.
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