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Andy Warhol

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<p><strong>1928</strong> Born Andrew Warhola on August 6.</p>
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<p><strong>1945 </strong>Enrolls in the department of painting and design at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, graduating four years later.</p>
<p><strong>1946 </strong>Receives the Martin B. Leisser Prize for his drawings on display at the Carnegie Institute’s Gallery of Fine Art.</p>
<p><strong>1947 </strong>Begins to experiment with the blotted-linedrawing technique.</p>
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Warhol, Andy

One Hundred and Fifty Multicolored Marilyns

Jeff Koons

<p><strong>1955</strong> Born in York, Pennsylvania to Henry and Gloria Koons. His sister, Karen, is three years older. His father owned an interior decoration business. Koons learns from him his aesthetic sense.</p>
<p><strong>1960</strong> His parents encourage his creative streak and sign him up for drawing lessons.</p>
<p><strong>1963</strong> Koons paints copies of Old Masters, which his father exhibits in the windows of his interior decoration store and sells to his customers.</p>


Koons, Jeff

Puppy

Richard Serra

Serra, Richard

The Matter of Time

Eduardo Chillida

Chillida, Eduardo

How Profound Is the Air

Holzer, Jenny

Installation for Bilbao

Louise Bourgeois

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<p><strong>1911 </strong>Born on December 25.</p>
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<p><strong>1923</strong> Begins to help out at her parents&#8217; tapestry workshop.</p>
<p><strong>1932 </strong>After earning her baccalauréat, enrolls at the Sorbonne to study mathematics, but later abandons that discipline for art. In subsequent years, attends various Parisian art schools, including the École des Beaux-Arts, Académie de la Grande-Chaumière, and École du Louvre, and works in the studios of a number of different artists, including Roger Bissière, André Lhote, and Fernand Léger.</p>
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<p>Takes a trip to the Soviet Union.</p>
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Bourgeois, Louise

Maman

Yayoi Kusama

Kusama, Yayoi

Infinity Mirrored Room – A Wish for Human Happiness Calling from Beyond the Universe

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