Deborah Remington
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Deborah Remington was an American
painter. She lived and worked in New York City and Pennsylvania. Remington was a veteran of more than 30 solo exhibitions and hundreds of group exhibitions including 3 Whitney Museum of American Art
annuals. She was the great-niece of artist Frederic Remington
. In 1954, she was one of the six painters and poets, and the only woman, who founded the now legendary Six Gallery
in San Francisco. A 1955 graduate of the San Francisco Art Institute
she began to exhibit her work in 1962 at the Dilexi Gallery in San Francisco and had solo shows in 1962, 1963, and 1965. She had her first solo exhibition in New York City in 1966 at the Bykert Gallery
at 15 W. 57th Street in Manhattan. She had solo shows there in 1967, 1969, 1972 and 1974. In 1983 Remington had a 20 year retrospective exhibition that opened at the Newport Harbor Museum
in California and later traveled to the Oakland Museum of California
and other venues. In 1984, she received a Guggenheim Fellowship
. In 1999 She was elected to the National Academy of Design
and received a Pollock-Krasner Foundation
Grant that same year.
Remington died April 21, 2010 in Moorestown, New Jersey of cancer, aged 79.
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painter. She lived and worked in New York City and Pennsylvania. Remington was a veteran of more than 30 solo exhibitions and hundreds of group exhibitions including 3 Whitney Museum of American Art
Whitney Museum of American Art
The Whitney Museum of American Art, often referred to simply as "the Whitney", is an art museum with a focus on 20th- and 21st-century American art. Located at 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street in New York City, the Whitney's permanent collection contains more than 18,000 works in a wide variety of...
annuals. She was the great-niece of artist Frederic Remington
Frederic Remington
Frederic Sackrider Remington was an American painter, illustrator, sculptor, and writer who specialized in depictions of the Old American West, specifically concentrating on the last quarter of the 19th century American West and images of cowboys, American Indians, and the U. S...
Biography
Deborah Remington was born in 1930 and grew up in Haddonfield, New JerseyHaddonfield, New Jersey
Haddonfield is a borough located in Camden County, New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough had a total population of 11,593....
. In 1954, she was one of the six painters and poets, and the only woman, who founded the now legendary Six Gallery
Six Gallery reading
The Six Gallery reading was a poetry-reading which occurred at the Six Gallery on Friday, October 7, 1955, at 3119 Fillmore Street in San Francisco....
in San Francisco. A 1955 graduate of the San Francisco Art Institute
San Francisco Art Institute
San Francisco Art Institute is a school of higher education in contemporary art with the main campus in the Russian Hill district of San Francisco, California. Its graduate center is in the Dogpatch neighborhood. The private, non-profit institution is accredited by WASC and is a member of the...
she began to exhibit her work in 1962 at the Dilexi Gallery in San Francisco and had solo shows in 1962, 1963, and 1965. She had her first solo exhibition in New York City in 1966 at the Bykert Gallery
Bykert Gallery
Bykert Gallery was an influential contemporary art gallery in New York City between 1966 and 1975, run by Klaus Kertess and Jeff Byers, who had been classmates at Yale College, class of 1958...
at 15 W. 57th Street in Manhattan. She had solo shows there in 1967, 1969, 1972 and 1974. In 1983 Remington had a 20 year retrospective exhibition that opened at the Newport Harbor Museum
Orange County Museum of Art
The Orange County Museum of Art is a museum located in Newport Beach, California.The museum's collection comprises more than 3,000 objects, with a concentration on the art of California from the early 20th century to present...
in California and later traveled to the Oakland Museum of California
Oakland Museum of California
Oakland Museum of California or Oakland Museum is a museum dedicated to the art, history, and natural science of California located in Oakland, California....
and other venues. In 1984, she received a Guggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowships are American grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts." Each year, the foundation makes...
. In 1999 She was elected to the National Academy of Design
National Academy of Design
The National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts, founded in New York City as the National Academy of Design – known simply as the "National Academy" – is an honorary association of American artists founded in 1825 by Samuel F. B. Morse, Asher B. Durand, Thomas Cole, Martin E...
and received a Pollock-Krasner Foundation
Pollock-Krasner Foundation
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation was established in 1985 for the purpose of providing financial assistance to individual working artists of established ability. It was established at the bequest of Lee Krasner, who was an American abstract expressionist painter and the widow of fellow painter Jackson...
Grant that same year.
Remington died April 21, 2010 in Moorestown, New Jersey of cancer, aged 79.