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Hugh Townley


American (1923-2008)
born Lafayette, IN


STUDIED

University of Wisconsin, 1946-48
Studied in Paris with Ossip Zadkine, 1948
Studied in London with Victor Pasmore, 1949-51


TEACHING

Layton School of Art, Milwaukee, WI, 1952-56
Beloit College, WI, professor of sculpture, 1956-57
Boston University, professor of art, sculpture & drawing, 1957-61
Brown University, RI, professor of art, sculpture & drawing, 1961-89


SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

"New Talent", Museum of Modern Art, NY, 1955
Lyman Allen Museum, CT, 1960, one-man
Pace Gallery, Boston & New York, 1964
Knoedler Gallery, New York, 1966
"Art in the Embassies", traveling exhibition, 1966-67 "Ten Sculptors", Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1967
De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, MA 1969, one-man
Oakland Museum, CA, 1969
"Monumenta", Newport, RI, 1974
University of Oregon, 1976, one-man
Worcester Art Museum, 1980, one-man


SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Whitney Museum of American Art
Art Institute of Chicago
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Smithsonian American Art Museum



 
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