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William Gropper

♂  American, 1897–1977

William worked at MoMA about 1940 as Competition Judge . He has been in 28 exhibitions at MoMA, between 1932 and 1986.

29 exhibitions

EXHIBITIONS BY YEAR
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Photo of the exhibition Murals by American Painters and Photographers

3–31 May 1932

Edward Steichen, Ben Shahn, Charles Sheeler and Stuart Davis, among others, were involved.

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New Acquisitions: Gifts of the Advisory Committee

10 February to 7 March 1937

Joan Miró, Jean (Hans) Arp, Piet Mondrian and Alberto Giacometti, among others, were involved.

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Photo of the exhibition Summer Exhibition: Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection and on Loan

23 June to 4 November 1937

Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró and Fernand Léger, among others, were involved.

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Paintings for Paris

8 November to 13 December 1937

Charles Sheeler, John Marin, Edward Hopper and Yasuo Kuniyoshi, among others, were involved.

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Photo of the exhibition Three Centuries of American Art

24 May to 31 July 1938

Edward Steichen, Ben Shahn, Charles Sheeler and Man Ray, among others, were involved.

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Photo of the exhibition Painting, Sculpture, Prints

10 May to 30 September 1939

Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró and Paul Klee, among others, were involved.

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Photo of the exhibition Twelve Favorites: Paintings Selected by Students from the Museum Collection

31 January to 1 March 1940

Paul Cézanne, André Derain, Amedeo Modigliani and William Gropper, among others, were involved.

Competition Judge
Photo of the exhibition PM Competition: The Artist as Reporter

15 April to 7 May 1940

Ben Shahn, John Sloan, William Gropper and Philip Guston, among others, were involved.

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Photo of the exhibition Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

23 October 1940 to 12 January 1941

Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró and Fernand Léger, among others, were involved.

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Photo of the exhibition We Like Modern Art

27 December 1940 to 12 January 1941

Pablo Picasso, Max Ernst, Jean (Hans) Arp and Alexander Calder, among others, were involved.

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New Acquisitions: American Painting and Sculpture

10 March to 3 May 1941

Alexander Calder, Edward Hopper, William Zorach and Arshile Gorky, among others, were involved.

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Photo of the exhibition Twentieth Century Portraits

9 December 1942 to 24 January 1943

Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró and Fernand Léger, among others, were involved.

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Art Shows for U.S.O. Centers

4 August to 26 September 1943

Edward Hopper, Victor D'Amico, William Gropper and Jean Charlot, among others, were involved.

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Romantic Painting in America

17 November 1943 to 6 February 1944

George Grosz, Lyonel Feininger, John Marin and Edward Hopper, among others, were involved.

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Photo of the exhibition Modern Drawings

16 February to 10 May 1944

Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró and Paul Klee, among others, were involved.

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Photo of the exhibition Painting, Sculpture, Prints

24 May to 15 October 1944

Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró and Paul Klee, among others, were involved.

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What is Modern Painting?

6–25 March 1945

Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró and Paul Klee, among others, were involved.

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Photo of the exhibition The Museum Collection of Painting and Sculpture

20 June 1945 to 13 February 1946

Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró and Paul Klee, among others, were involved.

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Photo of the exhibition On Being a Cartoonist

15 October to 24 November 1946

Pablo Picasso, Paul Klee, Georges Rouault and George Grosz, among others, were involved.

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Photo of the exhibition American Paintings from the Museum Collection

23 December 1948 to 13 March 1949

Max Ernst, Ben Shahn, Charles Sheeler and Man Ray, among others, were involved.

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Photo of the exhibition XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection

19 October 1954 to 6 February 1955

Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró and Paul Klee, among others, were involved.

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Photo of the exhibition America Seen: Between The Wars

25 April to 7 August 1961

Ben Shahn, Charles Sheeler, George Grosz and John Marin, among others, were involved.

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Photo of the exhibition Manhattan Observed

22 March to 1 July 1968

William S. Lieberman, Robert Rauschenberg, Charles Sheeler and George Grosz, among others, were involved.

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Photo of the exhibition Tamarind: Homage to Lithography

29 April to 1 September 1969

William S. Lieberman, David Hockney, Josef Albers and William Gropper, among others, were involved.

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Photo of the exhibition The Artist as Adversary

1 July to 27 September 1971

Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, Paul Klee and Georges Rouault, among others, were involved.

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American Prints from the International Program

3–8 November 1971

Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Ben Shahn and Alexander Calder, among others, were involved.

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Photo of the exhibition American Prints: 1913–1963

3 December 1974 to 3 March 1975

Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Ben Shahn and Charles Sheeler, among others, were involved.

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Photo of the exhibition Points of View

7 March to 8 June 1975

Paul Klee, Marc Chagall, Odilon Redon and George Grosz, among others, were involved.

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Photo of the exhibition American Prints: 1900–1960; Recent Acquisitions: Illustrated Books

18 December 1985 to 20 May 1986

Ben Shahn, Charles Sheeler, Alexander Calder and Jim Dine, among others, were involved.