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Franklin Chenault Watkins

♂  American, 1894–1972

Franklin Chenault Watkins has been in 23 exhibitions at MoMA, between 1930 and 1989.

23 exhibitions

EXHIBITIONS BY YEAR
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46 Painters and Sculptors under 35 Years of Age

11–27 April 1930

Ben Shahn, Pavel Tchelitchew, Peter Blume and Arshile Gorky, among others, were involved.

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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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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 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 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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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 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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Photo of the exhibition Dance and Theatre Design

24 May to 17 September 1944

Pablo Picasso, Fernand Léger, Georges Braque and Marc Chagall, among others, were involved.

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Works from the Museum Collection of Dance and Theatre Design

2 May to 1 August 1945

Giorgio de Chirico, André Masson, Pavel Tchelitchew and Diego Rivera, 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 Ballet Drawings by Franklin C. Watkins for "Transcendence"; Model by Eugene Berman for "The Island God"

18 June to 25 August 1946

Franklin Chenault Watkins was 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 Polio Poster Competition

31 October to 20 November 1949

Edward Steichen, Ben Shahn, Alfred H. Barr, Jr. and Philip Johnson, among others, were involved.

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Photo of the exhibition Franklin Watkins

21 March to 11 June 1950

Andrew Carnduff Ritchie and Franklin Chenault Watkins were involved.

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Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

29 August to 15 October 1950

Pablo Picasso, Max Ernst, Georges Rouault and Ben Shahn, 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 Portraits from the Museum Collection

4 May to 18 September 1960

Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Paul Klee and William S. Lieberman, among others, were involved.

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Photo of the exhibition Drawings from the Museum Collections: A Selection

27 May 1964 to 23 March 1965

Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Paul Klee and Fernand Léger, among others, were involved.

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Photo of the exhibition Painters for the Theatre: An Invitation to the Theatre Arts Collection

19 November 1973 to 13 January 1974

Pablo Picasso, Fernand Léger, William S. Lieberman and Marc Chagall, among others, were involved.

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Painters for the Theater

14 July to 1 November 1989

Pablo Picasso, Fernand Léger, Marc Chagall and Georges Rouault, among others, were involved.