March Avery (/ˈeɪvəri/; born October 12, 1932) is an American painter.
March Avery | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 12, 1932 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Barnard College |
| Known for | Paintings |
| Spouse | Philip Cavanaugh |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent(s) | Milton Avery and Sally Michel Avery |
Life
editThe daughter of Milton and Sally Michel Avery, March was trained by her father.[1] She grew up around other famous artists such as Mark Rothko, Adolf Gottlieb, Barnett Newman, Byron Browne, and Marsden Hartley.[1] She attended the Little Red School House in New York. She graduated from Barnard College and married Philip Cavanaugh, with whom she has a son named Sean. Her work has been shown at the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia; New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut; and the Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia.[1] Her work can be found in the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c "March Avery Cavanaugh". Art in Embassies. U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
- ^ "March Avery".
Bibliography
edit- 'Artists' Estates Reputations in Trust'. Ed. by Magda Salvesen and Diane Cousineau. (New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 2005), 150–151.
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