Alex Katz Vita

ARTIST BIO

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July 24, 1927 Born in Brooklyn, New York

 

1946 – 1949 Studied at the Cooper Union Art School, New York 

 

1949 – 1950 Studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine

 

1972 Guggenheim Scholarship

 

1994 Membership of the National Academy of Design

Visiting Professor at the Cooper Union Art School, New York

 

2000 Artist of the City Award, Cooper Union, New York

 

2001 Guest scholarship at the American Academy in Berlin

 

2007 Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy Museum, New York

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