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March Avery

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March Avery
Born (1932-10-12) October 12, 1932 (age 92)
New York City, New York, U.S.
EducationBarnard College
Known forPaintings
SpousePhilip Cavanaugh
Children1
Parent(s)Milton Avery and Sally Michel Avery

March Avery (/ˈvəri/; born October 12, 1932) is an American painter.

Life

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The 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

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  1. ^ a b c "March Avery Cavanaugh". Art in Embassies. U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  2. ^ "March Avery".

Bibliography

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  • 'Artists' Estates Reputations in Trust'. Ed. by Magda Salvesen and Diane Cousineau. (New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 2005), 150–151.