biography of Armando MORALES (1927-2011)

Birth place: Granada, Nicaragua

Addresses: NYC

Profession: Painter

Studied: Sch. FA, Managua, Nicaragua; Pratt Graphic AC, NYC

Exhibited: Bienal Mod. Art, S„o Paulo, Brazil, 1953, 1955 & 1959 (Ernest Wolf Award); Carnegie Int., 1958, 1964 (J.L. Hudson Award) & 1967; Arte Am. y Espa-a, Madrid, Barcelona, Rome & Berlin, 1961, 1963 (prize); Guggenheim Int., New York, 1960; The Emergent Decade, Cornell Univ. & Guggenheim Mus., 1966; Lee A. Ault & Co., NYC, 1970s.

Work: MoMA; Guggenheim Mus., New York; Detroit Inst. Art; PMA; Mus. FA, Houston, TX

Comments: Preferred medium: oils. Teaching: Cooper Union, 1971-.

Sources: WW73; Dore Ashton, Visual Pleasure from Austerity," Studio Int. (London, Feb., 1965); Heinz Ohff, "Anleitnung zum Optimismus: Begegnung mit Armando Morales in Berlin," Der Taggespiegel, Berlin, June 19, 1965; Esperanza Brault, "Armando Morales," El Sol Mex., Mexico City, Oct. 4, 1968."

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