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

March Avery (born October 12, 1932, in New York) is an American painter.

Life

The daughter of Milton and Sally 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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "March Avery Cavanaugh". Art in Embassies. U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 22 June 2014.

Bibliography

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


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