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Milton Clark Avery  American  1885 -1965
Born: Altman, New York, United States 
Studied: Connecticut League of Art Students 
Exhibited: Avery One-Man Show, Opportunity Gallery, New York  1928
Examples of Work: Atlanta Art Association 
Baltimore Museum of Art, MD 
Barnes Foundation, Merion, Pennsylvania 
Brooklyn Museum of Art 
Dayton Art Institute, Ohio 
Honolulu Academy of Arts 
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 
Museum of Modern Art, New York City 
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia 
Philadelphia Museum of Art 
Philips Collection, Washington DC 
Santa Barbara Museum of Art 
Specialty: Painter
Style/School: Modernism
Subjects Known For: Seascapes
Figural
Memberships: American Art Congress 
American Society of Painters, Sculptors and Engravers 
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts 
Society of Independent Artists 
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Milton Avery was born in Altmar, New York on March 7, 1885. In 1898, his family moved to the village of Wilson Station, CT.

In 1915, after the deaths of his father, two brothers, and brother-in-law, Avery was thrust into the role of provider for a family of eleven. In order to paint duri... (More)


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