JOHN STORRS
BORN
1885	Chicago, IL
EDUCATION
1906	Académie Montparnasse
1908	Art Institute of Chicago and the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, night classes
1909	School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
1910	Philadelphia Academy of the Fine Arts
1912	Began studies with Rodin
1911-13	Académie Colarossi and the Académie de la Grand Chaumière (both in Paris)
ONE-PERSON SHOWS
1920	John Storrs Exhibition, Folsom Galleries, New York, December 9- 24, 1920.
1921	Exhibition of Sculpture and Wood Engravings by John Storrs, The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, January 21-February 4, 1921. (Exhibition later traveled to the Milwaukee Art Institute)
1923	Exhibition of Sculpture by John Storrs, Société Anonyme, Paris, New York, February 23-March 22, 1923.  (Exhibition later traveled to The Arts Club of Chicago and probably the Milwaukee Art Institute)
1927	Sculpture by John Storrs, The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, December 11-31, 1927.  (Exhibition later traveled to The Brummer Gallery, Chicago)
	M. Knoedler and Company, New York, December 17-29, 1927.
1928	Storrs, The Brummer Gallery, New York, February 1- 25, 1928.
1929	An Exhibition of Original Drawings in Pencil and Silverpoint By the American Sculptor John Storrs, Albert Roullier Art Galleries, Chicago, April 9-26, 1929.
1931	Exhibition of Paintings by John Storrs, The Chester H. Johnson Galleries, Chicago , March, 1931
1935	An Exhibition by John Storrs: Sculpture, Painting and Drawing, Albert Roullier Art Galleries, Chicago, February 15-March 1, 1935.
1936	An Exhibition of Sculpture, Portraits, Original Drawings, Paintings by John Storrs, Albert Roullier Art Galleries, Chicago, January, 1936.
1937	Peintures et Sculptures de John Storrs, Galerie Bucher-Myrbor, Paris, France, 1937.
1938	Albert Roullier Art Galleries, Chicago.
1939	Five New Sculptures by John Storrs, Albert Roullier Art Galleries, Chicago, January 28-February 11, 1939.
1949	John Storrs Peintures Récentes, Sculptures, Bibliothèque Municipale, Orleans, France, May 23-June 7, 1949.
1965	John Storrs, The Downtown Gallery, New York, March 23-April 17, 1965.
1967	John Storrs, The Downtown Gallery, New York, April 18-May 13, 1967.
1969	John Storrs, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., May 3-June 9, 1969.
1970	John Storrs: Paintings, Sculpture, Drawings, Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York, November 21-December 24, 1970.
1972	John Storrs: Drawings and Prints, Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York, November 4-30, 1972.
1975	John Storrs, Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York, March 4-March 29, 1975.
1976	John Storrs (1885-1956): A Retrospective Exhibition of Sculpture, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, November 13, 1976-January 2, 1977.
1978	John Storrs: Paintings of the Thirties, Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York, October 21-November 18, 1978.
1979	John Storrs: Paintings and Sculpture of the Thirties, Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York, April 29-May 26, 1979.
1983	John Storrs: Painting, Sculpture and Drawings, Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York, January 4-26, 1983.
1986	John Storrs, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, December 11, 1986-March 22, 1987.  (Exhibition traveled to Amon Carter Museum and J.B. Speed Art Museum)
1987	John Storrs: Prints and Drawings, Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York, January 10-February 4, 1987.
	John Storrs Chicago 1885- Mer 1956, Musée de l’Orléanais, Château Dunois, Beaugency, France, 1987.
1994	John Storrs: Rhythm of Line, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, November 13, 1993-January 8, 1994.
1997	Paintings from Chantecaille, Robert Henry Adams Fine Art, Chicago, September 5-October 3, 1997.
1998	Sculpture and Related Drawings, Robert Henry Adams Fine Art, Chicago, April 24-June 2, 1998.
2001	Drawings: Figures, Monuments and Abstract Forms, Robert Henry Adams Fine Art, Chicago, April 27-June 15, 2001.
2003	John Storrs; Four Decades of Figurative Sculpture, Valerie Carberry Gallery, Chicago, September 5-October 13, 2003.
2005	John Storrs: Woodcuts, Valerie Carberry Gallery, Chicago, February 18- March 9, 2005.
2008	John Storrs: Abstract Forms of the 1930s Valerie Carberry Gallery, Chicago, January 4 - February 29, 2008
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1913	Salon d’Automne IIme Exposition de 1913, Société du Salon d’Automne.
1914	XXIVme Exposition, Société National des Beaux-Arts Salon de 1914.
1915	Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco.
1917	Exhibition of Etchings under the Management of the Chicago Society of Etchers, Art Institute of Chicago.
	Première Exposition de L’Arc-en-Ciel Groupe Franco-Anglo-Americain, Galerie du Luxembourg, Paris.
1918	Exhibition of Etchings under the Management of the Chicago Society of Etchers, Art Institute of Chicago.
1919	Exposition des Artistes de l’École Americaine, Musée National du Luxembourg, Paris.
1920	Exposition des Peintures de Henry Ottman et des Sculptures de John Storrs, Galerie des Feuillets d’Art, Paris.
1921	Wood Block Prints with the Provincetown Printers, Brown-Robertson Gallery, New York.
1924	L’Architecture et les Arts Qui s’y Rattachent, L’Ecole Specialse d’Architecture, Paris.
1925	Exposition de 6 Peintres Americains – 2 Sculpteurs Americains, Galerie Briant-Robert, Paris.
	A Loaned Exhibition of Modern Art, Edgar Miller’s House at the End of the Street, Chicago.
1926	Artistes Américains de France, Galerie Jean Charpentier, Paris.
	Groupe de Peintres et Sculpteurs Américains de Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris.
	An International Exhibition of Modern Art, The Brooklyn Museum, New York.
1927	Salon of American Arts, Jacques Seligman et Fils, Paris.
	The Fortieth Annual Exhibition of American Paintings and Sculpture, Art Institute of Chicago.
1929	Contemporary American Sculpture, The California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco.
	Oeuvres Anciennes et Nouvelles, L’Effort Moderne, Paris.
	Forty-Second Annual Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, Art Institute of Chicago.
1931	The Eleventh International Exhibiton: Water Colors, Pastels, Drawings, Monotypes and Miniatures, Art Institute of Chicago
	The Forty-Fourth Annual Exhibition of American Paintings and Sculpture
	An Exhibition of Original Drawings and Lithographs by Modern Masters, Albert Roullier Art Galleries, Chicago.
1931	American Contemporary Paintings and Sculpture, Society of Arts and Crafts, Detroit.
1933	Thirty-Seventh Annual Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity, Art Institute of Chicago.
	Paintings and Prints by Chicago Artists, Whitney Museum of American Art.
	Annual Exhibition by the Professional Members, Arts Club of Chicago.
	A Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, Art Institute of Chicago.
	First Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors and Prints, Whitney Museum of American Art.
	Painting and Sculpture from 16 American Cities, Museum of Modern Art, New York.
1934	129th Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia.
	The Thirteenth International Exhibition: Water Colors, Pastels, Drawings and Monotypes, Art Institute of Chicago.
1935	The Eighth Biennial Exhibition of Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings by American and Foreign Artisits, The Brooklyn Museum, New York.
	Abstract Painting in America, Whitney Museum of American Art.
1937	Origines et Développement de l’Art International Independent, Musee du Jeu de Paume.
1938	An Exhibition of American Sculpture, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh.
1939	Half a Century of American Art, The Art Institute of Chicago.
1940	Annual Exhibition by the Professional Members, Arts Club of Chicago.
1949	3rd Sculpture International, Philadelphia Museum of Art.
	3me Exposition Artistique Régionale, Chateau Dunois, Beaugency, France.
1953	Exposition d’Art Religieux – Contemporain, Musée des Beaux-Arts d’Orleans.
1954	37me Exposition des Beaux-Arts de l’École de la Loire
1955	École de Paris 1955, Galerie Charpentier 76, Paris.
1963	The Decade of the Armory Show: New Directions in American Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
1965	Roots of Abstract Art in America, 1919-1930, National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.
1966	The American Sculptor, 1900-1930, Zabriskie Gallery, New York.
1967	Six Decades of American Art, The Leicester Galleries, London, in association with the Downtown Gallery, New York.
1969	Edith Halpert and the Downtown Gallery, The University of Connecticut Museum of Art, Storrs.
1970	Art Deco, Finch College Museum of Art, New York.
1972	Forerunners of American Abstraction, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh.
1974	Art Deco and Its Origins, Heckscher Museum, Huntington, New York
1975	Avant-Garde Painting & Sculpture in America 1910-25, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington.
	Shapes of Industry: First Images in American Art, Terry Dintenfass, New York.
1976	200 Years of American Sculpture, Whitney Museum of American Art.
	America As Art, National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution
1976	Arts and Crafts in Detroit 1906-1976: The Movement, The Society, The School, The Detroit Institute of Arts.
1977	Paris—New York, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris.
1979	École to Deco: Small Sculptures from a Private Collection, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Ohio.
	Vanguard American Sculpture: 1913-1939, Rutgers University Art Gallery, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
	Constructivism and the Geometric Tradition: Selections from the McCrory Corporation Collection, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York.
	100 Artists 100 Years: Alumni of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago.
1981	Sculptors’ Drawings Over Six Centuries 1400-1950, The Drawing Center, New York.
	Classic Americans: XX Centry Painters & Sculptors, Stamford Museum and Nature Center, Stamford, Connecticut.
1982	Léger and the Modern Spirit: An Avant-Garde Alternative to Non-Objective Art (1918-1931), Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.
1983	Abstract Painting and Sculpture in America 1927-1944, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh.
1984	Artists Choose Artists III, CDS Gallery, New York.
	Print Acquisitions 1974-1984, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
	Primitivism in 20th Century Art: Affinity of the Tribal and the Modern, Museum of Modern Art, New York.
1985	The Figure in 20th Century American Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the American Federation of Arts, New York.
	The Fine Line: Drawing with Silver in America, Norton Gallery and School of Art.
	Art for the Masses 1911-1917: A Radical Magazine and Its Graphics, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut.
	Contrasts of Form: Geometric Abstract Art 1910-1980, The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
	Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY
	Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
	The Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
	The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
	The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL
	Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
	The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
	The Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH
	Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
	Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
	The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
	Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
	Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
	Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
	The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
	Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute Museum of Art, Utica, NY
	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
	The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
	The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
	Musée de Mer, Loir-et-Cher, France
	Musée de l’Orléanais, Château Dunois, Beaugency, France
	Musée Nationale d’Art Moderne, Paris, France
	Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
	The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
	The Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
	San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
	San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
	Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
	Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA
	South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
	Speed Museum of Art, Louisville, KY
	University Art Museum, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
	University of Colorado at Boulder Art Galleries, Boulder, CO
	Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
	Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
	Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
AWARDS
1911	Stewardson Prize, Department of Sculpture of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.