Nishan Toor Bronze Sculpture Nude Male Cherub 30x12x13
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NISHAN TOOR
1880 - 1966
ARMENIAN-BORN SCULPTOR AND PAINTER
Toor (born ne' Tooroongian) attended Euphrates College in Harpoot before emmigrating to the West Coast of the United States as a youth. Between 1909 and 1913 he studied in San Francisco at the Institute of Art. During the First World War he was stationed in Dijon, France with the in the U.S. Army's camouflage division. After the war he returned to California and worked in the western United States. He returned to Europe in 1923 to continue his studies and had a studio in Paris for several years.
Listed Artist.
Toor settled in Altadena, CA in 1936 and lived there for the rest of his life. He died on November 10th, 1966.
II. EXHIBITIONS
1920s Paris Salons
1929 Feragil Gallery, New York City
1930, 1931 Art Institute of Chicago
1934 FA Gallery, San Diego, CA
1934 Salons of America
1936 Pasadena Chamber of Commerce
1937 LACMA
1937 Pasadena, CA
1939 Golden Gate Exposition
1939 Pasadena Playhouse
1939 New York World's Fair
1940 Who's Who in American Art
1942 Who's Who in California
III. MEMBERSHIPS
Pasadena Society of Artists
San Gabriel Artists Association
VII. AWARDS
1936 Pasadena Chamber of Commerce
1937 Cole Prize, LACMA
1937 Pasadena
1939 Pasadena Playhouse Metal
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