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Selected Chronology
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1915 Born, Vita von Simson, Berlin, Germany
1933 Meets future husband Gustave Petersen
1934 Munich School of Fine Art
1935 Berlin Academy, Studied under Carl Hofer
1938 Moves to New York with Petersen to flee Nazi rule in Germany
1938 Marries Gustave Petersen
1938 Hans Hofmann School, New York
1939 Summers in Wellfleet, MA with Hans Hofmann
1940 Teaches painting and drawing at the Spence School, New York
1947 Meets Mercedes and Herbert Matter in Washington Square Park, through their young children
1948-9 Summers in the Springs, NY with the Matter’s and Pollock’s
1950s Exhibits at Stable Gallery, New York
1950s Exhibits at Tanager Gallery, New York
1950s Exhibits at Peridot Gallery, New York
1958 Exhibits at Ester Stuttman, New York, December 3 -27
1970 Exhibits at Benevy Gallery, New York, February 7-21
1975 Exhibits at Parsons- Truman, New York, February
1980 Exhibits at Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, “Vita Petersen and Riduan Tomkins”, January 18th – February 2nd
1982 Exhibits at Washington Art Association, Washington, CT, “Vita Petersen and Ruth Miller”, May
1995 Exhibits at von der Tann Gallery, Berlin, Germany
1998 Exhibits at Claudia Carr Gallery, New York


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Other Exhibitions

Betty Parsons Gallery, New York

Bodley Gallery, New York
The Millbrook Gallery, Millbrook, New York
Almquist Gallery, New Preston, CT
New York Studio School, New York
Scoville Memorial Library, Salisbury
Landmark Gallery, New York
Rising Tide Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Washington Art Association, Washington, CT
Cherrystone Gallery, Wellfleet, MA


Included in the following collections:
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Mrs. Blanche Rockefeller, Joseph Hirshhorn Collection, Washington, DC, Ciba-Geigy Museum, Corcoran Museum, Washington, DC, Weatherspoon Gallery, Greensboro, NC, First National Bank, Chicago, IL, Bryn Mawr College Collection, PA, Readers Digest Collection, Many Private Collections

 

 

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