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l Essay
from Michael Brenson l Essay
from Mark Borghi
l Works
l Selected
Chronology
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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
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| Betty
Parsons Gallery, New York
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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 |
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Cherrystone
Gallery, Wellfleet, MA |
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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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