| CHRONOLOGY BY JAMES R. BAKKER |
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1884
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William, born Jacksonville, Florida |
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1889
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Lucy, born New York City, N.Y. |
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1906
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William graduates from Yale University with a degree in Naval Architecture. |
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1909-14
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William goes to France; studies at Ecole des Beaux-Arts with Jean Paul Laurens and Louis Biloul in a studio at Montmartre and at the Academie Julienne with Richard Miller. Also in Spain at the Prado, copying Velasquez’ paintings with Waldo Pierce and George Biddle. |
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1911-12
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Lucy studies at the Art Students League, in NYC with George Bridgman and others |
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1914
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Lucy goes to Paris; studies with Albert Gleizes; meets William and they marry. |
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1915
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Birth of the couple’s first daughter, Madeleine (Mady) in Marseilles, France. |
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1916
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Family returns to U.S. and goes to Provincetown where Lucy studies with C.W. Hawthorne (to 1918). |
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1917
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Camille (Cammie) born NYC. William joins Beachcombers Club, Provincetown. |
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1918
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Lucy firsts exhibits at P.A.A. |
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1919
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William first exhibits at P.A.A. |
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1920
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William exhibits at Kingore Galleries, N.Y. |
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1921
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Lucy serves on first Modern jury, Provincetown Art Association. |
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1923
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The L’Engles spend summer near the Hapgoods at Cavalaire, a seaside town in the south of France. They were later joined by Albert Gleizes and his wife. |
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1923
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Lucy studies with Gleizes |
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1924
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L’Engles acquire Shebnah Rich house on Long Nook Road, Truro, MA. |
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1925
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Lucy invited to join New York Society of Women Artists. Other Provincetown members included: Agnes Weinrich, Blanche Lazell, Ellen Ravenscroft, and Marguerite Zorach, who became first president of the NYSWA. |
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1928
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William elected trustee of Provincetown Art Association. |
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1933
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William shows at Montross Galleries, N.Y. |
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1935
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William shows at Georgette Passedoit Gallery, N.Y. |
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1937
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William serves on jury for the Combined (Modernist and Conservative) exhibition, Provincetown, MA. |
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1939
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William selected to participate in N.Y. World’s Fair Exhibition: Art Today. |
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1940
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William exhibits at Passedoit Gallery, N.Y. |
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1955
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William and Lucy in joint show at Bodley Gallery, N.Y. |
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1957
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Death of William. 1960 Memorial exhibition at Provincetown Art Association and Museum. |
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1961
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Lucy shows William’s work at his studio, now the L’Engle Studio Gallery. |
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1962
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Lucy shows at Lynn Kottler Gallery, N.Y., a known “vanity” gallery. |
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1965
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Lucy shows “Recent Drawings of Archaic Greek Sculpture” at Gallery of Hotel Barbizon, NYC. |
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1978
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Death of Lucy |
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1978
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Memorial exhibition of William and Lucy L’Engle at the Provincetown Heritage Museum. |
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1997
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Exhibition: Truro Historical Museum: “William and Lucy L’Engle, Two Modern Painters in Truro-1917-1978”. |
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1999
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Lucy and William L’Engle exhibition, Provincetown Art Association and Museum. |
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