Children's Holiday Circus of Modern Art

Summary information

Date

Tue Dec 04 1945 until Sun Jan 06 1946

Location

MoMA ^{type:exhibition building spaces}
11 West 53rd St. ^{type:thoroughfare names}

Carried out by

The Museum of Modern Art

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Concurrent exhibitions

Exhibitions that overlap with this exhibition, in this dataset. Double-click an item in the timeline to view the corresponding exhibition page.

October 1945

November 1945

December 1945

January 1946

February 1946

Children's Holiday Circus of Modern Art

The Museum Collection of Photographs

The Museum Collection of Painting and Sculpture

Stuart Davis

Useful Objects

Portraits of Ondine: Dance and Theatre Design

Museum of Modern Art Color Reproductions

Concurrent exhibitions grouped by organisation

#	Start	End	Title
1	1945-06	1946-06	The Museum Collection of Photographs
2	1945-06	1946-02	The Museum Collection of Painting and Sculpture
3	1945-10	1946-02	Stuart Davis
4	1945-11	1946-01	Useful Objects
5	1945-11	1946-02	Portraits of Ondine: Dance and Theatre Design
6	1945-11	1946-02	Museum of Modern Art Color Reproductions

Artists

There were 14 persons who influenced this exhibition.

Persons are ordered alphabetically by surname. Select a letter in the concertina to continue. Click on the person's name to view further information.

Darrel Austin

Biographical statement American, 1907–1994

Born 1907 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1994

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Darrel Austin

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Darrel Austin was involved in 10 exhibitions across 2 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 7 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 3 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1941-03	1941-05	MoMA	New Acquisitions: American Painting and Sculpture
2	1942-01	1942-03	MoMA	Americans 1942: 18 Artists from 9 States
3	1943-11	1944-02	MoMA	Romantic Painting in America
4	1945-06	1946-02	MoMA	The Museum Collection of Painting and Sculpture
5	1945-12	1946-01	MoMA	Children's Holiday Circus of Modern Art
6	1947-12	1948-01	MoMA	Children's Holiday Fair of Modern Art
7	1948-12	1949-03	MoMA	American Paintings from the Museum Collection

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1950-12	1951-01	MoMA	Children's Holiday Carnival of Modern Art
2	1953-12	1954-01	MoMA	Children's Holiday Carnival
3	1955-12	1956-01	MoMA	Children's Holiday Carnival of Modern Art

Nelson Bartsch Carol Blanchard

Nelson Bartsch

Biographical statement

Born ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died

Nationality

Gender

External information resources for Nelson Bartsch

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Nelson Bartsch was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1945-12	1946-01	MoMA	Children's Holiday Circus of Modern Art

Carol Blanchard

Biographical statement b. 1918

Born 1918 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died

Nationality American

Gender Female

External information resources for Carol Blanchard

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Carol Blanchard was involved in 5 exhibitions across 2 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 3 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 2 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1945-12	1946-01	MoMA	Children's Holiday Circus of Modern Art
2	1947-12	1948-01	MoMA	Children's Holiday Fair of Modern Art

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1952-12	1953-01	MoMA	New Children's Holiday Carnival of Modern Art
2	1953-12	1954-01	MoMA	Children's Holiday Carnival
3	1955-12	1956-01	MoMA	Children's Holiday Carnival of Modern Art

Alexander Calder Mario Carreño

Alexander Calder

Biographical statement American, 1898–1976

Born 1898 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1976

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Alexander Calder

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Alexander Calder was involved in 107 exhibitions across 9 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 21 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 2010s with 4 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1930-12	1931-01	Crown Building	Painting and Sculpture by Living Americans
2	1934-11	1935-01	MoMA	Modern Works of Art: 5th Anniversary Exhibition
3	1936-03	1936-04	MoMA	Cubism and Abstract Art
4	1936-04	1936-09	MoMA	Modern Painters and Sculptors as Illustrators
5	1936-12	1937-01	MoMA	Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism
6	1938-05	1938-07	MoMA	Three Centuries of American Art
7	1939-05	1939-09	MoMA	Painting, Sculpture, Prints

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1940-10	1941-01	MoMA	Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
2	1940-12	1941-01	MoMA	We Like Modern Art
3	1941-03	1941-05	MoMA	New Acquisitions: American Painting and Sculpture
4	1941-05		MoMA	Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
5	1941-07	1941-07	MoMA	Animals in Art; Designing a Stage Setting
6	1942-03	1942-05	MoMA	Children's Festival of Modern Art
7	1942-10	1942-10	MoMA	20th Century Sculpture and Constructions
8	1943-09	1944-01	MoMA	Alexander Calder
9	1944-02	1944-05	MoMA	Modern Drawings
10	1944-05	1944-10	MoMA	Painting, Sculpture, Prints
11	1944-06	1944-10	MoMA	Hayter and Studio 17: New Directions in Gravure
12	1945-02	1945-03	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions
13	1945-06	1946-02	MoMA	The Museum Collection of Painting and Sculpture
14	1945-12	1946-01	MoMA	Children's Holiday Circus of Modern Art
15	1946-02	1946-05	MoMA	The Museum Collection of Sculpture
16	1946-07	1954-09	MoMA	Paintings, Sculpture, and Graphic Arts from the Museum Collection
17	1946-09	1946-11	MoMA	Modern Handmade Jewelry
18	1946-12	1947-01	MoMA	Children's Holiday Fair of Modern Art
19	1948-11	1949-01	MoMA	Timeless Aspects of Modern Art
20	1949-08	1949-10	MoMA	Painting and Sculpture in Architecture
21	1949-10	1949-12	MoMA	Modern Art in Your Life

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1951-01	1951-03	MoMA	Abstract Painting and Sculpture in America
2	1952-03	1952-05	MoMA	Posters by Painters and Sculptors
3	1952-05	1952-06	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions
4	1953-01	1953-02	MoMA	International Sculpture Competition: The Unknown Political Prisoner
5	1953-04	1953-09	MoMA	Sculpture of the XXth Century
6	1955-10	1955-10	MoMA	Selections from the Art Lending Service
7	1956-12	1957-01	MoMA	Children's Holiday Carnival
8	1957-12	1958-01	MoMA	Children's Holiday Carnival
9	1959-05	1959-08	MoMA	Recent Sculpture U.S.A.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1960-01	1960-03	MoMA	Art Lending Service Retrospective
2	1960-12	1961-01	Country Art Gallery	Birds and Beasts from the Museum of Modern Art
3	1961-02	1961-03	MoMA	Painting and Sculpture from the James Thrall Soby Collection
4	1962-04		MoMA	Watercolor
5	1962-07		MoMA	Selections from the Art Lending Service
6	1964-05		MoMA	Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
7	1965-02	1965-04	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture
8	1965-09	1966-01	MoMA	44 Drawings: Recent Acquisitions
9	1965-09	1965-12	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions: Kay Sage Tanguy Bequest
10	1966-10	1967-05	MoMA	Drawings from the Museum Collection
11	1966-12	1967-03	MoMA	The Taste of a Connoisseur: The Paul J. Sachs Collection
12	1967-02	1967-09	MoMA	Calder: 19 Gifts from the Artist
13	1967-06	1967-11	MoMA	Drawings: Recent Acquisitions
14	1967-06	1967-09	MoMA	The 1960s: Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
15	1968-01	1968-03	MoMA	Five Sculptures from the Museum Collection
16	1968-03	1968-06	MoMA	Dada, Surrealism and their Heritage
17	1968-09		MoMA	[Penthouse Exhibition]
18	1968-10	1969-02	MoMA	Drawings by Sculptors: A Selection from the Collection
19	1969-05	1969-09	MoMA	Twentieth-Century Art from the Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection
20	1969-12	1970-02	MoMA	A Salute to Alexander Calder

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1970-02	1970-03	MoMA	Mrs. Simon Guggenheim, 1877–1970: In Memoriam
2	1971-05	1971-10	MoMA	A Selection of Drawings and Watercolors from the Museum Collection
3	1971-11	1971-11	MoMA	American Prints from the International Program
4	1973-06	1973-09	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions, 1968–1973
5	1974-06	1974-09	MoMA	Seurat to Matisse: Drawing in France
6	1974-12	1975-03	MoMA	American Prints: 1913–1963
7	1975-05	1975-09	MoMA	Prints by Sculptors
8	1975-12	1976-03	MoMA	A Museum Menagerie
9	1976-08	1976-11	MoMA	Between World Wars: Drawing in Europe and America
10	1976-11	1976-12	MoMA	Alexander Calder, 1898–1976
11	1976-11	1977-02	MoMA	Prints: Acquisitions, 1973–1976
12	1977-01	1977-03	MoMA	Posters by Painters
13	1977-09	1977-12	MoMA	Abstraction-Création, Art Non-Figuratif
14	1979-05	1979-06	MoMA	Thirty Sculptors' Drawings
15	1979-11	1980-01	MoMA	Art of the Twenties
16	1979-12	1980-02	MoMA	Movin'

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1984-05		MoMA	Selections from the Permanent Collection: Painting and Sculpture
2	1985-11	1986-04	MoMA	Contemporary Works from the Collection
3	1985-12	1986-05	MoMA	American Prints: 1900–1960; Recent Acquisitions: Illustrated Books
4	1986-04	1986-09	MoMA	Sculptors' Drawings
5	1986-05	1986-09	MoMA	Naked/Nude
6	1987-08	1987-12	MoMA	Surrealist Prints from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art
7	1987-11	1988-03	MoMA	Master Prints from the Collection
8	1988-11	1989-03	MoMA	Abstractions

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1990-11	1991-03	MoMA	Drawn in America, 1898–1945
2	1991-01	1991-03	MoMA	Artist's Choice: Chuck Close, Head-On/The Modern Portrait
3	1991-02	1991-04	MoMA	Art of the Forties
4	1993-03	1993-07	MoMA	Reading Prints
5	1994-10	1995-01	MoMA	A Century of Artists Books
6	1995-05	1995-09	MoMA	Adding It Up: Print Acquisitions 1970–1995
7	1995-09	1996-01	MoMA	Impressions of Nature
8	1996-05	1996-10	MoMA	Master Prints From the Collection
9	1997-01	1997-05	MoMA	The Maximal Sixties: Pop, Op, and Figuration
10	1998-06	1998-10	MoMA	New Concepts in Printmaking 2: Willie Cole

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2000-03	2000-08	MoMA	Paris Salon
2	2000-03	2000-09	MoMA	The Raw and the Cooked
3	2000-04	2000-09	MoMA	Paris Salon
4	2002-06	2004-09	MoMA	To Be Looked At: Painting and Sculpture from the Collection
5	2004-11		MoMA	Painting and Sculpture: Inaugural Installation
6	2004-11		MoMA	The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden: Inaugural Installation
7	2006-01	2006-12	MoMA	Painting and Sculpture Changes 2006
8	2006-05	2006-10	MoMA	Transforming Chronologies: An Atlas of Drawings, Part 2
9	2006-06	2006-09	MoMA	Artist's Choice: Herzog and De Meuron, Perception Restrained
10	2007-09	2008-04	MoMA	Focus: Alexander Calder
11	2009-01	2009-12	MoMA	Painting and Scultpure Changes 2009
12	2009-05	2010-01	MoMA	Sculpture in Color

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2010-01	2010-12	MoMA	Public Spaces Changes
2	2010-11	2011-02	MoMA	On Line: Drawing through the Twentieth Century
3	2011-01	2011-12	MoMA	Painting and Sculpture Changes 2011
4	2011-10	2012-02	MoMA	Gifted: Collectors and Drawings at MoMA, 1929–1983

Mario Carreño

Biographical statement Chilean, born Cuba. 1913–1999

Born 1913 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1999

Nationality

Gender Male

External information resources for Mario Carreño

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Mario Carreño was involved in 14 exhibitions across 3 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 10 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1990s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1943-03	1943-06	MoMA	The Latin-American Collection of the Museum of Modern Art
2	1944-02	1944-05	MoMA	Modern Drawings
3	1944-03	1944-05	MoMA	Modern Cuban Painters
4	1945-06	1946-02	MoMA	The Museum Collection of Painting and Sculpture
5	1945-12	1946-01	MoMA	Children's Holiday Circus of Modern Art
6	1946-12	1947-01	MoMA	Children's Holiday Fair of Modern Art
7	1947-04	1947-06	MoMA	Drawings in the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art
8	1947-12	1948-01	MoMA	Children's Holiday Fair of Modern Art
9	1948-12	1949-01	MoMA	Children's Holiday Fair of Modern Art
10	1949-12	1950-03	MoMA	Children's Holiday Carnival of Modern Art

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1950-12	1951-01	MoMA	Children's Holiday Carnival of Modern Art
2	1952-09	1952-11	MoMA	Good Design
3	1954-10	1955-02	MoMA	XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1998-01	1998-04	MoMA	From the Collection: Drawing in Latin America

Eugenie Gershoy

Biographical statement American, 1901–2001

Born 1901 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 2001

Nationality American

Gender Female

External information resources for Eugenie Gershoy

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Eugenie Gershoy was involved in 3 exhibitions across 2 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 2 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1930s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1936-09	1936-10	MoMA	New Horizons in American Art

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1942-12	1943-01	MoMA	Twentieth Century Portraits
2	1945-12	1946-01	MoMA	Children's Holiday Circus of Modern Art

Milton Elting Hebald Toni Hughes

Milton Elting Hebald

Biographical statement American, born 1917

Born 1917 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 2015

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Milton Elting Hebald

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Milton Elting Hebald was involved in 3 exhibitions across 3 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1930s,1940s,1950s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1930s,1940s,1950s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1938-02	1938-03	Rockefeller Center	Subway Art

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1945-12	1946-01	MoMA	Children's Holiday Circus of Modern Art

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1950-08	1950-09	MoMA	Carvers-Modelers-Welders: A Selection of Recent American Sculpture

Toni Hughes

Biographical statement American, born 1907

Born 1907 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died

Nationality American

Gender Female

External information resources for Toni Hughes

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Toni Hughes was involved in 7 exhibitions across 2 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 5 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 2 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1941-06	1941-07	MoMA	Sculpture and Sculptor's Drawings
2	1945-12	1946-01	MoMA	Children's Holiday Circus of Modern Art

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1951-12	1952-01	MoMA	Children's Holiday Carnival of Modern Art
2	1952-12	1953-01	MoMA	New Children's Holiday Carnival of Modern Art
3	1953-12	1954-01	MoMA	Children's Holiday Carnival
4	1955-12	1956-01	MoMA	Children's Holiday Carnival of Modern Art
5	1956-12	1957-01	MoMA	Children's Holiday Carnival

John Masteller Chet La More

John Masteller

Biographical statement American

Born ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for John Masteller

Exhibitions

In this dataset, John Masteller was involved in 2 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 2 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 2 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1945-12	1946-01	MoMA	Children's Holiday Circus of Modern Art
2	1947-12	1948-01	MoMA	Children's Holiday Fair of Modern Art

Karl Priebe

Biographical statement

Born 1914 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1976

Nationality

Gender

External information resources for Karl Priebe

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Karl Priebe was involved in 4 exhibitions across 2 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s,1950s with 2 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s,1950s with 2 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1945-12	1946-01	MoMA	Children's Holiday Circus of Modern Art
2	1948-12	1949-01	MoMA	Children's Holiday Fair of Modern Art

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1950-12	1951-01	MoMA	Children's Holiday Carnival of Modern Art
2	1955-12	1956-01	MoMA	Children's Holiday Carnival of Modern Art

Margaret Stark

Biographical statement

Born ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died

Nationality

Gender

External information resources for Margaret Stark

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Margaret Stark was involved in 2 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 2 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 2 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1945-12	1946-01	MoMA	Children's Holiday Circus of Modern Art
2	1947-12	1948-01	MoMA	Children's Holiday Fair of Modern Art

Nahum Tschacbasov

Biographical statement

Born ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died

Nationality

Gender

External information resources for Nahum Tschacbasov

viaf.org

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Nahum Tschacbasov was involved in 3 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 3 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 3 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1945-12	1946-01	MoMA	Children's Holiday Circus of Modern Art
2	1947-12	1948-01	MoMA	Children's Holiday Fair of Modern Art
3	1948-12	1949-01	MoMA	Children's Holiday Fair of Modern Art

Carl Walters

Biographical statement American, 1883–1955

Born 1883 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1955

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Carl Walters

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Carl Walters was involved in 9 exhibitions across 4 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 5 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1960s,2000s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1938-05	1938-07	MoMA	Three Centuries of American Art
2	1939-05	1939-09	MoMA	Painting, Sculpture, Prints

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1940-10	1941-01	MoMA	Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
2	1941-03	1941-05	MoMA	New Acquisitions: American Painting and Sculpture
3	1941-05		MoMA	Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
4	1942-03	1942-03	MoMA	Art in War: OEM Purchases from a National Competition
5	1945-12	1946-01	MoMA	Children's Holiday Circus of Modern Art

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1960-12	1961-01	Country Art Gallery	Birds and Beasts from the Museum of Modern Art

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2009-12	2012-02	MoMA	Shaping Modernity: Design 1880–1980, Part 1

Children's Holiday Circus of Modern Art

Summary information

Date

Location

Carried out by

Concurrent exhibitions

Concurrent exhibitions grouped by organisation

MoMA

Artists

A

Darrel Austin

Exhibitions

1940s (7)

1950s (3)

B

Nelson Bartsch

Exhibitions

1940s (1)

Carol Blanchard

Exhibitions

1940s (2)

1950s (3)

C

Alexander Calder

Exhibitions

1930s (7)

1940s (21)

1950s (9)

1960s (20)

1970s (16)

1980s (8)

1990s (10)

2000s (12)

2010s (4)

Mario Carreño

Exhibitions

1940s (10)

1950s (3)

1990s (1)

G

Eugenie Gershoy

Exhibitions

1930s (1)

1940s (2)

H

Milton Elting Hebald

Exhibitions

1930s (1)

1940s (1)

1950s (1)

Toni Hughes

Exhibitions

1940s (2)

1950s (5)

M

John Masteller

Exhibitions

1940s (2)

P

Karl Priebe

Exhibitions

1940s (2)

1950s (2)

S

Margaret Stark

Exhibitions

1940s (2)

T

Nahum Tschacbasov

Exhibitions

1940s (3)

W

Carl Walters

Exhibitions

1930s (2)

1940s (5)

1960s (1)

2000s (1)

Acknowledgements