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Nishan Toor

1880 - 1966

Armenian-born sculptor and painter

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Table of Contents

I. BIOGRAPHY

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.

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
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    III. MEMBERSHIPS

  • Pasadena Society of Artists
  • San Gabriel Artists Association
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    VII. AWARDS

  • 1936 Pasadena Chamber of Commerce
  • 1937 Cole Prize, LACMA
  • 1937 Pasadena
  • 1939 Pasadena Playhouse Metal
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    V. Bibliography

    1. 1. Falk, Peter Hastings ed., Who Was Who in American Art: 1564-1975, Vol. I, Madison, CT: Sound View Press, 1999, p. 2486.
    2. 2. Hughes, Edan Milton. Artists in California: 1786-1940. Third ed.,Vol. I, Sacramento, CA: Crocker Art Museum, 2002, p. 1086.

    VI. WORKS FOR SALE BY THIS ARTIST
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