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AVEL C. DEKNIGHT
(1923 - 1995)

Awards and Guest Curatorships


Awards

New York Village Art Center Prize, 1953
National Academy of Design, Paton Prize, 1958 and 1967
American Academy of Arts and Letters, Childe Hassam Fund Purchase Prize, 1960
United States State Department, Exchange Grant, 1961
National Audubon Artist Society, Grumbacher Award, 1964
Watercolor Society Prize, Grand Prize and Gold Medal, 1967, Centennial Exhibition
Audubon Artists Annual Prize, 1968
American Federation of Arts, Medal of Honor, 1968
Emily Lowe Award, 1970
High Winds Award, 1973
Audubon Artists Purchase Prize
Ranger Fund, Samuel F. B. Morse Medal
Palmer Memorial Prize

Guest Curatorships

"Six Photographers," Western Electric, 1981
"Dimensions 81" (Edges Group, Inc.), Bankers Trust, New York City, 1981
"35 Under 35", New York Urban League, 1980
Corner Gallery, Brooklyn Museum, 1978-1980