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AVEL C. DEKNIGHT
(1923 - 1995)

Individual and Group Exhibitions


Individual Exhibitions

1968 Larcarda Gallery, New York, New York
Gouache paintings and wash drawings.
1971 Larcarda Gallery, New York, New York
1972 Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York
Gouache paintings, watercolors and oil on paper
1973 Babcock Galleries, New York, New York
Paintings from the "Mirage" series.
1977 Babcock Galleries, New York, New York
1978 Discovery Art Gallery, Clifton, New Jersey
Gouache paintings, wash drawings and casein
1980 Gallery 62, National Urban League, New York, New York
Paintings, drawings and watercolors. "Mask and Mirage"
1987 University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown, Pennsylvania
"A Decade of Painting, 1977-1987"
1989 Galerie Marie-Therese Cochin, Paris, France
1990 La Maison Francaise, New York University, New York
Images de Guadeloupe: a personal view
1991 La Maison Francaise, New York University, New York
Watercolors painted in France. "Interieurs: Intimate Spaces in French Houses"
1993 La Maison Francaise, New York University, New York
Watercolors: Landscape views of Paris and regions of France
1993 Art Students League of New York, New York City
Major work, "Sanctuary," on view in their 57th Street Display windows during the month of March.

Group Exhibitions

1953 Village Art Center, New York, New York
1960 Gallery 10, New Hope, Pennsylvania
1967 American Watercolor Society
1969 Flint Institute of Art
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, N.Y.
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, N.Y.
San Francisco Museum of Art
1968 American Greeting Card Gallery, N.Y.
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
Academy of Fine Arts, Banfer Gallery, N.Y.
The Contemporaries Gallery N.Y.
Roko Gallery, New York
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Art Gallery, University of Iowa
High Museum of Art, Altanta, Ga.
Through 1970, Traveling Exhibition to major U.S. Museums, 30 Black Contemporary Artists
1970 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
Philadelphia Civic Center Museum, Philadelphia
New Jersey State Museum
Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Tx.
Roberson Center for the Arts and Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara
California, Santa Barbara
1971 Whitney Museum of American Art, New York New York
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia
National Academy of Design , New York, New York (annual)
Finch College Museum of Art, New York, New York
Illinois Art Council, Chicago, HI.
Cummer Gallery of Art, Remnants of Things Past: Jacksonville, Florida
Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York Landscapes
1972 Babcock Gallery, New York, New York Mirage Paintings
1988 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Faces and Figures
1999 Black New York Artists of the 20th Century: Selections from the Schomburg Center Collection: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York, New York (posthumously)