| 1897 |
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Born
December 3 in New York City to Harry and Jenny Gropper |
| 1912 |
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Studies
under George Bellows and Robert Henri |
| 1917 |
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Begins
working for the New York Tribune |
| 1926 |
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Helps found New Masses |
| 1927 |
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Tours Russia with Sinclair Lewis and Theodore Dreiser |
| 1930 |
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Graphic
novel "Alley Oop" published |
| 1935 |
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Japanese government demands apology for Hirohito cartoon in
Vanity Fair
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| 1936 |
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First one-man show, ACA Galleries, New York City |
| 1937 |
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Travels to the Dust Bowl on Guggenheim Fellowship |
| 1938 |
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Mural for new Interior Building in Washington, D.C. |
| 1939 |
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art Purchase Prize |
| 1941 |
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Mural for Detroit Post Office |
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| 1944 |
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First Prize in lithography at Metropolitan Museum’s
Artists for Victory exhibition |
| 1945 |
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Covers United Nations Charter Conference for Freiheit
and New Masses |
| 1947 |
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Helps found Artists Equity Association |
| 1950 |
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Galerie Benezit exhibition, Paris |
| 1953 |
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Refuses to testify before Senator Joseph McCarthy |
| 1956 |
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Piccadilly Gallery exhibition, London |
| 1957 |
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La Galerie del Frente Nacional des Artes exhibition,
Mexico City |
| 1967 |
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Stained glass windows for Temple Har Zion,
River Forest, Illinois |
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| 1977 |
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Dies January 7 in Manhasset, New York |
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