In 1949 Weil introduced Rauschenberg to a technique for making cyanotypes, known as blueprints, which she had learned in childhood, and they collaborated on a number of these works over a period of several years.
10 Facts About Susan Weil
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At the Art Students League of New York Susan Weil studied with Vaclav Vytlacil and Morris Kantor.
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Robert Rauschenberg and Susan Weil were married in the summer of 1950 at the Weil family home in Outer Island, Connecticut.
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In 1957, Susan Weil commissioned Bernard Kirschenbaum to create a geodesic dome as an artist studio in Stony Creek, Connecticut.
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Susan Weil was part of the first group of artists in residence in 1976 at the Institute for Art and Urban Resources Inc.
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Susan Weil's work was included in the premiere exhibition Rooms in 1976.
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In 2015, Susan Weil's work was included in the exhibition Frontiers Reimagined, a collateral event of the 56th Venice Biennale.
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Susan Weil's work has been shown in major solo exhibitions in the United States and Europe, notably at Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center in Asheville, North Carolina, and the Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid, though museums in her home state of New York have yet to organize a comprehensive retrospective of her work.
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Susan Weil continues to live and work in New York City.
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Susan Weil has been the recipient of the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship and awards from the National Endowment for the Arts.