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Wisconsin

decade

1930s

1939

Lawrence Halprin attends the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he meets his future wife, fellow student Anna Halprin.

decade

1940s

1941

Lawrence Halprin earns his MS in horticulture from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

decade

1950s

1955

Jim Isermann is born in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

decade

1960s

1967

Robert Cumming begins teaching at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.

1967–69 1967

William Wegman teaches at the Wausau and Waukesha campuses of the University of Wisconsin.

1968

Robert Cumming, Bill Wegman’s Screen Sculpture, Milwaukee, WI, 1968. Gelatin silver print; image: 9 3/5 × 7 3/5 in. (24.5 × 19.5 cm); paper: 10 × 7.8 in. (25.2 × 19.9 cm); mount: 20 × 16 in. (50.9 × 40.6 cm). Collection Art Institute of Chicago, gift of Arnold and Temmie Gilbert, 1984.1279
Photo: The Art Institute of Chicago/Art Resource, NY

1969–70 1969

William Wegman is an artist in residence at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

decade

1970s

1977

Jim Isermann receives his BFA from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.

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