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and his contemporaries as an example, Janis stated that his "painting seemed so distorted to his contemporaries it was hidden away in convents and not appreciated until the late 19th
Century." In addition to his donation to the Museum of Modern Art, Janis collected art throughout his lifetime and set
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During his lifetime, Janis continually sought to support art and creativity and create exposure for artists of his day even if they had not yet garnered the attention and adoration of the public. When talking about minimalist artists, he said that they had vision beyond their time and were part of an
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Perhaps Janis' greatest genius lay in exhibiting the work of acknowledged masters alongside that of emerging artists. By placing the new work in the context of great modern art, Sidney Janis focused critical eyes on contemporary art in a different, brilliant and discriminating way. He continued
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exhibition in 1982, when he was 86 years old. He died at the age of 93 in New York in late 1989. The gallery continued under the direction of Janis' son
Carroll and grandson David Janis. In the final decade of the century, the Janis Gallery continued to mount significant exhibitions, including
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The gallery moved in the 1980s to 110 W. 57th Street. In 1984, the French
Government awarded Mr. Janis its highest honor for distinguished contribution to cultural life, Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He received the New York Mayor's Award of Honor for Arts and Culture in 1987.
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movement. The exhibition was located in a temporary rented storefront at 19 W. 57th Street. Robert
Motherwell, Mark Rothko, Phillip Guston and Adolph Gottlieb left the gallery as a protest. The Sidney Janis Gallery soon became a leading exhibitor and dealer in Pop art, representing
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In the mid-1920s, Sidney Janis opened his own shirt company, M'Lord. Its signature item was a two-pocket, short-sleeved shirt that he designed. As the business grew and prospered, so did the
Janises' passion for collecting art. The couple made annual trips to
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to New York for the benefit of
Spanish Refugee Relief. Sidney Janis closed the shirt business to devote his time to writing on art in 1939. He collaborated with his wife Harriet on books such as
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in 1917 and took courses to complete his high school diploma. After his discharge, he returned to
Buffalo to work with an older brother who had a chain of shoe stores. On his frequent trips to
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explained in a 1958 tribute to Janis, the dealer's exhibition practices had helped to establish the legitimacy of the
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up exhibitions that put the contemporary art of his time on the stage. For example, he had several accomplishments in the
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in which he explores the burgeoning styles of art rarely before discussed in America. The work exhibits a wide array of artists who were successful in conveying the
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