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Birth
1917 (Fall River, Massachusetts)
Death
2003 (Providence, Rhode Island)
Lived/Active
Rhode Island
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
|  The following information courtesy of Stu Cartwright: Born Carder Hazard Durfee in Fall River, Massachussetts in 1917, he died in October of 2003 of injuries from an auto accident sustained on August 12, in Newport, Rhode Island.
He was a graduate of Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, Connecticut, and the Yale University School of Fine Arts, where he received the Winchester Traveling Fellowship in 1940. Durfee subsequently served in the camouflage engineers during World War II, and was sent to Africa, the Middle East, and Europe.
Moving to New York City after the war, he concentrated on his art and found much recognition for his work. He exhibited, among others, at the Whitney Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Institute of Arts and Letters, the Denver Art Museum, Art Institue of Chicago, and the Rhode Island School of Design.
He moved back to the family estate in Provincetown in 1965, a place of inspiration for many of his paintings, and became a horticultural experts while caring for the estate. Durfee concentrated on his painting once again, from 1978 on, and exhibited in Tiverton, Boston, at the Providence Art Club, and galleries in New York City.
He received the Audubon Artist, Jane Peterson and Childe Hassam Awards, and was given a major retrospective of his work at the Newport Museum in 2000, titled "Hazard Durfee: Journeys in Art."
His work is in numerous public, corporate, and private collections.
Source:
Obituary, Providence Journal October 22, 2003
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