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A twentieth-century American artist, art critic, and teacher whose work highlights human and social interaction in urban settings.

By Chelsea DeLay

I. Biography
II. Chronology
III. Collections
IV. Exhibitions
V. Memberships
VI. Suggested Resources
VII. Notes

I. Biography
Born in Brooklyn in 1884, Guy Pène du Bois was the son of Laura Hague and her husband, Henri Pène du Bois, a journalist with a penchant for French literature and culture. Henri decided to move his family to Staten Island when Pène du Bois was fourteen years old, and the next year the boy enrolled in the New York School of Art. He quickly developed a