Donald Baechler

(American, 1956–2022)

Donald Baechler is an American artist who figured prominently in the Neo-Expressionist and Pop Art movements during the 1980s. Incorporating child-like depictions of iconic subjects, such as flowers, birds, and ice cream cones, each work conveys a feeling of memory without becoming an illustration. Culled from a huge archive of images the artist has collected, his prints, paintings, and sculpture focus more on formal attributes than narrative. “I'm drawn to silhouettes because of their emblematic rather than their illustrational quality,” he reflected. “I see them as shapes, allowing an image to become an abstraction and for pure painting to take place.” Born on November 22, 1956, in Hartford, CT, he grew up in a Quaker family who nourished his early artistic talent. He went on to study at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore from 1974–1977, and continued his education at New York’s Cooper Union. In New York he befriended Tony Shafrazi, who in 1979 founded a downtown gallery that reflected his interest in artwork inspired by graffiti art. In this milieu, Baechler found himself amidst figures such as Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Kenny Scharf. He continues to live and works in New York, NY. Today, his works are held in the collections of the Goetz Collection in Munich, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, among others.

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Crowd Study Legion No. 20, 1999

Donald Baechler

Crowd Study Legion No. 20, 1999

Sale Date: June 17, 2022

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Untitled, 2007

Donald Baechler

Untitled, 2007

Sale Date: June 10, 2022

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Blue Pitcher; Yellow House; and Beachball,..., 2001

Donald Baechler

Blue Pitcher; Yellow House; and Beachball,..., 2001

Sale Date: June 15, 2022

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Globe, 2002

Donald Baechler

Sale Date: June 16, 2022

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Tulip, from Six Flowers, 2010

Donald Baechler

Tulip, from Six Flowers, 2010

Sale Date: June 2, 2022

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Untitled, 2004

Donald Baechler

Untitled, 2004

Sale Date: May 27, 2022

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Untitled, from Flowers and Trees (For Klaus..., 1990

Donald Baechler

Untitled, from Flowers and Trees (For Klaus..., 1990

Sale Date: May 25, 2022

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Untitled, from Flowers and Trees (For Klaus..., 1990

Donald Baechler

Untitled, from Flowers and Trees (For Klaus..., 1990

Sale Date: May 25, 2022

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SIX FINGERS, 1993

Donald Baechler

SIX FINGERS, 1993

Sale Date: May 15, 2022

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Animal Farm 2, 1991

Donald Baechler

Animal Farm 2, 1991

Sale Date: May 13, 2022

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Self-Portrait as Jasper Johns, 1984

Donald Baechler

Self-Portrait as Jasper Johns, 1984

Sale Date: May 9, 2022

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Szechuan Garden, 2003

Donald Baechler

Szechuan Garden, 2003

Sale Date: May 12, 2022

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Crowd, 1997

Donald Baechler

Sale Date: May 12, 2022

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Red Coral, 2004

Donald Baechler

Red Coral, 2004

Sale Date: May 12, 2022

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Self Portrait, 1989

Donald Baechler

Self Portrait, 1989

Sale Date: May 11, 2022

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Seaworld, 1999

Donald Baechler

Seaworld, 1999

Sale Date: April 29, 2022

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Creamsicle, 1999

Donald Baechler

Creamsicle, 1999

Sale Date: April 29, 2022

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Blue Muffin, 1999

Donald Baechler

Blue Muffin, 1999

Sale Date: April 29, 2022

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Untitled, from Flowers and Trees (For Klaus..., 1990

Donald Baechler

Untitled, from Flowers and Trees (For Klaus..., 1990

Sale Date: April 27, 2022

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Untitled, from Flowers and Trees (For Klaus..., 1990

Donald Baechler

Untitled, from Flowers and Trees (For Klaus..., 1990

Sale Date: April 27, 2022

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Boy's Life, 2007

Donald Baechler

Boy's Life, 2007

Sale Date: April 21, 2022

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Accept the next proposition you hear, 1991

Donald Baechler

Accept the next proposition you hear, 1991

Sale Date: April 26, 2022

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Potato Sellers (Prayer Print), 1990

Donald Baechler

Potato Sellers (Prayer Print), 1990

Sale Date: April 21, 2022

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Runner, 2005

Donald Baechler

Sale Date: April 13, 2022

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