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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Black painting number 10, 1986

Donald Baechler

Black painting number 10, 1986

Sale Date: April 20, 2011

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Potato sellers, 1990

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Potato sellers, 1990

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Ohne Titel, 1992

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Ohne Titel, 1992

Sale Date: March 30, 2011

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Flower bowl

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Flower bowl

Sale Date: March 22, 2011

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Fruits III, 1990

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Fruits III, 1990

Sale Date: December 5, 2010

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Untitled (Flowers), 1997

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Untitled (Flowers), 1997

Sale Date: March 10, 2011

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Large abstract composition with standing..., 1993

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Large abstract composition with standing..., 1993

Sale Date: March 10, 2011

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Still life (Green), 1999

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Still life (Green), 1999

Sale Date: March 8, 2011

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Five flowers II, 2007

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Five flowers II, 2007

Sale Date: March 6, 2011

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Untitled (Thistle), 2003

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Untitled (Thistle), 2003

Sale Date: March 20, 2010

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Apple, 2002

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Apple, 2002

Sale Date: March 11, 2008

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Profile with hammer, 1994

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Profile with hammer, 1994

Sale Date: March 11, 2008

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Yellow house (from My subjects)

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Yellow house (from My subjects)

Sale Date: June 8, 2010

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A tree for pat, 1985

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A tree for pat, 1985

Sale Date: December 21, 2010

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Chocolate cone, 2007

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Chocolate cone, 2007

Sale Date: December 13, 2010

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Flower studies i, ii, iii, 2009

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Flower studies i, ii, iii, 2009

Sale Date: December 9, 2010

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Sample n.3, 1997

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Sample n.3, 1997

Sale Date: January 15, 2011

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Ice cream cone, 2001

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Ice cream cone, 2001

Sale Date: December 17, 2010

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Beachball (from Some of my subjects), 2001

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Beachball (from Some of my subjects), 2001

Sale Date: December 17, 2010

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Head, 2007

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Head, 2007

Sale Date: November 29, 2008

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Cone, 2007

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Cone, 2007

Sale Date: May 31, 2008

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Senza titolo, 2006

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Senza titolo, 2006

Sale Date: May 30, 2009

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Senza titolo, 2004

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Senza titolo, 2004

Sale Date: May 19, 2010

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Sad flower, 2005

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Sad flower, 2005

Sale Date: December 15, 2010

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