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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Flower study, I, II, III (3 works), 2009

Donald Baechler

Flower study, I, II, III (3 works), 2009

Sale Date: July 6, 2010

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Untitled (Battle of Algiers), 1985

Donald Baechler

Untitled (Battle of Algiers), 1985

Sale Date: July 1, 2010

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Abstract painting with car no. 1 (+ Abstract , 1997

Donald Baechler

Abstract painting with car no. 1 (+ Abstract , 1997

Sale Date: July 1, 2010

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Skull study (The perils of imprecision), 2005

Donald Baechler

Skull study (The perils of imprecision), 2005

Sale Date: June 29, 2010

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Untitled, 1986

Donald Baechler

Untitled, 1986

Sale Date: June 27, 2010

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Race relations, 1985

Donald Baechler

Race relations, 1985

Sale Date: June 12, 2010

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Race relations, 1985

Donald Baechler

Race relations, 1985

Sale Date: June 12, 2010

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Composition, 1986

Donald Baechler

Composition, 1986

Sale Date: June 15, 2010

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Untitled (Plant), 2006

Donald Baechler

Untitled (Plant), 2006

Sale Date: June 8, 2010

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Donald Baechler

Profile with flower #2, 1994

Sale Date: June 11, 2010

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The counterfeiters (portfolio of 4), 1991

Donald Baechler

The counterfeiters (portfolio of 4), 1991

Sale Date: June 8, 2010

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Onion eater V, 1991

Donald Baechler

Onion eater V, 1991

Sale Date: June 8, 2010

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Flowers and trees, for Kalus Wittmann, pl...., 1990

Donald Baechler

Flowers and trees, for Kalus Wittmann, pl...., 1990

Sale Date: June 8, 2010

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Szechuan garden, 2003

Donald Baechler

Szechuan garden, 2003

Sale Date: June 8, 2010

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Tree, 1988

Donald Baechler

Sale Date: June 8, 2010

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Bathers, 1983

Donald Baechler

Bathers, 1983

Sale Date: May 31, 2010

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Pile 2, 1990

Donald Baechler

Sale Date: May 21, 2010

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There goes the neighborhood

Donald Baechler

There goes the neighborhood

Sale Date: May 5, 2010

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Yellow house (from Some of my subjects), 2001

Donald Baechler

Yellow house (from Some of my subjects), 2001

Sale Date: May 5, 2010

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Blue pitcher (from Some of my subjects), 2001

Donald Baechler

Blue pitcher (from Some of my subjects), 2001

Sale Date: May 5, 2010

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Flower (from Some of my subjects), 2001

Donald Baechler

Flower (from Some of my subjects), 2001

Sale Date: May 5, 2010

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Untitled - Dino, 1988

Donald Baechler

Untitled - Dino, 1988

Sale Date: May 3, 2010

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Wheel chair boy, 1997

Donald Baechler

Wheel chair boy, 1997

Sale Date: May 3, 2010

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Abstract painting with four trees, 1985

Donald Baechler

Abstract painting with four trees, 1985

Sale Date: May 3, 2010

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