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 drawing, 1999

Donald Baechler

Crowd drawing, 1999

Sale Date: May 3, 2010

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OhneTitel, 1989

Donald Baechler

OhneTitel, 1989

Sale Date: November 20, 2009

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Pile 2, 1990

Donald Baechler

Sale Date: November 20, 2009

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Untitled, 1996

Donald Baechler

Untitled, 1996

Sale Date: March 14, 2010

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Plants, 2006

Donald Baechler

Sale Date: March 9, 2010

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Untitled, 1989

Donald Baechler

Untitled, 1989

Sale Date: March 9, 2010

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Large violent painting, 1985

Donald Baechler

Large violent painting, 1985

Sale Date: February 12, 2010

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Balzac, 1989

Donald Baechler

Sale Date: February 12, 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: December 10, 2009

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Ice cream cone (from Some of my Subjects), 2001

Donald Baechler

Ice cream cone (from Some of my Subjects), 2001

Sale Date: December 10, 2009

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Flower (from Some of my Subjects), 2001

Donald Baechler

Flower (from Some of my Subjects), 2001

Sale Date: December 10, 2009

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Beachball (from Some of my Subjects), 2001

Donald Baechler

Beachball (from Some of my Subjects), 2001

Sale Date: December 10, 2009

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Tested for eloquence, 2004

Donald Baechler

Tested for eloquence, 2004

Sale Date: December 8, 2009

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No literal meaning here (portfolio of 6), 1984

Donald Baechler

No literal meaning here (portfolio of 6), 1984

Sale Date: December 10, 2009

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Untitled, 1986

Donald Baechler

Untitled, 1986

Sale Date: December 12, 2009

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Untitled, 1993–1994

Donald Baechler

Untitled, 1993–1994

Sale Date: December 12, 2009

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Tulips, 1994

Donald Baechler

Sale Date: December 12, 2009

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Coney Island, 1994

Donald Baechler

Coney Island, 1994

Sale Date: December 12, 2009

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Suits, 1990

Donald Baechler

Sale Date: December 6, 2009

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Untitled - Black flowers, 2003

Donald Baechler

Untitled - Black flowers, 2003

Sale Date: November 13, 2009

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Any human heart no. 3, 2003

Donald Baechler

Any human heart no. 3, 2003

Sale Date: November 11, 2009

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Untitled - Mostly Mozart, 1995

Donald Baechler

Untitled - Mostly Mozart, 1995

Sale Date: November 15, 2009

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Untitled (set of 5), 1985

Donald Baechler

Untitled (set of 5), 1985

Sale Date: November 15, 2009

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Untitled - Fruit, 1989

Donald Baechler

Untitled - Fruit, 1989

Sale Date: November 17, 2009

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