Donald Baechler
(American, 1956–2022)
Biography
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.
Donald Baechler Artworks
Donald Baechler
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.jpg "Coney Island (suite of 6), 1994")
.jpg "The counterfeiter's portfolio (set of 4), 1991")
Donald Baechler
The counterfeiter's portfolio (set of 4), 1991
Sale Date: May 21, 2008
Auction Closed
.jpg "The assistants portfolio (set of 9), 1988")
.jpg "Yellow flower #2 (+ Red flower; 2 works), 1995")
Donald Baechler
Yellow flower #2 (+ Red flower; 2 works), 1995
Sale Date: May 15, 2008
Auction Closed
.jpg "Finger #1-10 (set of 10), 1992")
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