Donald Baechler
Basic Data
Donald Baechler is an American contemporary painter and sculptor. He is known primarily for his paintings in which he transfers objects, motifs and symbols from his own constantly growing collection of photographs, newspaper clippings and found materials in a painterly layering process collage-like on the canvas, rearranges, overpaints or merges and thus creates symbolic and sometimes naive visual worlds. His paintings and works are located in the vicinity of Pop art and Neo-expressionism.
- Born: 22 November 1956
- Place of birth: Harford, Connecticut, USA
- Nationality: American Art
- Studied at: Maryland Institute College of Art; Cooper Union; Städelschule
- Similar Artists: Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein
- Era: contemporary art
- Stylistic direction: Neo-expressionism, Pop art
Exhibitions
- 07.07.18 – 04.09.18 In Times Of Plenty | The Shape Of Things Today - Reflex Amsterdam.
- 27.01.17 – 13.02.19 Im Blick des Sammlers. Werke der Sammlung Würth von Beckmann bis Kiefer - Forum Würth Arlesheim.
- 26.06.16 – 23.10.16 Lasst Blumen sprechen! - Museum Schloss Moyland, Bedburg-Hau.
- 27.09.15 – 04.09.16 I LIKE AMERICA - SCHAUWERK Sindelfingen.
Literature
- Blickachsen, Christian K. Scheffel, Bad Homburg 2009.
- Think outside the box - do the right thing, Marika Wachtmeister, Knislinge 2009.
- Donald Baechler. Skulptur und Malerei, Andrea Madesta, Klagenfurt 2007.
- Donald Baechler. Skulpturen, Agnes Husslein-Arco, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Weitra 2004.
Collections
Germany
- Munich - Sammlung Goetz
- Frankfurt - Sammlung Deutsche Bank
- Aachen - Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst
- Sindelfingen - SCHAUWERK Sindelfingen
Sweden
- Malmö - Malmö Konsthall
- Knislinge - Wanas Foundation
Netherlands
- Amsterdam - Stedelijk Museum
France
- Paris - Centre Georges-Pompidou
Italy
- Bologna - MAMbo Bologna
- Reggio Emilia - Collezione Maramotti
USA
- New York City - Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
- New York City - Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
- New York City - Dieu Donné Papermill
- Los Angeles - Broad Contemporary Art Museum Santa Monica / The Broad Art Foundation
- Cambridge - THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM AT MIT
- Denton - West Collection, Oaks
Canada
- Vancouver - Vancouver Art Gallery
Weblinks
- Donald Baechler Hompage Overview of biography, exhibitions and artworks.