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Richard Pousette-Dart BIOGRAPHY
1916 St. Paul, Minnesota - 1992 New York, New York. Known for: Biomorphic to minimal painting, portrait.
Richard Pousette-Dart was born in 1916 in St. Paul, Minnesota. He began drawing and painting when he was eight. His father was Nathaniel Pousette, painter and writer on art and artists, and his... Read full biography
Richard Pousette-Dart was born in 1916 in St. Paul, Minnesota. He began drawing and painting when he was eight. His father was Nathaniel Pousette, painter and writer on art and artists, and his mother was Flora Louise Dart, poet and musician. They hyphenated their surnames when they married to show... Read full biography
Richard Pousette-Dart was born in 1916 in St. Paul, Minnesota. He began drawing and painting when he was eight. His father was Nathaniel Pousette, painter and writer on art and artists, and his mother was Flora Louise Dart, poet and musician. They hyphenated their surnames when they married to show they respected each other as equals. Richard grew up in Valhalla, in Westchester County, New York. His father did not believe in formal art lessons, and Richard spent hours sitting in his father's... Read full biography
Richard Pousette-Dart was born in 1916 in St. Paul, Minnesota. He began drawing and painting when he was eight. His father was Nathaniel Pousette, painter and writer on art and artists, and his mother was Flora Louise Dart, poet and musician. They hyphenated their surnames when they married to show they respected each other as equals. Richard grew up in Valhalla, in Westchester County, New York. His father did not believe in formal art lessons, and Richard spent hours sitting in his father's attic studio and watching his father paint. Art was only one of the many interests he had as a child, and he acquired them all through active involvement. In 1936 Pousette-Dart entered Bard College, but in rebellion against formal education, he only... Read full biography
Richard Pousette-Dart was born in 1916 in St. Paul, Minnesota. He began drawing and painting when he was eight. His father was Nathaniel Pousette, painter and writer on art and artists, and his mother was Flora Louise Dart, poet and musician. They hyphenated their surnames when they married to show they respected each other as equals. Richard grew up in Valhalla, in Westchester County, New York. His father did not believe in formal art lessons, and Richard spent hours sitting in his father's attic studio and watching his father paint. Art was only one of the many interests he had as a child, and he acquired them all through active involvement. In 1936 Pousette-Dart entered Bard College, but in rebellion against formal education, he only stayed a matter of months when he left to pursue his art activity in New York City. He... Read full biography
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Richard Pousette-Dart was born in 1916 in St. Paul, Minnesota. He began drawing and painting when he was eight. His father was Nathaniel Pousette, painter and writer on art and artists, and his mother was Flora Louise Dart, poet and musician. They hyphenated their surnames when they married to show they respected each other as equals. Richard grew up in Valhalla, in Westchester County, New York. His father did not believe in formal art lessons, and Richard spent hours sitting in his father's attic studio and watching his father paint. Art was only one of the many interests he had as a child, and he acquired them all through active involvement.
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