"Don Nice, Painter of Pop Art and River Scenes, Dies at 86," Obituary, The New York Time, by Neil Genzlinger, March 7, 2019. Don Nice, who in a varied career was known for Pop Art, paintings inspired... Read full biography
"Don Nice, Painter of Pop Art and River Scenes, Dies at 86," Obituary, The New York Time, by Neil Genzlinger, March 7, 2019. Don Nice, who in a varied career was known for Pop Art, paintings inspired by the Hudson River and works that broke free of the traditional rectangular canvas, died on Monday... Read full biography
"Don Nice, Painter of Pop Art and River Scenes, Dies at 86," Obituary, The New York Time, by Neil Genzlinger, March 7, 2019. Don Nice, who in a varied career was known for Pop Art, paintings inspired by the Hudson River and works that broke free of the traditional rectangular canvas, died on Monday in Cortlandt, N.Y. He was 86. His daughter, Leslie Heanue, confirmed the death but did not specify a cause. Mr. Nice began painting in the 1950s. At first he was enthralled by the Abstract... Read full biography
"Don Nice, Painter of Pop Art and River Scenes, Dies at 86," Obituary, The New York Time, by Neil Genzlinger, March 7, 2019. Don Nice, who in a varied career was known for Pop Art, paintings inspired by the Hudson River and works that broke free of the traditional rectangular canvas, died on Monday in Cortlandt, N.Y. He was 86. His daughter, Leslie Heanue, confirmed the death but did not specify a cause. Mr. Nice began painting in the 1950s. At first he was enthralled by the Abstract Expressionism of the period, but he eventually found it limiting. “I’d be doing a painting, and suddenly there’s a big red blob, and people would say, ‘That looks like an apple,’ so I’d paint it out,” he was quoted as saying in a biographical essay by Antonia... Read full biography
"Don Nice, Painter of Pop Art and River Scenes, Dies at 86," Obituary, The New York Time, by Neil Genzlinger, March 7, 2019. Don Nice, who in a varied career was known for Pop Art, paintings inspired by the Hudson River and works that broke free of the traditional rectangular canvas, died on Monday in Cortlandt, N.Y. He was 86. His daughter, Leslie Heanue, confirmed the death but did not specify a cause. Mr. Nice began painting in the 1950s. At first he was enthralled by the Abstract Expressionism of the period, but he eventually found it limiting. “I’d be doing a painting, and suddenly there’s a big red blob, and people would say, ‘That looks like an apple,’ so I’d paint it out,” he was quoted as saying in a biographical essay by Antonia D. Bryan on his website. He began painting realistic images, some quite large — grapes, a sneaker,... Read full biography
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About Don Nice: Books
Books & Publications (35)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
100 New York Painters
2006
Dantzic, Cynthia Maris
224 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Paint on Metal: Modern and Contemporary Explorations and Discoveries
2005
Sasse, Julie
154 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
Landfall Press: Twenty-Five Years Of Printmaking
1996
Ruzicka, Joseph
220 pages (color)
The Art of Watercolor (Revised Edition)
1994
LeClair, Charles
144 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
Tandem Press: Five Years Of Collaboration and Experimentation
1993
Stevens, Andrew (essay)
116 pages (color)
Large Scale Works on Paper (Exhibition catalog)
1991
John Berggruen Gallery
47 pages (color)
Spirit of Place: Contemporary Landscape Painting
1989
Arthur, John
159 pages (color)
John Berggruen Gallery Works on Paper (Exhibition catalog)
1988
Berggruen, John
97 pages (color)
Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition)
1987
Cummings, Paul
653 pages
Realism Today: American Drawings from the Rita Rich Collection National Academy of Design (Exhibition catalog)
1987
Dobkin, John (Preface); John I.H. Baer, (Essay)
120 pages (color)
American Watercolors
1986
Finch, Christopher
312 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
Flower Painting
1986
Sydney, Clare
80 pages (color)
American Artists: An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporary Americans
1985
Krantz, Les
347 pages (color)
American Art Now
1985
Lucie-Smith, Edward
160 pages (color)
Art at Work The Chase Manhattan Collection
1984
Severinghaus, J Walter
333 pages (color)
Perspectives on Contemporary American Realism (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Goodyear, Frank H
91 pages (color)
Prints A Collector's Guide
1983
Kaplan, Ellen
253 pages
The West as Art Western Art in Calfornia Collections (Exhibition catalog)
1982
Trenton, Patricia
197 pages (color)
Contemporary American Realism Since 1960 (Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts)
1981
Goodyear, Frank H, Jr.
255 pages (color)
Realist Drawings & Watercolors Contemporary American Works on Papers
1980
Arthur, John
144 pages (color)
West '80 Art and the Law (Exhibition catalog)
1980
Minnesota Museum of Art
80 pages (color)
An American Bestiary
1979
Haverstock, Mary Sayre
248 pages (color)
American Art in Belgium (Exhibition catalog)
1977
Societe des Expositions
175 pages (color)
30 Years of American Printmaking Including 20th National Print Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Baro, Gene
160 pages (color)
New Realism
1976
Kulturmann, Udo
190 pages (color)
Watercolor U S A National Invatational Exhibit (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Weller, Allen S
90 pages
Whitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection
1974
Baur, John I H
235 pages (color)
Things Seen
1974
Geske, Norman
115 pages (color)
The American Sense of Reality (Exhibition catalog)