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1864 New Dabo, France - 1960 New York City. Known for: River-scene and still life painting, decoration, murals.
The following is from The New York Times Art & Design section, courtesy of Paul Gallagher, Stillwell House Fine Art and Antiques. Antiques Restoration Project: An Artist's History and His Collection.... Read full biography
The following is from The New York Times Art & Design section, courtesy of Paul Gallagher, Stillwell House Fine Art and Antiques. Antiques Restoration Project: An Artist's History and His Collection. By EVE M. KAHN. Published: July 19, 2012. Leon Dabo's own descendants have heard little about him.... Read full biography
The following is from The New York Times Art & Design section, courtesy of Paul Gallagher, Stillwell House Fine Art and Antiques. Antiques Restoration Project: An Artist's History and His Collection. By EVE M. KAHN. Published: July 19, 2012. Leon Dabo's own descendants have heard little about him. Dabo, a French-born painter, died in 1960, at 96, after a restless career living in and around New York and in Europe and exhibiting in hundreds of group and solo shows. His early subjects were... Read full biography
The following is from The New York Times Art & Design section, courtesy of Paul Gallagher, Stillwell House Fine Art and Antiques. Antiques Restoration Project: An Artist's History and His Collection. By EVE M. KAHN. Published: July 19, 2012. Leon Dabo's own descendants have heard little about him. Dabo, a French-born painter, died in 1960, at 96, after a restless career living in and around New York and in Europe and exhibiting in hundreds of group and solo shows. His early subjects were saints, and later he favored twilit riverbanks, battlefields, bouquets and eerie pastures striped with dead trees. Dabo ended up estranged from his family, and he has largely fallen off the radar of art historians. Albert Douglas, 91, Dabo's only grandson,... Read full biography
The following is from The New York Times Art & Design section, courtesy of Paul Gallagher, Stillwell House Fine Art and Antiques. Antiques Restoration Project: An Artist's History and His Collection. By EVE M. KAHN. Published: July 19, 2012. Leon Dabo's own descendants have heard little about him. Dabo, a French-born painter, died in 1960, at 96, after a restless career living in and around New York and in Europe and exhibiting in hundreds of group and solo shows. His early subjects were saints, and later he favored twilit riverbanks, battlefields, bouquets and eerie pastures striped with dead trees. Dabo ended up estranged from his family, and he has largely fallen off the radar of art historians. Albert Douglas, 91, Dabo's only grandson, told art dealers during a recent filmed interview that he hardly knew his grand... Read full biography
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Keywords (53)
Art Method
- •Decorative Art, Decoration Design, Ornamental Arts
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
- •Conte Crayon
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Oil Paint
- •Pastel Painting/Drawing
Art Style
- •Contemporary Impressionism, After 1940
- •Impressionism Before 1940
- •Tonalist, Tonalism
Art Subject
- •Beach Scenes, Bathers, Swimming Genre
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
- •Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
- •Gardens, Garden Scenes
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Nocturnes, Nightime Scenes
- •Seascapes, Seasides
- •Skyscape, Clouds and/or Storms
- •Snowscene, Winter Landscape
- •Still Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Europe
- •Hudson River Valley, New York
- •Italy Before World War I
- •Litchfield, Connecticut
- •Michigan Before 1940
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
- •Woodstock, New York
Art Association
- •Allied Artists of America-
- •Brooklyn Society of Artists
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
- •National Arts Club, New York
- •National Society of Mural Painters
Art School
- •Academie Julian, Paris, Student
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Mural Specialty
- •Pastel Specialty
- •Snowscene Specialty
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •AskART Panama Pacific Expo
- •Panama Pacific Exhibition of 1915
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Brooklyn Society of Artists-
- •National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
Exhibition of Special Venue, Art Parks
- •Armory Show 1913, New York
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts