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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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Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Palette Knife, Heavy Texture
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstract Expressionism
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Gestural/ Action /Drip/Poured Painting
- •New York School/Abstract Expressionism
- •Surrealism, Surrealist
Art Subject
- •Gardens, Garden Scenes
- •Human Head Images, Portrait Heads, Faces
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Religion, Mysticism, Spirituality
- •Still Life
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Teacher
Awards/Recognition
- •M.V. Kohnstamm Prize, Art Institute of Chicago
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Self Taught, Autodidact
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Art of This Century, Peggy Guggenheim, New York City
- •Stable Gallery, New York City
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Venice Biennale
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum/Museum of Non Objective Painting
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts