Andrew Dasburg (1887-1979)
by Robert Parsons
and Ashley Rolshoven
Dasburg explained the experience of Taos, "The Taos Valley seemed like the first day of creation."
Andrew Dasburg
He was called "the greatest draughtsman of landscape since Van Gogh."
Dasburg said about Cézanne, "I came upon a small gallery where, in the window, were three or four paintings by Cézanne,
whose name I had heard mentioned but knew nothing of… I was immediately impressed by the great plastic reality of the paintings…
I looked for a long time. I was completely imbued with what I saw - one of those things that rarely come to one but when they do,
they are forever memorable."
Dasburg said "The objects and occurrences of natural phenomena are not art.
For not appearances, but causations, the underlying geometric mechanism is the guiding principle on which [the artist] builds."
Andrew Dasburg Highest Auction Prices
"Pueblo Village" Sales Price: $121,010
"The Crystal Vase" Price: $115,500
"Tulips on a Table" Price: $99,000
"Still Life" Price: $82,500
"New Mexico mission" Price: $46,200
"North Rim of Ranchos Valley" Price: $40,000
"Finney Farm" Price: $37,400
"Pinons" Price: $35,100
"Taos Landscape" Price: $29,900
"Adobes in Landscape" Price: $23,500
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Andrew Dasburg Timeline:
He was an American Modernist, a proponent of Cubism, Synchromism and Fauvism.
His media included watercolor, pastel, oil and prints.
He was born in Paris, France, on May 4, 1887.
He was raised in Germany.
In 1892 Dasburg and his widowed mother moved to America, settling in Hell's Kitchen in New York City.
In 1902 he won a scholarship to the Art Students League, where he studied under Kenyon Cox and DuMond.
He helped form the Sunflower Club, to promote brighter colors.
In 1906, during the summer, he painted landscapes around Woodstock, New York, studying under Birge Harrison.
He moved on to the New York School of Art, studying under Robert Henri, who inspired him.
He became a master teacher at Woodstock, New York, along with Konrad Cramer.
In 1909, he married Grace Mott Johnson, a fellow artist.
In 1909 Dasburg traveled to Paris, where he met Matisse, introduced by his friend Morgan Russell, a student of Matisse.
In Paris he also met Gertrude Stein and Leo Stein.
He was deeply influenced by Cézanne, Picasso, Matisse, and Kandinsky.
He said about Cézanne, "I came upon a small gallery where, in the window, were three or four paintings by Cézanne,
whose name I had heard mentioned but knew nothing of… I was immediately impressed by the great plastic reality of the paintings…
I looked for a long time. I was completely imbued with what I saw - one of those things that rarely come to one but when they do,
they are forever memorable."
In 1910, he moved back to the United States and to Woodstock, where he lived with Morgan Russell,
a leader of the American Synchromist movement.
In 1911, his wife Grace gave birth to their son Alfred.
In 1911, Dasberg had his first exhibition.
In 1912, he painted at Monhegan Island, Maine, along with his friend George Bellows.
In 1913, he showed 3 works in the Armory Show, also called the "International Exhibition of Modern Art",
a show which astounded New Yorkers.
After the Armory Show, he exhibited at Alfred Stieglitz's 291 gallery.
He worked with Konrad Cramer, producing paintings he called Improvisation.
By 1916, he ended his abstraction period.
By 1917, he separated from his wife and took up teaching in Woodstock and in New York City.
In 1917, he traveled to New Mexico, encouraged by Maurice Sterne.
In 1918, he first visited Taos, on the recommendation of Mabel Dodge Luhan.
From 1920 to 1928, he drew and painted part of each year in New Mexico.
By 1923 Dasburg was an American leader of Cubism.
In 1924, he was honored by the Arts magazine.
In 1929, he established permanent residency in New Mexico, settling in Taos in 1930.
In 1933, he became married to Mary Channing "Marina" Wister, the daughter of the writer Owen Wister.
In 1933, he he started working with watercolors.
In 1935, he won a commission for murals at the Colorado Springs Fine Art Center.
In 1936, he became married to poet Mary Channing Wister, daughter of Owen Wister.
In 1937 he contracted Addison's disease, which interfered with his painting until 1943.
In the 1950s and 60s, Dasburg often drew with pastels.
In 1957, a retrospective of Dasburg's work was presented at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts.
In 1975, he was honored by the governor of New Mexico in a solo exhibition at the capitol building of Santa Fe.
In 1975, he created a series of lithographs.
Andrew Dasburg died on August 13, 1979 at his home in Talpa, a part of Taos, New Mexico.
Andrew Dasburgs' media include:
Charcoal
Colored Pencil
Conte Crayon
Crayon
Gouache
Graphite Pencil
Ink
Oil Paint
Pastel Painting
Pen and Ink
Prints
Watercolor
Andrew Dasburgs' teachers include:
Frank Vincent DuMond
Kenyon Cox
Lowell Birge Harrison
Robert Henri
Andrew Dasburg Exhibitions include:
Armory Show 1913, New York
Art Institute of Chicago
Carnegie Institute, International
Charles Russell Art Show
Corcoran Gallery, Washington DC
Museum of Modern Art, New York
National Academy of Design
Salons of America
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Whitney Museum of American Art
Andrew Dasburg paintings include:
"The Absence of Mabel Dodge"
"Tulips"
"Poppies"
"Roadside"
"Clouds Over Taos"
"Mountains"
"The Crystal Vase"
"Tulips on a Table"
"Pueblo Village"
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