Description: This unique item showcases a collection of paper paintings by the renowned Enrico Donati, which were featured in the prestigious Durand Ruel Galleries in New York back in 1949. The artwork captures the essence of the era, making it a must-have for any collector of vintage ephemera. The vivid colors and intricate designs are a testament to Enrico Donati's artistic prowess and are sure to add a touch of sophistication to any collection. Don't miss out on the opportunity to own a piece of art history. All items are sold used and is. Feel free to message me with any questions, and also check out the other stuff in my store! I am always willing to make a good deal on multiple items & will combine shipping! Enrico Donati (February 19, 1909 – April 25, 2008) was an Italian-American Surrealist painter and sculptor. Enrico Donati studied economics at the Università degli Studi, Pavia, and in 1934 moved to the USA, where he attended the New School for Social Research and the Art Students League of New York. His first one-man shows were in New York in 1942, at the New School for Social Research and the Passedoit Gallery. At this stage he was clearly drawn to Surrealism. This was reinforced by meeting André Breton and coming into contact with Marcel Duchamp and the other European Surrealists in New York at the time. A typical work of this period, St Elmo’s Fire (1944; New York, MoMA), contains strange organic formations suggestive of underwater life. Donati was one of the organizers of the Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme held in Paris in the summer of 1947, to which he contributed a painting and two sculptures. In the late 1940s he responded to the crisis in Surrealism by going through a Constructivist phase, from which he developed a calligraphic style and drew onto melted tar, or diluted paint with turpentine. He also became associated with Spatialism, founded by Lucio Fontana. Thus began his long fascination with surface and texture, including mixing paint with dust, that culminated in the 1950s in his Moonscapes, a series that has similarities with the work of Dubuffet. The fossil became a major theme for Donati through the 1960s, and he gave new importance to color in his Fossil works, for example in Red Yellow Fossil (1964; Miami, Hills Col., see Selz, p. 19). In 1961, he was given a major retrospective at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels and frequently exhibited at group shows in the USA and elsewhere. He held a number of important teaching and advisory posts, including Visiting Lecturer at Yale University (1962–1972). Considered by some in the art world to be one of the last of the Surrealists, Enrico Donati died in his home in Manhattan on April 25, 2008, aged 99. Donati's health had been failing since involved, as a passenger, in a taxi accident in July 2007. He eventually succumbed to complications sustained from his injuries. His art is featured in ; The Museum of Modern Art, New York Guggenheim Museum, New York Whitney Museum of American Art, New York Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri Museum of Fine Art of Houston, Texas Boca Raton Museum of Art, Florida Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Belgium Museum of International Center of Aesthetic Research, Turin Albright-Knox Art Gallery, New York The Detroit Institute of Art, Michigan University of Michigan Art Gallery, Michigan Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland·Newark Museum Association, New Jersey Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome Mitchener Foundation, Pennsylvania Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts The Rockefeller Institute, New York Johns Hopkins Hospital, Maryland Yale University Art Gallery, Connecticut Washington Gallery of Modern Art, Washington D.C. Tougaloo College, Mississippi Israel Museum, Israel University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley University of Texas at Austin Museum of Fine Arts, Florida Tacoma Art Museum, Washington St. Paul Art Center, Minnesota The Lowe Museum, University of Miami, Florida High Museum of Art, Georgia Doane University, Nebraska Seattle Art Museum, Washington Weinstein Gallery, San Francisco, CA [1] Vassar College, New York Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania Minnesota Museum of American Art, Minnesota The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C. Museum of Art, Florida Orlando Museum of Art, Florida Housatonic Community College, Connecticut Arturo Schwarz Surrealist Foundation, Italy Gallerie di Piazza Scala, Milan, Italy, magma bianco 2007, The Surreal World of Enrico Donati, de Young Museum, San Francisco 2006, Weinstein Gallery, San Francisco, California (Retrospective : 130 Selected works from the Artist's Personal Collection 1942 - 2001) 2004, 2005 Gallerie Les yeux fertiles, Paris 2000-04 Galerie Yoramgil, West Hollywood, California 1998 Galerie Yoramgil, West Hollywood, California (retrospective) 1997 Boca Raton Museum (retrospective) 1995-97 Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York 1995-97 Horwitch Gallery, Scottsdale 1986, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993 Louis Newman Galleries, Beverly Hills 1989 Galerie Zabriskie, Paris 1987 Zabriskie Gallery, New York 1985 Georges Fall, Paris 1994, 1990 Carone Gallery, Fort Lauderdale 1984, 1986, 1987 Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer, New York·1980 Grand Palais, FIAC, Paris 1980 Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs 1979 Osuna Gallery, Washington D.C. 1979 Phillips Collection, Washington D.C. 1950 Galleria del Milione, Milan·1950 Obelisco, Rome 1950 Paul Rosenberg Gallery, New York 1947 Galerie Drouant Gallery, Paris 1947, 1958 Syracuse University, New York 1945-47, 1949 Durand Ruel, New York 1944, 1959 Chicago Arts Club, Chicago 1944 G. Place Gallery, Washington D.C. 1942, 1944 Passedoit Gallery, New York 1979 Norton Gallery, Palm Beach 1978 Wildenstien Art Center, Houston 1978 Davenport Municipal Art Gallery, Iowa 1978 Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga 1977 Fairweather Hardin Gallery, Chicago 1977 Tennessee Fine Arts Center, Nashville 1977 Chrysler Museum, Norfolk 1977, 1979, 1982 Ankrum Gallery, Los Angeles 1977 Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul 1965 Obelisk Gallery, Washington D.C. 1964 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 1964, 1966 J.L. Hudson Gallery, Detroit 1962, 1963, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1982 Staempfli Gallery, New York 1962 Neue Gallery, Munich 1961 Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels 1954, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1960 Betty Parsons Gallery, New York 1953 Naviglio, Milan 1952, 1953 Cavallino, Venice 1952 Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York
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