Andrew Dasburg (1887-1979)

Biography

Andrew Dasburg was born in France in 1887 and moved to the United States in 1902. He attended the Art Students League in New York, where he studied with Kenyon Cox and Frank DuMond. He also trained with Birge Harrison at the Woodstock School of Art, where he eventually became a master teacher.

In 1908, Dasburg visited Paris, where he was exposed to Cubism and the works of Matisse, Picasso, and Cézanne. Invited to Matisse's studio, he had the opportunity to watch Matisse at work. Cézanne proved to be even more influential upon Dasburg and would be a source of inspiration to him for the rest of his career.

While back in America, Dasburg participated in the seminal Armory Show of 1913. Mabel Dodge Luhan, a good friend and one of the organizers of the exhibition, invited him to visit Taos, New Mexico in 1918. Dasburg was struck by the landscape and settled in Taos in 1930.

The artist continued to be a proponent of Cézanne and Cubism, influencing an older generation of Taos artists that included Victor Higgins, Ernest Blumenschein, and Oscar Berninghaus.

An early Taos Modern, Dasburg is now credited with helping to draw national attention to Taos artists. By the end of his life in 1979, he had painted in Taos for just over sixty years.

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Schools of Study

Art Students League of New York, New York 1902
New York School of Art, New York
Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock, New York 1906

Partial List of Collections

Whitney Museum of American Art, NY
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO

Black and white photograph of Andrew Dasburg holding a dog
Mildred Tolbert, 'Dasburg Image', 17.5 x 14.5", photograph
Selected Awards

Second Prize, Pan American Exhibition, Los Angeles County Museum of Art 1925
Third Prize, 26th International of Painting, Carnegie Institute 1927
Guggenheim Fellowship 1932

Selected Exhibitions

The Armory Show 1913, New York 1913

Andrew Dasburg at 203 Fine Art

The following exhibition catalogues, published by 203 Fine Art, feature works by Andrew Dasburg. Please follow the links to view the catalogues on Issuu.

Taos Moderns Return to The Stables Gallery | 2018

Modern Art in Taos - the Second Chapter | 2016

Taos Moderns: Bridging the Gap | 2015

Selected Works in our Inventory