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Donald Sultan

In one way or the other, I want to combine abstract and figurative painting to create a viable situation that represents power and meaning.

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Born in 1951 in Asheville, North Carolina, in the United States, Donald Sultan studies art at the University of North Carolina, then at The Art Institute of Chicago. He moves to New York in 1975, where he works for a while renovating apartments among other things, then finally ‘allows himself’ to paint. The work of Donald Sultan is linked to the movement ‘Bad Painting’, whose source is . . .

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Original signed etching de Sultan Donald : Dominos
Dominos
1990 Original etching, signed in pencil by the artist. Barry Walker n°69
Signed aquatint de Sultan Donald : Flowers in a vase
Flowers in a vase
1993 Original aquatinte in black, dedicated in bottom on the left, titled, dated and signed (monogram) in pencil by the artist in the margin of left. Pace... Without
Original signed aquatint de Sultan Donald : Flowers in a pot with oranges
Flowers in a pot...
1993-1994 Original aquatinte in 4 colors, dedicated in bottom on the left, titled, dated and signed (monogram) in pencil by the artist in the margin of left.... Without
Original etching de Sultan Donald : Dominos
Dominos
1990 Original etching, aquaforte, signed in pencil. Barry Walker n°69 (suite)

Catalogue(s) raisonné(s)

Catalogue(s) raisonné(s)
*« Sultan », Barry Walker and American Foundation of Art, Ed. Rizzoli, New York, 1992. All the "catalogues raisonnés"

Bibliographic track & more

To read about the artist :
  • « Donald Sultan », I. M. Danoff & I. Dunlop, M. of Contempory Art, Chicago 1987
  • « Sultan », Barbara Rose, Elizabeth Avedon Editions, Vintage Books, 1988
  • « Donald Sultan : Appoggiatures », P. Sergeant, Ed. de la Différence, 1989
  • « Donald Sultan », cat. d'expo., Ed. Waddington Galleries, 1990
  • « Donald Sultan : Playing Cards », K. Tsuzuki, Ed. Kyoto Shoin International, 1990
  • « Donald Sultan », Georgia Cadenazzi, Ed. Christian Marinotti, Milan, 1998
  • « In the Still-Life tradition », D. Mamet, S. H. Madoff, Memphis Brooks M., 2000
  • « F. S. : Painting into Architecture », P. Goldberger, Ed. Metropolitain M. of Art, 2007
  • « Donald Sultan: Theater of the Object », C. Ratcliff, Ed. Vendome Press, 2008
  • « Donald Sultan : The Disaster Paintings », P. Vergne, Ed. Prestel, 2016
To read from the artist :
  • « Sultan : painter, printmaker », ent. avec McCann et C. Nelkin,in Artweek, 1991
  • « Art In Progress : Donald Sultan, part 1 and 2 », in video, YouTube, 2018
Website :
www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/sultan.htm

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Mouvements de l'art

  • + GERMAN NEW EXPRESSIONNISM / 1975-1985 / Karl Horst Hödicke, Luciano Castelli, Walter Dahn, Jiri Georg Dokoupil, Rainer Fetting, Anselm Kiefer, etc.
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