Student Research - Museum Studies
Bradley Wright
Pierre Daura, Catalán-American Modernist
Abstract: Pierre Daura (American, born Spain, 1896-1976) was a member of a radical generation of artists who shaped the development of European modernism from the 1910s to the 1930s. The richness of his art reflects the diverse experiences of his life - growing up in Catalonia, Spain, maturing as an artist in Paris, moving to the small French village of Saint Cirq-Lapopie, participating in the Spanish Civil War, and finally relocating to Rockbridge Baths, Virginia. After settling in America during World War II, Daura focused his art on the landscape, still life, and the figure. Selected from a major gift to the Joel and Lila Harnett Print Study Center from the artist's daughter, Martha Randolph Daura, the exhibition of drawings, watercolors, prints, and oil paintings highlighted the major themes of Daura's long career as an artist.
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Click here for Bradley's exhibition pamphlet.
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