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Doug Ohlson

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Doug Ohlson (1936 - 2010) was active/lived in New York, Iowa.  Doug Ohlson is known for Abstraction, minimal imagery.

The following is the artist's obituary from the New York Times:

Doug Ohlson, Painter of Vivid Abstracts, Dies at 73
By Roberta Smith, published: July 23, 2010

It could be said that Doug Ohlson's determination to be a painter came out of the blue. He was born in the middle of the Great Depression in Cherokee, Iowa, 50 miles east of the Missouri River.  His father, a farmer and the son of a Swedish immigrant, expected his three sons to carry on the family tradition.

But Mr. Ohlson had other ideas, inspired in part by a plentitude of flat terrain and open sky that was extreme even in a region known for them.  In a catalog essay on Mr. Ohlson, the art historian E. C. Goossen noted the possible effect of the changing sky during the unending chores of farm life on the artist's passion for color.  "One can imagine yellowish pink and green dawns, blue noons, and red-orange sunsets that swiftly slide from purple to black," Mr. Goossen wrote, "a fre   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3903 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

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Artist artworks for sale and wanted

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Research resources

.  askART lists Doug Ohlson in 0 of its research Essays. Doug Ohlson has 11 artist signature examples available in our database.

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Facts about Doug Ohlson

   Publications  Book References:  13
Magazine References:  3

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3 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Doug Ohlson
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Art in America Doug Ohlson's Fields of Meaning March 2003 Ratcliff, Carter Yes
Art in America Review of Exhibitions July 2001 Editors, Art in America Yes
Art in America Review of Exhibitions June 1996 Editors, Art in America Yes
13 Book References for Doug Ohlson
Year Author Title Pages Color
2006 Dantzic, Cynthia Maris 100 New York Painters 224 Yes
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2004 McGowan, Alison C (Editor) Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition) 1512 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1993 Bowker R R Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts) 1473 No
1987 Cummings, Paul Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition) 653 No
1986 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986 1292 No
1981 Rugoff, Milton The Britannica Encyclopedia of American Art 669 Yes
1976 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition 756 No
1970 Albright-Knox Art Gallery Modular Painting
(Exhibition catalog)		 24 Yes
1968 Battcock, Gregory (editor) Minimal Art A Critical Anthology 448 No
1968 Goosen, E C Art of the Real U S A 1948-1968 64 Yes
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