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Enrico Donati

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Enrico Donati (1909 - 2008) was active/lived in New York / Italy.  Enrico Donati is known for Abstract expressionist and surreal painting.

Enrico Donati, a surrealist and abstract expressionist painter, was born in Milan, Italy in 1909 and died in Manhattan on April 25, 2008.  He was known for his association with the surrealist movement of the 1940's, but his artwork continued to transform itself through the many trends that have occurred during his long career. 

In Italy he attended the Universita degli Studi in Pavia where he studied economics.  In 1934, he moved to the United States settling in New York where he studied at the New School for Social Research and the Art Students' League.

Considered the surviving dean of the Surrealist Movement and a member of the New York School, Donati painted with Ernst, Matta and Tanguy in the thirties and forties, and in particular with Andre Breton, regarded by many to be the grand master of Surrealism.

He helped organize the Exposition Internationale du Surrealisme in Paris in 1947 where he exhibited three of his pieces. The Surrealists were   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 12957 characters.]  Artist bio

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   Publications  Book References:  112
Magazine References:  5

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5 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Enrico Donati
Magazine Article Date Author Color
ARTnews Reviews: National November 2006 Editors Yes
ARTnews Reviews April 2005 ARTnews Editors Yes
ARTnews Reviews October 2004 Editors, ARTnews Yes
ARTnews Reviews August 2002 Editors, ARTnews Yes
ARTnews Reviews March 1998 Editors, ARTnews Yes
112 Book References for Enrico Donati
Year Author Title Pages Color
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
2002 Gualdoni, Flaminio Spaziali a Milano Galleria Arte e Arte, Bologna, Italy
(Exhibition catalog)		 0 Yes
2002 Mundy, Jennifer (Ed) Surrealism: Desire Unbound 352 Yes
2001 Wilkin, Karen and Bruce Guenther Clement Greenburg: A Critic's Collection Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon
(Exhibition catalog)		 0 Yes
2000 Alix, Josfina and Marika Sawin Les Surrealistes en Exil Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia
(Exhibition catalog)		 0 Yes
2000 Herskovic, Marika New York School: Abstract Expressionists Artists Choice by Artists 393 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1997 Marquis Who's Who Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998 1515 No
1996 New York: Hudson Hills Press Enrico Donati: Surrealism and Beyond 0 Yes
1995 LeKatsas, Barbara Surrealism Nassau County Museum of Art 0 Yes
1995 Sawin, Martica Surrealism in Exile 0 Yes
1995 Zabriskie Gallery Conspiratorial Laughter: A Friendship: Man Ray and Duchamp
(Exhibition catalog)		 0 Yes
1993 Bowker R R Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts) 1473 No
1993 Soria, Regina American Artists of Italian Heritage/1776-1945 178 No
1992 Isidore Duccasse, New York Inventions Surrealism 0 Yes
1992 National Gallery of Art American Paintings An Illustrated Catalogue
(Exhibition catalog)		 545 No
1991 Hall, Lee Betty Parsons Artist, Dealer, Collector 192 Yes
1991 Maulpoix, Jean-Michel XXe Siecle Apres 1950 0 Yes
1991 Musee National D'Art Moderne, Paris Andre Breton: La Beaute Convulsive 0 Yes
1991 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia Andre Breton y el surrealismo
(Exhibition catalog)		 0 Yes
1991 York, Pat Going Strong 255 Yes
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)		 1117 No
1990 Sala de Expociones de la Fundacion cultural Mapfre Vida El Surrealismo Entre Viejo y Nuevo Mundo
(Exhibition catalog)		 0 Yes
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Exhibition catalog)		 538 No
1989 Marangon, Dino and Toni Toniato Spazialismo 0 Yes
1989 Schwarz, Arturo I Surrealisti Palazzo Reale, Milan and Shirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt
(Exhibition catalog)		 0 Yes
1989 The Christian Science Monitor The Many Masks of Modern Art 0 Yes
1989 Wechler, Jeffery Abstract Expressionism Other Dimensions 0 Yes
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Dictionary of Signatures & Monogram 556 No
1988 Read, Herbert A Concise History of Modern Painting 418 Yes
1987 Cummings, Paul Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition) 653 No
1987 Martin, Richard Fashion and Surrealism 0 Yes
1986 Biennale di Venezia Art and Alchemy
(Exhibition catalog)		 0 Yes
1986 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986 1292 No
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1986 Pierre, Jose L'Aventure surrealiste autour d'Andre Breton 0 Yes
1986 Steinbaum, Bernice Elders of the Tribe Bernice Steinbaum Gallery
(Exhibition catalog)		 0 Yes
1985 Chadwick, Whitney Women Artists and the Surrealist Movement 0 Yes
1985 Neff, Ann R (editor) In the Mind's Eye Dada and Surrealism
(Exhibition catalog)		 240 Yes
1984 McCabe, Cynthia Jaffee Artistic Collaboration in the Twentieth Century Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian 0 Yes
1984 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present 656 No
1984 Wolff, Theodore Enrico Donati: The Most Recent Work 0 Yes
1982 Biro, Adam and Rene Passeron Dictionnaire General du Surrealism et de ses Environ 0 No
1982 Musee National D'Art Moderne Yves Tanguy 0 Yes
1982 Stebbins, Theodore/G Gorokhoff American Paintings at Yale University: An illustrated Checklist
(Exhibition catalog)		 213 No
1981 Newark Museum American Art in the Newark Museum Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture 431 Yes
1980 Baron, Jacques Anthologie plastique du surrealisme 0 Yes
1978 Ed. By Franklin Rosemont What is Surrealism 0 Yes
1977 Barr, Alfred H Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art 655 No
1977 Robert-Jones, Philippe Arts of the Twentieth Century Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels 0 Yes
1977 Wechsler, Jeffrey Surrealism and American Art 1931-1947
(Exhibition catalog)		 116 Yes
1976 Gruen, John. Preface Enrico Donati: A Retrospective Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)		 0 Yes
1976 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition 756 No
1976 Powell, III, Earl Abstract Expressionists and Imagists: A Retrospective View University of Texas, Austin
(Exhibition catalog)		 0 Yes
1975 Chambers, Bruce W American Paintings in the High Museum of Art/Bicentenial Catalogue 127 Yes
1975 Editor, Smithsonian Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection 0 No
1975 Passeron, Rene Encyclopedia du Surrealism 0 Yes
1974 Baur, John I H Whitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection 235 Yes
1973 Baur, John I.H. Catalogue of the Collection Whitney Museum of American Art 0 Yes
1973 Onn, Gerald (Translator) Phaidon Dictionary of Twentieth Century Art 0 No
1972 De Rosa, Stefano, Galleria d'Arte Bergamo Roberto Crippa
(Exhibition catalog)		 0 Yes
1970 Alexandrian, Sarane Surrealist Art 256 Yes
1970 Selz, Peter H. American Painting Virginia Museum of Fine Art 0 Yes
1970 Whitney Museum of American Art Annual Exhibition 1970, Contemporary American Painting
(Exhibition catalog)		 0 Yes
1969 Atlantic Richfield Corporation Atlantic Richfield Collection 0 Yes
1969 Tapie, Michel Espaces Abstraits Edizioni della Galleria D'Arte Cortina
(Exhibition catalog)		 0 Yes
1968 Robbins, Daniel/David W Scott An American Collection The Neuberger Collection 463 Yes
1968 Rubin, William S Dada, Surrealism and Their Heritage (Museum of Modern Art)
(Exhibition catalog)		 252 No
1968 University of California, Berkeley Selection 1968: Recent Accessions to the University Art Collection 0 Yes
1967 American Republic Insurance Company Collection of the American Republic Insurance Company 0 Yes
1966 Green, Samuel M American Art A Historical Survey 706 No
1966 Rathbone, Perry T. Selections from the Collection of Susan Morse Hilles Boston Museum of Fine Arts Press 0 Yes
1966 Whitney Museum of American Art Annual Exhibition 1966, Contemporary American Painting
(Exhibition catalog)		 0 Yes
1965 The Pocket Museum, Paris Enrico Donati 0 Yes
1965 University of Illinois Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture
(Exhibition catalog)		 210 No
1965 Whitney Museum of American Art Annual Exhibition 1965, Contemporary American Painting
(Exhibition catalog)		 0 Yes
1963 Jouffroy, Alain Enrico Donati Recent Paintings
(Exhibition catalog)		 12 Yes
1963 Weller, Allen S. et al Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture (Krannert Art Museum) 223 No
1963 Whitney Museum of American Art Annual Exhibition 1963, Contemporary American Painting
(Exhibition catalog)		 0 Yes
1962 Moretti, Luigi Strutture e Stile Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Torino
(Exhibition catalog)		 0 Yes
1962 Staempli Gallery Enrico Donati Preface by Nicolas Calas
(Exhibition catalog)		 0 Yes
1961 Goodrich, Lloyd/John I H Baur American Art of Our Century 309 Yes
1961 Palais des Beaux-Arts Enrico Donati Preface by Marcel Duchamp
(Exhibition catalog)		 0 Yes
1961 Solomon R Guggenheim Museum American Abstract Expressionists and Imagists
(Exhibition catalog)		 1961 No
1961 Washburn, Gordon Bailey Pittsburgh International
(Exhibition catalog)		 0 Yes
1961 Weller, Allen S. Contemporary American Painting 0 Yes
1961 Whitney Museum of American Art Annual Exhibition 1961, Contemporary American Painting
(Exhibition catalog)		 0 Yes
1960 McNamee, M.B. Paintings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Morton May Saint Louis: Pius XI Library, Saint Louis University 0 Yes
1960 Walker Art Center 60 American Painters 1960 Abstract Expressionist Painting of the Fifties
(Exhibition catalog)		 78 Yes
1959 Jean, Marcel Histoire de la Peinture Surrealist 0 Yes
1959 Read, Herbert A Concise History of Modern Painting
(Exhibition catalog)		 0 No
1959 Weller, Allen S. Contemporary American Painting 0 Yes
1958 Washburn, Gordon Bailey Pittsburgh International
(Exhibition catalog)		 0 Yes
1958 Whitney Museum of American Art Annual Exhibition 1958, Contemporary American Painting
(Exhibition catalog)		 0 Yes
1956 Giani, Giampiero Spazialismo 0 Yes
1956 Sweeney, James Johnson Younger American Painters
(Exhibition catalog)		 0 Yes
1956 Whitney Museum of American Art Annual Exhibition 1956, Contemporary American Painting
(Exhibition catalog)		 0 Yes
1954 Greenberg, Clement and Nicolas Calas Donati 0 Yes
1954 Whitney Museum of American Art Annual Exhibition 1954, Contemporary American Painting
(Exhibition catalog)		 0 Yes
1953 Clarac-Serou, Max Donati 0 Yes
1952 Iolas Gallery Enrico Donati Preface
(Exhibition catalog)		 0 Yes
1951 Weller, Allen S. Contemporary American Painting 0 Yes
1949 Editions: Durand -Ruel Breton, Andre, Nicolas Calas, and Maurice Neadeau, Enrico Donati
(Exhibition catalog)		 0 Yes
1948 Barr, Alfred H., ed. Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art 0 Yes
1948 Weller, Allen S. and Frank Roos Contemporary American Painting 0 Yes
1947 Galerie Maeght, Paris Le Surrealism en 1947
(Exhibition catalog)		 0 Yes
1947 Poma, Fernando Modern Art Looks Ahead 0 Yes
1946 Venturi, Lionello Pittura Contemporanea 0 Yes
1945 New York: Brentanos Le Surrealism et La Peinture
(Exhibition catalog)		 0 Yes
1944 Passedoit Gallery Paintings by Enrico Donati Andre Breton. Preface
(Exhibition catalog)		 0 Yes
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