Donald Baechler
1956–2022

Introduction

Donald Baechler (November 22, 1956 – April 4, 2022) was an American painter and sculptor associated with 1980s Neo-expressionism. He had lived in Manhattan and Stephentown, New York.

Wikidata identifier

Q1239698

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Introduction

The painter became known as a participant in New York’s 1980s East Village scene with his flat, playful, naïve-seeming neo-Expressionist paintings of simple figurative forms.

Country of birth

United States

Roles

Artist, collagist, graphic artist, painter, sculptor

ULAN identifier

500118756

Names

Donald Baechler

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