Edward Dugmore
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Edward Dugmore was an abstract expressionist
painter known for close ties to both the San Francisco and New York art worlds
in post-war era following World War II. Since 1950 he had more than two dozen solo exhibitions of his paintings in galleries across the United States. His paintings have been seen in hundreds of group exhibitions over the years.
. He entered the Marine Corps in 1943, and upon his discharge, taught painting and drawing at St. Joseph's College in West Hartford, Connecticut. In 1948, Dugmore took advantage of the G.I. Bill and moved out west to San Francisco to further his studies in art at the California School of Fine Arts. There he studied with Clyfford Still
, who was influential on his development, both as an artist and a close friend. Dugmore also became a life-long friend of fellow student and artist Ernest Briggs
. During this time, he co-organized an artists collaborative gallery called the Metart Gallery. In 1951 he moved to Guadalajara, Mexico to study at the University of Guadalajara
, where he received his M.F.A. He moved to New York City in 1952 and began exhibiting along with other Abstract Expressionist artists at the Stable Gallery
, where he subsequently had three solo exhibitions.
His paintings have been in exhibitions in important museums, institutions and art galleries over the course of eight decades beginning in the 1940s. Some of the museums and institutions in which his paintings have been seen include: Ball State University Museum of Art
, Muncie, IN; Greenville County Museum of Art
, Greenville, SC; Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago
, Worcester Art Museum
, Worcester, MA; The Cleveland Museum of Art
, Cleveland, OH, Amon Carter Museum
, Fort Worth, TX; Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art
, Northwestern University
, Evanston, IL, The Corcoran Gallery of Art
, Washington, DC; the New School for Social Research, New York, NY; The Portland Museum of Art
, Portland, OR, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art
, Utah State University
, Logan, UT; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
, Washington, D.C.
; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
, San Francisco, CA; American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters; New York University
, New York, NY, Smithsonian Institution
, Washington, D.C.
; Oakland Museum of California
, Oakland, CA; Albright-Knox Art Gallery
, Buffalo, NY; The Kansas City Art Institute
; The Hudson River Museum
, Yonkers, NY; Walker Art Center
, Minneapolis, MN; Whitney Museum of American Art
, New York, NY; The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
, New York, NY; Art Institute of Chicago
, Chicago, IL; Musee A. Lecuyr, Saint-Quentin, France (organized by MoMA
); among others.
His work is in the permanent collection of several prominent museums including the Albright-Knox Art Gallery
in Buffalo, the Corcoran Gallery in Washington D.C., the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
in Washington, D.C., the Walker Art Center
in Minneapolis, and the Menil Collection
in Houston.
Dugmore received a Guggenheim Fellowship
in 1966, National Endowment for the Arts
grants in 1976 and 1985, and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation
Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995.
Edward Dugmore died June 13, 1996 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Abstract expressionism
Abstract expressionism was an American post–World War II art movement. It was the first specifically American movement to achieve worldwide influence and put New York City at the center of the western art world, a role formerly filled by Paris...
painter known for close ties to both the San Francisco and New York art worlds
in post-war era following World War II. Since 1950 he had more than two dozen solo exhibitions of his paintings in galleries across the United States. His paintings have been seen in hundreds of group exhibitions over the years.
Biography
Edward Dugmore was born in Hartford, Connecticut on February 20, 1915. He underwent traditional art training at the Hartford Art School before going to Kansas City in the summer of 1941 to study with Thomas Hart Benton at the Kansas City Art InstituteKansas City Art Institute
The Kansas City Art Institute is a private, independent, four-year college of fine arts and design founded in 1885 in Kansas City, Missouri....
. He entered the Marine Corps in 1943, and upon his discharge, taught painting and drawing at St. Joseph's College in West Hartford, Connecticut. In 1948, Dugmore took advantage of the G.I. Bill and moved out west to San Francisco to further his studies in art at the California School of Fine Arts. There he studied with Clyfford Still
Clyfford Still
Clyfford Still was an American painter, and one of the leading figures of Abstract Expressionism.-Biography:...
, who was influential on his development, both as an artist and a close friend. Dugmore also became a life-long friend of fellow student and artist Ernest Briggs
Ernest Briggs
Ernest Briggs was an active participant in the later wave of Abstract Expressionism, the revolution in abstract painting that secured New York City's position as the art capital of the world in the post-World War II period.-Biography:...
. During this time, he co-organized an artists collaborative gallery called the Metart Gallery. In 1951 he moved to Guadalajara, Mexico to study at the University of Guadalajara
University of Guadalajara
University of Guadalajara is a public university in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. It is the second oldest university in Mexico, the fifth oldest in North America and the fourteenth oldest in Latin America...
, where he received his M.F.A. He moved to New York City in 1952 and began exhibiting along with other Abstract Expressionist artists at the Stable Gallery
Stable Gallery
The Stable Gallery, originally located on West 58th Street in New York, was founded in 1953 by Eleanor Ward. The Stable Gallery hosted early solo New York exhibitions for artists including Robert Indiana and Andy Warhol.-History:...
, where he subsequently had three solo exhibitions.
His paintings have been in exhibitions in important museums, institutions and art galleries over the course of eight decades beginning in the 1940s. Some of the museums and institutions in which his paintings have been seen include: Ball State University Museum of Art
Ball State University Museum of Art
The Ball State University Museum of Art is an art museum located in the Fine Arts building on the campus of Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, USA....
, Muncie, IN; Greenville County Museum of Art
Greenville County Museum of Art
The Greenville County Museum of Art is an art museum located in Greenville, South Carolina. Its collections focus mainly on American art, and its holdings include works by Andrew Wyeth, Josef Albers, Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol, Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, Ronnie Landfield, Eric Fischl, Marylyn...
, Greenville, SC; Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Worcester Art Museum
Worcester Art Museum
The Worcester Art Museum, also known by its acronym WAM, houses over 35,000 works of art dating from antiquity to the present day, representing cultures from all over the world. The WAM opened in 1898 in Worcester, Massachusetts, and is the second largest art museum in New England...
, Worcester, MA; The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland Museum of Art
The Cleveland Museum of Art is an art museum situated in the Wade Park District, in the University Circle neighborhood on Cleveland's east side. Internationally renowned for its substantial holdings of Asian and Egyptian art, the museum houses a diverse permanent collection of more than 43,000...
, Cleveland, OH, Amon Carter Museum
Amon Carter Museum
The Amon Carter Museum of American Art is located in Fort Worth, Texas. It was established by Amon G. Carter to house his collection of paintings and sculpture by Frederic Remington and Charles M. Russell. Carter’s will provided a museum in Fort Worth devoted to American art.When the museum opened...
, Fort Worth, TX; Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art
Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art
The Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art is an art museum located on the campus of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. The Block Museum was established in 1980 by Chicago art collectors Mary and Leigh B. Block...
, Northwestern University
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
, Evanston, IL, The Corcoran Gallery of Art
Corcoran Gallery of Art
The Corcoran Gallery of Art is the largest privately supported cultural institution in Washington, DC. The museum's main focus is American art. The permanent collection includes works by Rembrandt, Eugène Delacroix, Edgar Degas, Thomas Gainsborough, John Singer Sargent, Claude Monet, Pablo...
, Washington, DC; the New School for Social Research, New York, NY; The Portland Museum of Art
Portland Museum of Art
The Portland Museum of Art is an art museum in Portland, Maine. Founded as the Portland Society of Art in 1882, it is located in the downtown area known as The Arts District, and is the largest and oldest public art institution in the U.S...
, Portland, OR, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art
The Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art is a large museum on the campus of Utah State University in Logan, Utah, and a constituent of the Caine College of the Arts at USU. The museum, which holds one of the largest collections in the entire Intermountain West with over 4,800 pieces, focuses largely...
, Utah State University
Utah State University
Utah State University is a public university located in Logan, Utah. It is a land-grant and space-grant institution and is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities....
, Logan, UT; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is an art museum beside the National Mall, in Washington, D.C., the United States. The museum was initially endowed during the 1960s with the permanent art collection of Joseph H. Hirshhorn. It was designed by architect Gordon Bunshaft and is part of the...
, Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
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; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is a modern art museum located in San Francisco, California. A nonprofit organization, SFMOMA holds an internationally recognized collection of modern and contemporary art and was the first museum on the West Coast devoted solely to 20th century art...
, San Francisco, CA; American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters; New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
, New York, NY, Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Institution
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, Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
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; Oakland Museum of California
Oakland Museum of California
Oakland Museum of California or Oakland Museum is a museum dedicated to the art, history, and natural science of California located in Oakland, California....
, Oakland, CA; Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Albright-Knox Art Gallery
The Albright-Knox Art Gallery is an art museum located in Delaware Park in Buffalo, New York. The gallery is a major showplace for modern art and contemporary art. It is located directly across the street from Buffalo State College.-History:...
, Buffalo, NY; The Kansas City Art Institute
Kansas City Art Institute
The Kansas City Art Institute is a private, independent, four-year college of fine arts and design founded in 1885 in Kansas City, Missouri....
; The Hudson River Museum
Hudson River Museum
The Hudson River Museum, located in Trevor Park in Yonkers, New York, is the largest museum in Westchester County. The Yonkers Museum, founded in 1919 at City Hall, became the Hudson River Museum in 1948...
, Yonkers, NY; Walker Art Center
Walker Art Center
The Walker Art Center is a contemporary art center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The Walker is considered one of the nation's "big five" museums for modern art along with the Museum of Modern Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum and the Hirshhorn...
, Minneapolis, MN; Whitney Museum of American Art
Whitney Museum of American Art
The Whitney Museum of American Art, often referred to simply as "the Whitney", is an art museum with a focus on 20th- and 21st-century American art. Located at 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street in New York City, the Whitney's permanent collection contains more than 18,000 works in a wide variety of...
, New York, NY; The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is a well-known museum located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City, United States. It is the permanent home to a renowned collection of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, early Modern, and contemporary art and also features special exhibitions...
, New York, NY; Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago is one of America's largest accredited independent schools of art and design, located in the Loop in Chicago, Illinois. It is associated with the museum of the same name, and "The Art Institute of Chicago" or "Chicago Art Institute" often refers to either...
, Chicago, IL; Musee A. Lecuyr, Saint-Quentin, France (organized by MoMA
Moma
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); among others.
His work is in the permanent collection of several prominent museums including the Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Albright-Knox Art Gallery
The Albright-Knox Art Gallery is an art museum located in Delaware Park in Buffalo, New York. The gallery is a major showplace for modern art and contemporary art. It is located directly across the street from Buffalo State College.-History:...
in Buffalo, the Corcoran Gallery in Washington D.C., the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is an art museum beside the National Mall, in Washington, D.C., the United States. The museum was initially endowed during the 1960s with the permanent art collection of Joseph H. Hirshhorn. It was designed by architect Gordon Bunshaft and is part of the...
in Washington, D.C., the Walker Art Center
Walker Art Center
The Walker Art Center is a contemporary art center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The Walker is considered one of the nation's "big five" museums for modern art along with the Museum of Modern Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum and the Hirshhorn...
in Minneapolis, and the Menil Collection
Menil Collection
The Menil Collection, located in Houston refers either to a museum that houses the private art collection of founders John de Menil and Dominique de Menil, or to the collection itself...
in Houston.
Dugmore received a Guggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowships are American grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts." Each year, the foundation makes...
in 1966, National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
grants in 1976 and 1985, and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation
Pollock-Krasner Foundation
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation was established in 1985 for the purpose of providing financial assistance to individual working artists of established ability. It was established at the bequest of Lee Krasner, who was an American abstract expressionist painter and the widow of fellow painter Jackson...
Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995.
Edward Dugmore died June 13, 1996 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Chronology
Solo Exhibitions
- 2006 - Three Monumental Paintings, Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 2003 - Selected Works: Mostly from the 1960s, Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 2000 - Selected Works: 1956-1969, Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 1998 -The Passionate Eye, Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT
- 1997 - Lennon, Weinberg, New York, NY
- 1996 - Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- 1994 - A Survey of Works on Paper, Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 1992 - Paintings of the 1960s, Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 1991 - Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY
- 1991 - Burning Bright, Paintings 1950-1959, Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 1990 - The Carlson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- 1975 - H. Marc Moyens, Alexandria, VA
- 1973 - Green Mountain Gallery, New York, NY
- 1972 - Des Moines Art CenterDes Moines Art CenterThe Des Moines Art Center is an art museum with an extensive collection of paintings, sculpture, modern art and mixed media. It was established in 1948 in Des Moines, Iowa.-Description:...
, Des Moines, IA - 1965 - M.I.A. Gallery, Great Falls, MT
- 1965 - Town Wharf Gallery, Blue Hill, ME
- 1963 - Howard Wise Gallery, New York, NY
- 1961 - Howard Wise Gallery, New York, NY
- 1960 - Howard Wise Gallery, Cleveland, OH
- 1959 - Holland-Goldowsky Gallery, Chicago, IL
- 1956 - Stable GalleryStable GalleryThe Stable Gallery, originally located on West 58th Street in New York, was founded in 1953 by Eleanor Ward. The Stable Gallery hosted early solo New York exhibitions for artists including Robert Indiana and Andy Warhol.-History:...
, New York, NY - 1954 - Stable GalleryStable GalleryThe Stable Gallery, originally located on West 58th Street in New York, was founded in 1953 by Eleanor Ward. The Stable Gallery hosted early solo New York exhibitions for artists including Robert Indiana and Andy Warhol.-History:...
, New York, NY - 1953 - Sheldon Street Studio, Hartford, CT
- 1953 - Stable GalleryStable GalleryThe Stable Gallery, originally located on West 58th Street in New York, was founded in 1953 by Eleanor Ward. The Stable Gallery hosted early solo New York exhibitions for artists including Robert Indiana and Andy Warhol.-History:...
, New York, NY - 1950 - Metart Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Selected Public Collections
- Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
- Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Ardsley, NY
- Civic Museum and Gallery, Udine, Italy
- Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C.
- Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
- Housatonic Community College, Stratford, CT
- Kresge Art Center, East Lansing, MI
- Laguna Beach Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
- The Menil Collection, Houston, TX
- Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
- San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
- University of Guadalajara, Mexico
- University of Southern Illinois, Carbondale, IL
- Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
- Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC
- Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
Awards
- 1995 - Pollock-Krasner FoundationPollock-Krasner FoundationThe Pollock-Krasner Foundation was established in 1985 for the purpose of providing financial assistance to individual working artists of established ability. It was established at the bequest of Lee Krasner, who was an American abstract expressionist painter and the widow of fellow painter Jackson...
(Lifetime Achievement Award) - 1992 - Ingram-Merrill Foundation (Lifetime Achievement Award)
- 1985 - National Endowment for the ArtsNational Endowment for the ArtsThe National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
Grant - 1980 - American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Award
- 1976 - National Endowment for the ArtsNational Endowment for the ArtsThe National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
Grant - 1966 - John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship
- 1962 - M.V. Kohnstamm Award, 65th Annual, Art Institute of ChicagoArt Institute of ChicagoThe School of the Art Institute of Chicago is one of America's largest accredited independent schools of art and design, located in the Loop in Chicago, Illinois. It is associated with the museum of the same name, and "The Art Institute of Chicago" or "Chicago Art Institute" often refers to either...
Teaching
- 1973-82 - Part-time instructor of painting at Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD
- 1972 - Visiting Artist, Des Moines Art Center and Drake University, IA
- 1970 - Visiting Artist, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
- 1965 - Artist-in-residence at the Montana Institute of Fine Arts under the Auspices of The American Federation of Arts, Great Falls, MT
- 1964 - 1972 - Part-time instructor of painting at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
- 1961 - 1962 - Visiting Artist, University of Southern Illinois, Carbondale, IL
- 1946 - 1949 - Teacher of painting and drawing, St. Joseph's College, West Hartford, Ct.