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DONALD ELDER

Donald Elder started his art education at the Art Students’ League, the New York Academy of Art and Pratt. He lived in Europe studying in Paris, Florence and Valdottavo, Italy. Elder is a three-time recipient of the Pollock-Krasner Award and received the Edward G McDowell Grant. He currently lives in Woodstock, NY.

Elder applies an abstract impressionist point of view to his paintings. He has an emotional rapport with nature. His work echoes of fantasy, mystical light and romanticism.

Paintings

Untitled #6, 2019, oil on canvas, 48 x 60 inches

Untitled #13, 2019, oil on panel, 14 x 14 inches

Untitled #14, 2019, oil on canvas, 20 x 16 inches

V7, 2019, oil on paper, 12.5 x 9.75 inches

Untitled #7, 2019, oil on paper, 22 x 30 inches

Untitled, 2019, oil on canvas, 48 x 48 inches

Untitled #12, 2019, oil on canvas, 60 x 50 inches

Untitled #10, 2019, oil on canvas, 60 x 50

Untitled #8, 2019, oil on canvas, 36 x 48 inches

Untitled #4, 2019, triptych, oil on canvas, 20 x 48 inches

Untitled #9, 2019, oil on canvas, 36 x 36 inches

Untitled #3, 2019, oil on canvas, 48 x 48 inches

Untitled #5, 2019, diptych, oil on canvas, 36 x 48 inches

Untitled #2, 2019, oil on canvas, 50 x 60 inches

Untitled #15, 2019, oil on panel, 12 x 9 inches

Untitled #1, 2019, oil on canvas, 40 x 30 inches

Untitled #11, 2019, oil on canvas, 36 x 24 inches

Untitled #16, 2019, oil on panel, 16 x 60 inches

Untitled #17, 2019, oil on panel, 18 x 24 inches

Untitled #20, 2019, oil on paper, 16 x 21 inches

Untitled #21, 2019, oil on paper, 16 x 21 inches

Triptych 1 - 2017 - Oil on canvas - 36″ x 90″

Untitled - 2016 - Oil on canvas - 36″ x 48

Untitled 24 - 2017 - Oil on canvas - 36″ x 48″

Donald Elder — Untitled 21 - 2017 - Oil on canvas - 36″ x 48″

Untitled 30 - 2017 - Oil on canvas - 48″ x 60″

Diptych - 2017 - Oil on canvas - 48″ x 72″

UNTITLED 1, 2017, oil on canvas, 36 x 48 inches

ABS#2, 2016, oil on paper, 22 x 30 inches

UNTITLED 22, 2017, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 inches

Triptych X, 2011, oil on canvas, 40" x 62"

Spring Waterscape, 2015, oil on canvas, 40" x 57"

Abstract Garden, 2015, oil on canvas, 8 x 8 feet

Bio

DONALD ELDER

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Prudential.
AT&T.
Sanford Bernstein Co.
M C I.
Korean Exchange Bank.
Bourkel Immobiliere International.
City Of Bristol Museum, Bristol, England.
Museum Of Modern Art, Lodz, Poland.
Art Students League, New York City, New York.
Brandeis University.
Public Collection, City Of Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
Minister Of Foreign Affairs, Luxembourg.
Julian Studley.

FULL HISTORY EDUCATION
Art Students’ League, New York, NY.
New York Academy of Art, New York, NY.
NY Pratt Graphics Center, New York, NY.
Santa Reparata Art Center, Florence, Italy.
Studio Camintzer, Valdottavo, Italy.

SELECTED AWARDS
2014 Pollock-Krasner Award.
2010 Pollock-Krasner Award.
2005 Pollock-Krasner Award.
1990 Edward G. McDowell Grant.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014
Elena Zang Gallery, Shady (Woodstock) NY 2012 Elena Zang Gallery, Shady (Woodstock) NY 2010 Elena Zang Gallery, Shady (Woodstock) NY.
2008
Frost & Reed, New York, NY.
2008
Elena Zang Gallery, Shady (Woodstock) NY.
2006
Elena Zang Gallery, Shady (Woodstock) NY.
2004
Elena Zang Gallery, Shady (Woodstock) NY.
2002
Elena Zang Gallery, Shady (Woodstock) NY.
1999
Ville De Dudelange – Galerie Dominique Lang, Luxembourg Elena Zang Gallery, Shady (Woodstock) NY 1998 Western Publishing Building, New York, NY Ville De Dudelange – Galerie Dominique Lang, Luxembourg.
1995
City Concord Gallery, Luxembourg.
1994
Galaria Kunst, Chur, Switzerland.
1991
Mission of Thailand to the United Nations, New York, NY 1982-85 Alonzo Gallery, New York, NY.

SELECTED COLLECTIONS
The Prudential.
AT&T.
Sanford Bernstein Co.
M C I.
Korean Exchange Bank.
Bourkel Immobiliere International.
City Of Bristol Museum – Bristol.
England Museum Of Modern Art – Lodz, Poland.
Art Students League – New York City.
Brandeis University Public Collection.
City Of Luxembourg – Luxembourg Minister Of Foreign Affairs – Luxembourg .
Julian Studley.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1996-15
Elena Zang Gallery, Shady (Woodstock) NY.
2010-11
Emerson Gallery, Mt. Tremper, NY.
2007-14
Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY.
2007-10
Kleinert Gallery, Woodstock, NY.
2008
Frost & Reed, New York, NY.
2004
Inquiring Mind Gallery, Saugerties, NY.
1996
Caplan Strohl Gallery, New York, NY.
1996
Galaria Kunst, Chur, Switzerland.
1995
Galaria Kunst, Chur, Switzerland 80 Washington Square East Gallery, New York, NY.
1993
494 Gallery, New York, NY The City Gallery, Leicester, England Off Centre Gallery, Bristol, England.
1992
Edinburgh Festival, Dumfries, Scotland Off Centre Gallery, Bristol, England Rhyl Museum, North Wales.
1991
The City Gallery, Leicester, England Off Centre Gallery, Bristol, England Constant Risch Modern Art Gallery, Luxembourg Art Students’ League, N.Y., N.Y., McDowell Grant Exhibition.
1990
The City Gallery, Leicester, England Off Centre Gallery, Bristol, England Lancashire Polytechnic, Preston, England Rhyl Museum, North Wales National Academy of Design, New York, NY Liatarnan Grange Art Centre, Cwbran, South Wales Newbury District Museum, Newbury, England Brunel University, Uxbridge, England.
1989
80 Washington Square East Gallery, New York, NY City of Bristol Museum, Bristol, England, British International Gallery of Art Exhibition Bureau, Lodz, Poland Taller Galeria Fort, Cadaques, Spain Miniprint Internacional Cadaques, Cadaques, Spain.
1988
80 Washington Square East Gallery, New York, NY Richards Gallery, North Eastern University, Boston, MA Monserrat College, Beverly, MA The Exhibition Space, New York, NY Chateau Royale of Clioure and Toulouse, France Fundacio La Caixa, Lleida, Spain Fundacio La Caixa, Igualada, Spain Fundacio La Caixa, Valencia, Spain Print International, Seoul, Korea 1987 Taller Galeria Fort, Cadaques, Spain Fundacio La Caixa, Lleida, Spain – 3 – Fundacio La Caixa, Igualada, Spain Fundacio La Caixa, Valencia, Spain Print International, Seoul, Korea.
1980-85
Alonzo Galllery, New York, NY 1976-78 Addison Green Gallery, New York, NY.

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