Pierre Daura
Untitled (Woodcutter), ca. 1930
Etching and aquatint on cream wove paper
Plate: 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (14.0 x 8.9 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/4 x 5 1/8 in. (18.4 x 13.0 cm)
From the collection of the Terra Foundation for American Art
Pierre Daura
Pierre Daura (1896–1976) was a highly prolific and versatile Catalan-American artist who co-founded the important abstract artists’ group Cercle et Carré (Circle and Square) in Paris in 1929. In 1930, he moved to Saint Cirq-Lapopie, France, with his wife, Louise Heron Blair of Richmond, Virginia. The two had a child, Martha, later that year. In 1937, Daura fought for the Spanish Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War. He and his family moved to Virginia in 1939, where he was chairman of the art department at Lynchburg College for the 1945-1946 academic year. Later Daura taught studio art courses at Randolph-Macon Women's College from 1946-1953, before returning to his own artistic practice full time. On January 1, 1976, Pierre Daura passed away in Rockbridge Baths, Virginia.
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Cy Twombly's Obituary
Cy Twombly is understood to be one of the most important American painters of recent times. His style is a medley of influences derived from major movements of the twentieth century: abstract expressionism, minimalism, and pop art (just to name a few). In this obituary from the New York Times, Pierre and Louise Daura are given credit for their influence over the young Twombly’s style. Of particular note is Louise’s possible introduction of cave painting to the teenage artist.
Pierre Daura
Untitled (Montmartre), 1914–17
Oil on canvas mounted on board
13 x 18 1/8 in. (33.0 x 46.0 cm)
From the collection of the Terra Foundation for American Art
Pierre Daura
Self-Portrait with Easel, n.d.
Oil on canvas
54.5 x 46 cm
From the collection of the Musée des Augustins
Pierre Daura
Civilisation 1937: La Cultura del Odio, 1937-1939
Etching with aquatint
Plate: 6 7/8 x 5 1/8 in.
Another etching from the Civilisation series at the Chazen Museum of Art
Pierre Daura
Untitled (Daura in blue and green shirt with cane), 1970-1971
Oil on canvas
61 x 46 cm (24 x 18 1/8 in)
From the collection of the Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas
Pierre Daura
Untitled (Seated Woman), 1945-1963
Sculpture of mock orange wood with painted base
33.5 x 11 x 11 cm (13 3/16 x 4 5/16 x 4 5/16 in) without base
From the collection of the Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas
Pierre Daura
Calafons à Minorque, 1927
Drypoint
8 1/2 x 9 7/8 in. (sheet)
From the collection of the Indianapolis Museum of Art
Pierre Daura
Untitled (Church in snow with rose sky), 1930-1939
Oil on board
50.3 x 40.5 cm (19 3/4 x 15 15/16 in)
Beautiful painting of the church at St. Cirq, from the collection of the Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas
Pierre Daura
White Houses, ca. 1935
Oil on canvas
European: French-Catalan
13 x 17 inches
From the collection of the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
