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Don Nice

Donald Harry Nice
Nice in his NYC studio in 1964 with his painting Strawberry
Born1932 (1932)
Visalia, California
Died2019 (aged 86–87)
Cortlandt, New York
Known forPainter, printmaker
MovementPop art
Websitedonnice.com

Don Nice (1932–2019) was an American painter, printmaker, and educator known for his pop realism.

Biography

Nice was born in Visalia, California in 1932.[1] He attended the University of Southern California and the Yale School of Art.[2] Nice served in the United States Army from 1955 through 1957. After leaving the army he spent several year in Europe. In 1959 he married Sandra Kay Smith.[3]

Nice taught at the Minneapolis School of Art,[3] the School of Visual Arts, and went on to be the artist-in-residence at Dartmouth College.[2]

Nice's early paintings were in the Abstract Expressionist style. He abandoned Abstract Expressionism for Pop art.[4] His work was included in the 1968 Vassar College Art Gallery exhibition Realism Now.[5] His work was included in the Rubber Stamp Portfolio published in the late 1970s.[6] By the 1980s Nice was incorporating landscapes of the Hudson River Valley in his work.[3]

Nice died in 2019 in Cortlandt, New York.[1]

Work

Nice's work in many collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art,[7] the Museum of Modern Art,[8] the National Gallery of Art,[9] the Smithsonian American Art Museum,[1] the Whitney Museum of American Art.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Don Nice". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Don Nice". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  3. ^ a b c Genzlinger, Neil (7 March 2019). "Don Nice, Painter of Pop Art and River Scenes, Dies at 86". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  4. ^ Doyon, Marie. "Remembering Hudson Valley Artist Don Nice". Chronogram Magazine. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Art Gallery Exhibit 'Dazzles', Realism 'Larger-Than-Life',Vassar Miscellany News 8 May 1968". Vassar Newspaper & Magazine Archive. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Don Nice". Princeton University Art Museum. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Don Nice | Wolf, Western Series, American Predella #5". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  8. ^ "Don Nice". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  9. ^ "Donald Harry Nice". National Gallery of Art. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  10. ^ "Don Nice". Whitney Museum of American Art. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
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