Dore Ashton (1928–2017)
Author of The New York School: A Cultural Reckoning
About the Author
Dore Ashton was born Dorothea Shapiro in Newark, New Jersey on May 21, 1928. She received a bachelor's degree in literature from the University of Wisconsin in 1949 and a master's degree in art history from Harvard University in 1950. After leaving Harvard, she began writing reviews for Art Digest show more and soon became an associate editor. In 1955, she became an art reviewer for The New York Times. She left the newspaper in November 1960. She taught art history at the School of Visual Arts, Cooper Union and the New School. She wrote numerous books during her lifetime including The Unknown Shore: A View of Contemporary Art, A Reading of Modern Art, The New York School: A Cultural Reckoning, A Joseph Cornell Album, "Yes, but ¿: A Critical Study of Philip Guston, A Fable of Modern Art, American Art Since 1945, About Rothko, and Noguchi East and West. Many of her essays were collected in Out of the Whirlwind: Three Decades of Arts Commentary. In 1963, the College Art Association gave her and the architecture critic Lewis Mumford the first Frank Jewett Mather Awards for distinguished arts journalism. She died on January 30, 2017 at the age of 88. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Works by Dore Ashton
Jacobo Borges 4 copies
Manolo Millares 2 copies
Antonio Sant'Elia 2 copies
Milton Avery: Mexico 1 copy
Using Walls (Outdoors) 1 copy
American Art Since 1945 1 copy
About Rothko Chapel 1 copy
USA: Modern Painters 1 copy
Al Blaustein Late Works 1 copy
Tom Doyle 1 copy
Morris Louis 1 copy
Painting as painting 1 copy
Associated Works
Picasso : las grandes series : [exposición], Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, del 28 de marzo al 18 de junio (2001) — some editions — 4 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Shapiro, Dorothea (birth)
- Birthdate
- 1928-05-21
- Date of death
- 2017-01-30
- Gender
- female
- Education
- New School for Social Research (youth)
University of Wisconsin (BA|1949)
Harvard University (MA|1950) - Occupations
- art critic
historian - Organizations
- Art Digest
New York Times
School of Visual Arts
Cooper Union
New School for Social Research - Awards and honors
- Guggenheim Fellowship ( [1963, 1969])
Ford Foundation Fellowship (1965) - Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Newark, New Jersey, USA
- Places of residence
- New York, New York, USA
- Place of death
- Bronx, New York, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- New York, USA
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Reviews
The essays in this book capture the thinking involved in the Abstract Expressionist School of New York.
"Illustrates three related exhibitions and concurrent events ... presented by the Wexner Center for the Arts at the Ohio State University during 1989-90, its inaugural year"
The inaugural publication of the Wexner Center for the Arts at Ohio State U. is an abundantly illustrated survey of the activities of avant-garde artists, musicians, performing artists and film and video makers in three different eras--the fifties and sixties, the sixties and seventies and the eighties to the show more present--paralleling the exhibitions and programs of the Center's first year. The large format allows ample room for display of representative work to accompany the more than 40 essays. show less
The inaugural publication of the Wexner Center for the Arts at Ohio State U. is an abundantly illustrated survey of the activities of avant-garde artists, musicians, performing artists and film and video makers in three different eras--the fifties and sixties, the sixties and seventies and the eighties to the show more present--paralleling the exhibitions and programs of the Center's first year. The large format allows ample room for display of representative work to accompany the more than 40 essays. show less
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Statistics
- Works
- 87
- Also by
- 4
- Members
- 1,066
- Popularity
- #24,147
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 4
- ISBNs
- 81
- Languages
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