Donald Harry Nice | |
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![]() Nice in his NYC studio in 1964 with his painting Strawberry | |
Born | 1932 Visalia, California |
Died | 2019 (aged 86–87) Cortlandt, New York |
Known for | Painter, printmaker |
Movement | Pop art |
Website |
donnice |
Don Nice (1932-2019) was an American painter, printmaker, and educator known for his pop realism.
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]
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]
Donald Harry Nice | |
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![]() Nice in his NYC studio in 1964 with his painting Strawberry | |
Born | 1932 Visalia, California |
Died | 2019 (aged 86–87) Cortlandt, New York |
Known for | Painter, printmaker |
Movement | Pop art |
Website |
donnice |
Don Nice (1932-2019) was an American painter, printmaker, and educator known for his pop realism.
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]
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]