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Robert d'Arista
Born1929 (1929)
New York, New York
DiedOctober 11, 1987(1987-10-11) (aged 57–58)
Ashland, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican
Known forPainting, Educator
SpouseJane Webb d'Arista[1]
Websiterobertdarista.com

Robert d'Arista (1929-1987) was an American artist and educator.[2]

Biography

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d'Arista was born in New York City in 1929. He studied at the Art Students League of New York, New York University, and Columbia University,[3] and received a Fulbright Grant/Fellowship to study painting in Italy.[2][3]

Later, he taught at American University in Washington DC from 1961 through 1984,[3] and then at Boston University from 1985 until his death in 1987.[1]

d'Arista died in Ashland, Massachusetts on October 11, 1987.[4]

Exhibits

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d'Arista exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Carnegie International, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the Whitney Museum of American Art.[5] His work is in the collections of the Detroit Institute of Arts, The Guggenheim, the Toledo Museum of Art, and Yale University[1] as well as the Smithsonian American Art Museum[6] and the Hirshhorn Museum.[5]

In 2018 the American University Museum held a retrospective of his work.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Robert d'Arista, 58, Dies". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Robert D'Arista". AskArt. Archived from the original on 29 February 2020. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Robert D'Arista Dies; A Painter of Still Lifes". The New York Times. 20 October 1987. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Through the Eyes of a Conservator: The Paintings of Robert D'Arista". WETA Productions. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Robert D'Arista". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Archived from the original on 29 February 2020. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Robert D'Arista: A Portrait". American University. Archived from the original on 29 February 2020. Retrieved 29 February 2020.

Further reading

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  • Robert D'Arista: A Portrait (Exhibition Catalog) American University Library, 2018, ISBN 0999332899
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