Biografie von Enrico DONATI (1909-2008)

Birth place: Milan, Italy

Addresses: New York, NY

Profession: Painter, sculptor

Studied: Univ Pavia, Italy, Dr (soc & econ sci), 1929; ASL New York, 1940; New Sch Social Res, New York, 1941.

Exhibited: AIC; Carnegie Intl, 1945-1961 (prize, 1958); PAFA, 1945, 1958-66; Corcoran Gal, 1945-61; "Embellished Surfaces," MoMA, 1953-54; "Younger American Painters," Guggenheim Mus, 1954-1955; Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1961; Friends Collection, WMAA, 1964; Staempfli Gallery, NY, 1970s.

Work: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY; Univ Art Mus, Univ Calif, Berkeley; MoMA; WMAA; Baltimore Mus Art.

Comments: Positions: adv bd, Brandeis Univ, 1956-72; adv bd, Parsons Sch Design, NYC, 1959; mem pres coun arts & archit, Yale Univ, 1962-72; chmn natl comn, Univ Art Mus, Univ Calif, Los Angeles, 1970-72; mem exec bd, Art Cntr Col Design, Calif, 1970-72. Teaching: vis lectr & critic, Yale Univ, 1960-62.

Sources: WW73; Peter Selz, Enrico Donati (Mus de Poche, 1965); Falk, Exh. Record Series.