David Novros
Born (1941-08-08) August 8, 1941 (age 82)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
EducationChouinard Art Institute
Alma materUniversity of Southern California
MovementMinimalism
SpouseJoanna Pousette-Dart[1]
Parent

David Ross Novros (born 1941), is an American artist. He is known for his minimalist geometric paintings, shaped canvases, and his use of color.[2][3] He has also studied fresco painting extensively.

Early life and education

"Frescoes in the Courtyard" (1984) by Novros, located at the David W. Dyer Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Miami, Florida

David Novros was born on August 8, 1941, in Los Angeles, California, to parents Esther (née Susswein) and Lester Novros.[4][5] His mother was from Poland.[6] While he was a teenager he took classes at Chouinard Art Institute.[6] He studied film at the University of Southern California (USC) and graduated in 1963. While attending USC, sculptor Mel Edwards was two years below him in the same department.[7][8]

Career

In 1965, Novros moved to New York City. After moving he became active within the Park Place Gallery.[5][9] In 1969, Novros along with five other artists including Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, Claes Oldenburg, John Chamberlain, and Forrest Myers, participated in the creation of the project called the Moon Museum (or Museum of the Moon) to send the first artwork to the moon.[10]

His work is within various public museum collections including at the National Gallery of Art,[11] Museum of Modern Art,[12] Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art,[13] Metropolitan Museum of Art,[14] Smithsonian American Art Museum,[15] Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Yale University Art Gallery, National Gallery of Australia, Art Institute of Chicago, Whitney Museum of American Art, Dallas Museum of Art, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.[16]

References

  1. ^ Navarro, Mireya (2000-04-25). "Arts in America; Off the Wall: Concrete Troubles Imperil Abstract Mural". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  2. ^ Yau, John (2021-03-13). "Lured by Two Contemporary Masters". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  3. ^ Rhodes, David (2019-06-05). "David Novros". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  4. ^ Bui, Phong (2008-06-07). "David Novros with Phong Bui". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  5. ^ a b Levy, Matthew L. (2019-05-07). Abstract Painting and the Minimalist Critiques: Robert Mangold, David Novros, and Jo Baer in the 1960s. Routledge. p. 186. ISBN 978-0-429-85297-8.
  6. ^ a b "Oral history interview with David Novros, 2008 Oct. 22-27". Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  7. ^ Edwards, Melvin; Gedeon, Lucinda H. (1993). Melvin Edwards Sculpture: A Thirty-year Retrospective, 1963-1993. Neuberger Museum of Art, State University of New York at Purchase. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-295-97300-5.
  8. ^ The International Review of African American Art. Vol. 10. Museum of African American Art. 1992. p. 44.
  9. ^ Henderson, Linda Dalrymple (2008). "Reimagining Space: The Park Place Gallery Group in 1960s New York". Internet Archive. Blanton Museum of Art.
  10. ^ "Various Artists, Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenburg, David Novros, Forrest Myers, Robert Rauschenberg, John Chamberlain. The Moon Museum. 1969". The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). 1969. Archived from the original on 2017-03-23. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  11. ^ "David Novros". NGA. Archived from the original on 2021-11-22. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  12. ^ "David Novros". The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Archived from the original on 2017-08-07. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  13. ^ "David Novros". The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Archived from the original on 2021-11-22. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  14. ^ "Study for Four Seasons,1974". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05.
  15. ^ "David Novros". Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM). Archived from the original on 2017-09-29. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  16. ^ "Novros, David". SFMOMA. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
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