Donald Sultan American, b. 1951

Works
  • Yellow Flowers
    Donald Sultan
    Yellow Flowers, 2003
    Mixografia print on handmade paper
    37.88 x 38.7"
  • Yellow Roses
    Donald Sultan
    Yellow Roses, 1992
    Screenprint in colors
    23 x 22"
  • Lemon, Apricots and Pears
    Donald Sultan
    Lemon, Apricots and Pears, 1992
    Screenprint in colors
    23 x 22"
  • Aqua Trumpet, March 1
    Donald Sultan
    Aqua Trumpet, March 1, 2011
    Silkscreen on Nideggen Sand Paper
    25.5 x 37.87"
    Sold
  • Eight Poppies
    Donald Sultan
    Eight Poppies, 2010
    Screenprint
    18 x 35"
    $ 6,500.00
  • Mimosas
    Donald Sultan
    Mimosas, 2008
    Screenprint
    27.5 x 39.5"
    Sold
  • Black Roses 32
    Donald Sultan
    Black Roses 32, 1989
    Aquatint
    21.75 x 29.5"
  • Lemons-Tulips-Vase
    Donald Sultan
    Lemons-Tulips-Vase, 1988
    Mixed media on paper
    15.75 x 14.75"
  • Four Reds, Sept 30
    Donald Sultan
    Four Reds, Sept 30, 2002
    Screenprint
    18 x 24.5"
    $ 10,500.00
Overview
View works. Donald Sultan, Aqua Trumpet, March 1, 2011
Aqua Trumpet, March 1, 2011
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Donald Sultan is a painter, printmaker, and sculptor. His gargantuan semi-abstract paintings of fruit and flowers are credited with merging process art with the still life tradition of Western painting. While his subject matter is bucolic, his materials—linoleum, Masonite, spackle, and plaster—are the stuff of any handyman's tool shed. 

Sultan developed his techniques in the early 1980s, inspired by his work in theatrical set design and on construction sites. He often cuts his images out of linoleum tile, filling the incisions with tar or plaster to create his decorative, monochromatic silhouettes of ordinary objects like buttons, dominoes, and lemons. Sultan's industrial materials achieve painterly effects, transforming still lives into vast, overwhelming color fields. Sultan describes his work as "heavy structure, holding fragile meaning" with the ability to "turn you off and turn you on at the same time." 

Sultan has had solo shows at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Jewish Museum (with playwright David Mamet) in New York.

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Biography
View works. Donald Sultan, Aqua Trumpet, March 1, 2011
Aqua Trumpet, March 1, 2011
View works

Donald Sultan is a painter, printmaker, and sculptor. His gargantuan semi-abstract paintings of fruit and flowers are credited with merging process art with the still life tradition of Western painting. While his subject matter is bucolic, his materials—linoleum, Masonite, spackle, and plaster—are the stuff of any handyman's tool shed. 

Sultan developed his techniques in the early 1980s, inspired by his work in theatrical set design and on construction sites. He often cuts his images out of linoleum tile, filling the incisions with tar or plaster to create his decorative, monochromatic silhouettes of ordinary objects like buttons, dominoes, and lemons. Sultan's industrial materials achieve painterly effects, transforming still lives into vast, overwhelming color fields. Sultan describes his work as "heavy structure, holding fragile meaning" with the ability to "turn you off and turn you on at the same time." 

Sultan has had solo shows at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Jewish Museum (with playwright David Mamet) in New York.

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