An American in Paris: Donald Beauregard - Perspectives from The Artist's Road
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  An American in Paris
It is always a delight to discover the work of wonderful artists whose names may never have risen to the heights of the superstars of art history, but who deserve to be remembered for their invaluable contributions.
The New Mexico Museum of Art in Santa Fe is showcasing the work of Donald Beauregard (1884-1914) through October 22nd, 2023, in an exhibition titled "An American in Paris." It is intriguing to imagine what directions Beauregard’s impressive work would have taken had he not died at age 29. He was unable to finish the famous murals (six 10 x 12’ murals) in the museum’s St. Francis Auditorium (depicting the history of St. Francis, patron saint of Santa Fe), before succumbing to stomach cancer.
Museum Director of the New Mexico Museum of Art, Mark White writes, “This is the kind of artist that Hewett thought was the epitome of the Santa Fe art colony. . . . He was professionally trained in Europe, he was experimental. (Hewett) really believed Beauregard was where the city should go.” Beauregard painted with an impressionistic hand, but was also greatly influenced by the work of Cézanne, Gauguin, van Gogh and the early works of Matisse.
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