Ashton, Dore, 1928-2017

Dore Ashton (May 21, 1928 – January 30, 2017) was a writer, professor and critic on modern and contemporary art. She was born in Newark, New Jersey. She was the author or editor of more than thirty books on art, including <i>Noguchi East and West, About Rothko, American Art Since 1945, The New York School: A Cultural Reckoning</i> and <i>Picasso On Art</i>. Ashton also contributed to many publications, including <i>Art Digest</i>. and worked as an art critic at <i>The New York Times</i>. Ashton was one of the New York art critics who championed the New York School, whose members also included Harold Rosenberg and Barbara Rose. Ashton's 1983 work on <i>Mark Rothko, About Rothko</i>, remains a source of much discussion about the artist. Ashton's last book, <i>David Rankin: The New York Years</i>, on artist David Rankin was published in 2013.<p>
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Ashton was a professor of art history at the Cooper Union in New York and a senior critic in painting and printmaking at Yale. Ashton received an M.A. from Harvard University.
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Ashton died on January 30, 2017 at the age of 88 in the Bronx, New York City, New York.