Ashton, Dore, 1928-2017

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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 Noguchi East and West, About Rothko, American Art Since 1945, The New York School: A Cultural Reckoning and Picasso On Art. Ashton also contributed to many publications, including Art Digest. and worked as an art critic at The New York Times. 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 Mark Rothko, About Rothko, remains a source of much discussion about the artist. Ashton's last book, David Rankin: The New York Years, on artist David Rankin was published in 2013.

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.

Ashton died on January 30, 2017 at the age of 88 in the Bronx, New York City, New York.

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creatorOf Ashton, Dore, 1928-. Letters, 1965-1972, n.d., to Lewis Mumford. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn James E. B. Breslin research archive on Mark Rothko, 1900-1994, 1940-1990 Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Paul Jenkins papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Crow, Thomas. Seeing Rothko [sound recording] / [sponsored by the Getty Research Institute]. Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962. Papers, 1870-1969 Houghton Library
creatorOf Belle Krasne Ribicoff papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Donati, Enrico, 1909-2008. Enrico Donati, letters received and manuscripts, 1943-1963. Getty Research Institute
referencedIn New York Times Company records. Arthur Hays Sulzberger papers, 1823-1999 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Ashton, Dore, 1928-. Correspondence, 1971, from Lewis Mumford. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Daisy Aldan Papers TXRC94-A18., 1946-1966 Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn Belle Krasne Ribicoff papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Catherine Viviano Gallery records Archives of American Art
creatorOf Catherine Viviano Gallery records Archives of American Art
creatorOf Ashton, Dore. PAD/D pamphlet file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
creatorOf Ashton, Dore. Ashton, Dore: Art World Personality Files. Whitney Museum of American Art, Library
creatorOf Lily Harmon papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn José de Rivera papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Yunkers, Adja, 1900-1983. Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1947-1970, n.d. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn James E. B. Breslin research archive on Mark Rothko, 1900-1994, 1940-1990 Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Dore Ashton and Matti Megged collection Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Office of the Director. James Johnson Sweeney correspondence, 1961-1967. Hirsch Library Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
creatorOf Smith, William Jay, 1918-. Papers. Washington University in St. Louis, .
referencedIn Smith, William Jay, 1918-. Papers, 1924-1984. Washington University in St. Louis, .
referencedIn William C. Seitz papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Ruth Bowman papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Robert Richenburg papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Mark Tobey papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Young, Tom. PAD/D pamphlet file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
creatorOf Aldan, Daisy. Papers, 1946-1966. Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn Reuben Kadish papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Harry Levin papers Houghton Library
creatorOf Dore Ashton papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Reuben Kadish papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Ashton, Dore. Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1951-1971, n.d. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Ashton, Dore. Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
creatorOf Ashton, Dore. Correspondence to Edward F. Fry, 1991. University of Pennsylvania Library
referencedIn Enrico Donati letters received and manuscripts, 1943-1963 Getty Research Institute
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creatorOf Oral history interview with Lee Bontecou Archives of American Art
creatorOf Oral history interview with Juliette Hays Archives of American Art
creatorOf Oral history interview with Joseph Liss Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Lucy Lippard Archives of American Art
creatorOf Oral history interview with Dore Ashton Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Regina Vater Archives of American Art
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associatedWith Aldan, Daisy. person
associatedWith Aldan, Daisy, 1923- person
associatedWith Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989. person
associatedWith Bonheur, Rosa, 1822-1899. person
associatedWith Bontecou, Lee, 1931- person
associatedWith Bowman, Ruth, 1923- person
associatedWith Breslin, James E. B., 1935-1996 person
associatedWith Calvino, Italo. person
associatedWith Catherine Viviano corporateBody
associatedWith Catherine Viviano Gallery. corporateBody
associatedWith Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art corporateBody
associatedWith Cornell, Joseph. person
correspondedWith Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962 person
associatedWith De Kooning, Willem, 1904- person
associatedWith de Rivera, José person
associatedWith De Rivera, José Ruiz, 1904-1985. person
associatedWith Devree, Howard, 1891-1966. person
associatedWith Donati, Enrico, 1909-2008. person
associatedWith Elizabeth Murray Oral History of Women in the Visual Arts Project. corporateBody
associatedWith Gorky, Arshile, 1904-1948. person
associatedWith Guston, Philip, 1913- person
associatedWith Harmon, Lily, 1912- person
associatedWith Harvard University corporateBody
associatedWith Hays, Juliette person
associatedWith Hofmann, Hans, 1880-1966. person
associatedWith Jenkins, Paul, 1923- person
associatedWith Kadish, Reuben, 1913- person
associatedWith Kaprow, Allan. person
associatedWith Kline, Franz, 1910-1962. person
associatedWith Klüver, Billy, 1927-2004. person
associatedWith Levin, Harry, 1912-1994 person
associatedWith Lichtenstein, Roy, 1923- person
associatedWith Lichtenstein, Roy, 1923- person
associatedWith Lindner, Richard, 1901- person
associatedWith Lippard, Lucy R. person
associatedWith Liss, Joseph person
associatedWith Malamud, Bernard. person
associatedWith Megged, Matti, 1923-2003. person
associatedWith Motherwell, Robert. person
associatedWith Motherwell, Robert. person
associatedWith Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Office of the Director. corporateBody
associatedWith Nevelson, Louise, 1899-1988. person
associatedWith New School for Social Research (New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith New York Times Company corporateBody
associatedWith Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988. person
associatedWith Orlovsky, Peter, 1933-2010. person
associatedWith Paz, Octavio, 1914- person
associatedWith Pearlstein, Philip, 1924- person
associatedWith Rauschenberg, Robert, 1925-2008. person
associatedWith Reuben Kadish person
associatedWith Reynal, Jeanne, 1903- person
associatedWith Ribicoff, Belle Krasne, 1924- person
associatedWith Richenburg, Robert person
associatedWith Rio Grande Graphics. corporateBody
associatedWith Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970. person
associatedWith Sampson, George E., 1951- person
associatedWith Schapiro, Miriam, 1923- person
associatedWith Segal, George, 1924-2000. person
associatedWith Seitz, William Chapin person
associatedWith Selz, Peter Howard, 1919- person
associatedWith Smith, David, 1906-1965. person
correspondedWith Smith, William Jay, 1918- person
associatedWith Tobey, Mark. person
associatedWith Tworkov, Jack. person
associatedWith Vater, Regina, person
associatedWith Whitney Museum of American Art. corporateBody
associatedWith Young, Tom. person
associatedWith Yunkers, Adja, 1900-1983. person
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Newark NJ US
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American literature
Art, Modern
Authors, American
Art criticism
Art critics
Art historians
Artists
Authors
Authors, Italian
Authors, Mexican
Italian literature
Japanese Americans
Mexican literature
Women art critics
World War, 1939-1945
Occupation
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Birth 1928-05-21

Death 2017-01-30

Female

Americans

English

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