untitled (Don Quixote), Pierre Daura

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Pierre Daura, untitled (Don Quixote)
Pierre Daura, untitled (Don Quixote)
Pierre Daura
untitled (Don Quixote)
1939–1941
Pierre Daura, artist
1896–1976
untitled (Don Quixote), 1939–1941
Where object was made: France
Material/technique: oil; board
Dimensions:
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 40.8 x 31 cm
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 16 1/16 x 12 3/16 in
Credit line: Gift of Martha R. Daura in memory of Chapin DeWitt Clark
Accession number: 2003.0058
Not on display
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Debut

In an iconic scene from Miguel de Cervantes’s Don Quixote, the titular character mistakes a field of windmills for hostile giants and attempts to fight them on horseback. Pierre Daura, who painted this work a few years after being injured in service during the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939), renders the scene in dark colors. Daura’s use of repeated angular shapes creates a rhythmic, almost abstract composition. Although he painted many figurative works throughout his prolific career, he frequently returned to abstract themes.

Debut

In an iconic scene from Miguel de Cervantes’s Don Quixote, the titular character mistakes a field of windmills for hostile giants and attempts to fight them on horseback. Pierre Daura, who painted this work a few years after being injured in service during the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939), renders the scene in dark colors. Daura’s use of repeated angular shapes creates a rhythmic, almost abstract composition. Although he painted many figurative works throughout his prolific career, he frequently returned to abstract themes.

Exhibitions

Debut
Kris Ercums, curator
2021–2023
Debut
Kris Ercums, curator
2021–2022

Resources

Audio

Didactic – Art Minute
Didactic – Art Minute