Donald Roy Purdy Art
American, 1924-2016
Self-taught, Purdy was influenced by many artists, including the Barbizon School, French Impressionists and Post-Impressionists, and American 19th Century Painters. No particular artistic influence was evident during his childhood. After high school, he enlisted in the army air force and entered Germany as a foot soldier with the 9th army. After the war, Purdy pursued a degree in Psychology, graduating in 1949 from the University of Connecticut and from Boston University with his Master’s in Psychology in 1950. While in Boston, Purdy worked in an art gallery, performing tasks such as framing pictures. It was here that he first became art-conscious and was surprised to learn that individuals actually chose art as a profession.
Purdy lived and painted most of his life in New England. He exhibited extensively throughout the U.S. and Europe, including: The Britain Museum, Connecticut; The Butler Institute, Columbus, Ohio; Colby College, Maine; The University of Kansas; The Chrysler Collection; and Bernheim-Jeune Galleries, Paris. In addition, he has been honored with numerous awards including a Gold Medal from the Allied Artists. He was a teacher of painting at the Silvermine Academy of Art in Connecticut and is listed in Who’s Who in American Art.(Biography provided by Taylor Graham)
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Artist: Donald Roy Purdy
Abstract portrait with antique frame, 1950s/60s
By Donald Roy Purdy
Located in Washington, DC
Painting by Donald Purdy (1924 - 2016).
Oil on masonite
Measures 25"L x 23"W.
Work is behind glass and comes with exceptional antique frame.
Acquired from the Schoneman Gallery in NY...
Category
1960s Modern Donald Roy Purdy Art
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Red Vase, Oil Painting by Donald Roy Purdy
By Donald Roy Purdy
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Donald Roy Purdy, American (1924 - )
Title: Red Vase
Year: circa 1962
Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed l.r.
Size: 47 x 20 inches
Frame Size: 53 x 24 inches
Category
1960s Modern Donald Roy Purdy Art
Materials
Oil, Masonite
Judaica Meditative Rabbi at Prayer in Nature, Large Landscape Oil Painting
By Donald Roy Purdy
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern
Subject: Jewish Elder , Judaic Prayer
Surface: Board
Country: United States
signed lower left
Donald Roy Purdy is an American painter whose work evolved through a rang...
Category
20th Century Fauvist Donald Roy Purdy Art
Materials
Oil, Board
River Walk, American Modernist Oil Painting Landscape with River and Boats
By Donald Roy Purdy
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Impressionist
Subject: marine landscape
Medium: Oil
Surface: Board
Country: United States
Dimensions: 20X24
Donald Roy Purdy is an American painter whose work evolved through...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Donald Roy Purdy Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Modernist Landscape Oil Painting
By Donald Roy Purdy
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern
Subject: Figures
Medium: Oil
Surface: Board
Country: United States
signed lower left
Donald Roy Purdy is an American painter whose work evolved through a range of styl...
Category
20th Century Fauvist Donald Roy Purdy Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Coney Island Carousel Carver 'Woodworker' , Large Oil Painting
By Donald Roy Purdy
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern
Subject: Wood carver, Circus Fair
Medium: Oil
Surface: Board
Country: United States
signed lower left
Donald Roy Purdy is an American painter whose work evolved throug...
Category
20th Century Fauvist Donald Roy Purdy Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Modernist SUNDAY MORNING HARVEST Woman with Flowers Oil Painting
By Donald Roy Purdy
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern
Subject: Figures
Medium: Oil
Surface: Board
Country: United States
signed lower left
Donald Roy Purdy is an American painter whose work evolved through a range of styl...
Category
20th Century Fauvist Donald Roy Purdy Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Modernist WILD THING Woman in Forest Oil Painting
By Donald Roy Purdy
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern
Subject: Figures
Medium: Oil
Surface: Board
Country: United States
signed lower left
Donald Roy Purdy is an American painter whose work evolved through a range of styl...
Category
20th Century Fauvist Donald Roy Purdy Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Modernist Woman With Flowers in Forest
By Donald Roy Purdy
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern
Subject: Figures
Medium: Oil
Surface: Board
Country: United States
Dimensions w/Frame: 31 x 37
Donald Roy Purdy is an American painter whose work evolved through a ran...
Category
20th Century Fauvist Donald Roy Purdy Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Sisters, American Impressionist Mid Century Oil Painting
By Donald Roy Purdy
Located in Surfside, FL
Donald Roy Purdy is an American painter whose work evolved through a range of styles and subjects over the course of his long career.
Born in 1924, the self-taught artist seldom us...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Donald Roy Purdy Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Modernist Woman With Flowers in Interior
By Donald Roy Purdy
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Impressionist
Subject: Still Life
Medium: Oil
Surface: Board
Country: United States
Dimensions: 24.75 x 36
Donald Roy Purdy is an American painter whose work evolved through ...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Donald Roy Purdy Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Vibrant Floral Still Life Painting in the Modernist Style
By Donald Roy Purdy
Located in Surfside, FL
DIMENSIONS: (With Frame) H:36" L:29 7/8" (Without Frame) H:29.5" L:23 3/8"
Donald Roy Purdy is an American painter whose work evolved through a range of styles and subjects over the course of his long career.
Born in 1924, the self-taught artist seldom used models. Rather, Purdy worked largely from the memory and impressions certain subjects and objects left upon his mind. The artist only occasionally paints on canvas, preferring masonite which he considers to be a stronger and longer-lasting material. Though he admits to using gesso, Purdy is known for his special preparations of painting surfaces through a method he keeps secret.
Purdy first began painting in an abstract style. He later combined the abstract techniques with representational subject matter, and would continue experimenting with new styles. In the 1970s and early 1980s, Purdy became influenced by the palette of the Barbizon painters and developed a unique approach, melding abstraction with the rigid Realist techniques to produce his signature Impressionist style.
Before pursuing a career as an artist, Purdy earned a B.A. from the University of Connecticut and an M.A. in Psychology from Boston University.
Two Purdy paintings were included in the US State Department's "Art in America" show which recently toured Europe and several "First Awards" have been given to Purdy in competition with major artists. Among these is the Gold Metal of Honor from the National Academy in New York City.
Purdy's pieces are exhibited by the noted Van Diemen-Lilienfeld Gallery, which shows his work alongside the works of Vlaminch, Derain, Pissaro, Monet, Chagall and Picasso. His one man exhibitions have been seen in New York at the Ruth...
Category
20th Century Donald Roy Purdy Art
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Many Umbrellas, Impressionist beach scene
By Donald Roy Purdy
Located in Greenwich, CT
This marvelous, colorful and light filled work is a desirable work by the painter. It is in an impressionist style carved and leafed frame. Illustrated in the book by the artist "A...
Category
1990s Donald Roy Purdy Art
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Idle Hour, Impressionist figurative Garden landscape
By Donald Roy Purdy
Located in Greenwich, CT
Idle Hour is an intricately painted Impressionist depiction of woman with her pets on her veranda. It is exquisitely framed in a French Gold Leaf frame of quality and value. Paint...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Donald Roy Purdy Art
Materials
Oil, Masonite
At the Theatre
By Donald Roy Purdy
Located in Greenwich, CT
Born in 1924 Donald Purdy in the 1960s did a series of works on clay-coated paper. He loved working in this medium and he would apply oil paint and then rub it away with a cloth to ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Donald Roy Purdy Art
Materials
Clay, Oil, Board
New England Snow Impressionist painting
By Donald Roy Purdy
Located in Greenwich, CT
A quintessential New England snow scene in the impressionist style. Snow scenes by this artist were considered to be some of his finest works. Frame...
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Donald Roy Purdy Art
Materials
Oil
City Abstraction, mid modern abstract oil painting Circa 1950’s
By Donald Roy Purdy
Located in Greenwich, CT
In the 1950’s Donald Purdy embraced an abstract style of painting which was pervasive at the time. This painting is a perfect compliment to a room with mide modern furniture. In Ci...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Donald Roy Purdy Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
By the Dunes, New England Beach
By Donald Roy Purdy
Located in Greenwich, CT
This iconic Impressionist beach scene was celebrated by this artist who had many successful exhibitions during his life of his beach scenes. Done on masonite which is a panel and his preferred material, it is framed in a gold leaf hand carved frame...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Donald Roy Purdy Art
Materials
Oil
Profile of a Young Girl, Painting by Donald Roy Purdy
By Donald Roy Purdy
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Donald Roy Purdy, American (1924 - )
Title: Profile of a Young Girl
Year: circa 1960
Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed l.r.
Size: 12 x 16 in. (30.48 x 40.64 cm)
Frame Size: 19....
Category
1960s Contemporary Donald Roy Purdy Art
Materials
Oil, Masonite
Blue Dress, Framed Oil Painting by Donald Roy Purdy
By Donald Roy Purdy
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Donald Roy Purdy, American (1924 - )
Title: Blue Dress
Year: circa 1962
Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed l.l.
Size: 30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 60.96 cm)
Frame Size: 38 x 32 inches
Category
1960s Modern Donald Roy Purdy Art
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Lady in Red, Framed Oil Painting by Donald Roy Purdy
By Donald Roy Purdy
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Donald Roy Purdy, American (1924 - )
Title: Lady in Red
Year: circa 1962
Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed l.r.
Size: 24 x 36 in. (60.96 x 91.44 cm)
Frame Size: 33 x 44 inches
Category
1960s Modern Donald Roy Purdy Art
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Rabbi, Oil Painting by Donald Roy Purdy
By Donald Roy Purdy
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Donald Roy Purdy, American (1924 - )
Title: Rabbi
Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed l.r.
Size: 36 x 24 in. (91.44 x 60.96 cm)
Category
Late 20th Century Post-War Donald Roy Purdy Art
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Rabbi holding Torah, Oil Painting by Donald Roy Purdy
By Donald Roy Purdy
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Donald Roy Purdy, American (1924 - )
Title: Rabbi holding Torah
Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed l.r.
Size: 36 x 24 in. (91.44 x 60.96 cm)
Category
Late 20th Century Post-War Donald Roy Purdy Art
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Rabbi, 1970s Oil Painting by Donald Roy Purdy
By Donald Roy Purdy
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Donald Roy Purdy, American (1924 - )
Title: Rabbi with Torah
Year: circa 1970
Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed l.r.
Size: 30 x 22.5 in. (76.2 x 57.15 cm)
Frame Size: 38 x 31 i...
Category
1970s Modern Donald Roy Purdy Art
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Rabbi 3, 1970s Oil Painting by Donald Roy Purdy
By Donald Roy Purdy
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Donald Roy Purdy, American (1924 - )
Title: Rabbi 3
Year: circa 1970
Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed l.r.
Size: 24 x 30 in. (60.96 x 76.2 cm)
Frame Size: 34 x 39 inches
Category
1970s Modern Donald Roy Purdy Art
Materials
Oil, Masonite
Black Hair, Purple Girl, Oil Painting by Donald Roy Purdy
By Donald Roy Purdy
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Donald Roy Purdy, American (1924 - )
Title: Black Hair, Purple Girl
Year: circa 1962
Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed l.r.
Size: 24 x 20 in. (60.96 x 50.8 cm)
Frame Size: 33 x...
Category
1960s Contemporary Donald Roy Purdy Art
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Rabbi with Torah, 1970s Oil Painting by Donald Roy Purdy
By Donald Roy Purdy
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Donald Roy Purdy, American (1924 - )
Title: Rabbi with Torah
Year: circa 1970
Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed l.r.
Size: 36 x 24 in. (91.44 x 60.96 cm)
Frame Size: 45 x 31 in...
Category
1970s Modern Donald Roy Purdy Art
Materials
Oil, Masonite
Rabbi, Oil Painting by Donald Roy Purdy
By Donald Roy Purdy
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Donald Roy Purdy, American (1924 - )
Title: Rabbi
Year: circa 1960
Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed l.r.
Size: 36 x 24 in. (91.44 x 60.96 cm)
Category
1960s Post-War Donald Roy Purdy Art
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Rabbi, Oil Painting by Donald Roy Purdy
By Donald Roy Purdy
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Donald Roy Purdy, American (1924 - )
Title: Rabbi 2
Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed l.r.
Size: 36 x 24 in. (91.44 x 60.96 cm)
Category
Late 20th Century Post-War Donald Roy Purdy Art
Materials
Oil, Masonite
Rabbi holding the Torah, Oil Painting by Donald Roy Purdy
By Donald Roy Purdy
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Donald Roy Purdy, American (1924 - )
Title: Rabbi 3
Year: circa 1970
Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed l.r.
Size: 30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 60.96 cm)
Frame Size: 38 x 31 inches
Category
1970s Modern Donald Roy Purdy Art
Materials
Oil, Masonite
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