Donald Baechler
BIO
Born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1956. In 1974 until 1977, Baechler attended the Maryland Institute of Art in Baltimore. From 1978-79 he attended the Academy of Fine Arts, “Staedelschule” in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
He died in 2022.
ART
Scarecrow was inspired by the artist’s farm in upstate New York. Baechler had the idea to place a sculpture hovering over the rolling hills and barns like the Christ the Redeemer sculpture atop Mount Corcovado in Rio de Janeiro. Baechler
describes the scarecrow as an isolated figure in a vast field, dressed up as a dummy with no engagement in the world. The very first sculpture of the edition of Scarecrows, is found at Citygarden. The artist cast a second sculpture which is installed at his farm on the East Coast.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
ABOUT THE SCULPTURE
Scarecrow, 2006
Bronze
136″ x 70″ x 37″
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Scarecrow, 2006 Tom Claassen
Untitled (Two Rabbits), 2004 Jonathan Clarke
Lifestyle, 2006 Niki de Saint Phalle
Adam & Eve, 1985-1989 Jim Dine
Big White Gloves, Big Four Wheels, 2008 Mark di Suvero
Aesop’s Fables, 1990 Jean-Michel Folon
Voyage, 1999 Laura Ford
Bird, 2007 Keith Haring
Untitled (Ringed Figure), 1987 Käi
Love Vs. Money, 2017 Fernand Léger
Femmes Au Perroquet, 1952 Aristide Maillol
La Riviere, 1938 – 1943 Ju Ming
Tai Chi Singlewhip, 1998 Igor Mitoraj
Eros Bendato, 1999 Julian Opie
Kiera & Julian Walking, 2002
Bruce & Sara Walking, 2007 Tom Otterness
Kindly Geppetto, 2001 Mimmo Paladino
Zenit, 1999 Martin Puryear
Untitled (Bench), 2008 George Rickey
Four Rectangles Oblique, 1979 Tony Smith
Night, 1962 Bernar Venet
2 Arcs X 4, 230.5 Degree, Arc X 5, 1999-2000 Erwin Wurm
Big Suit, 2010 Kan Yasuda
Door of Return, 2001 Jack Youngerman
Samarkand, 1981
