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″
