David Ligare
Since 1978, David Ligare has focused on painting still lifes, landscapes, and figures that are influenced by Greco-Roman antiquity. Chief among his stated influences are the aesthetic and philosophical theories of the Greek sculptor Polykleitos and the mathematician and philosopher Pythagoras, as well as the work of the 17th-century classical painter Nicolas Poussin. A resident of Salinas, California, his paintings often depict the terrain of the central Californian coast in the background.
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David LigareThrown Drapery (Redux) Study 1, 2004Oil on canvas26 x 16 in , Framed: 27 ½ x 17 ½ in. -
David LigareSingle Conch, 1971Oil on canvas24 by 19 3/4 inchesSold
Born: 1945, Oak Park, Illinois
Education: Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
Solo Exhibitions
2013
"River / Mountain / Sea," Fresno Art Museum, Frenso, CA & Monterey Museum of Art
2012
"The Big Sur: Paintings by David Ligare" Chris Windfield Gallery, Carmel, CA
"New Paintings" Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, NY
2010
"REDUX" Plus One Gallery, London, UK
2009
"Primary Structures" Hartnell College Gallery, Salinas, CA
2008
"A Sense of Place: An Homage to Robinson Jeffers" Winfield Gallery, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
2007
Hackett Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006
"Ritual Offerings" Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005
Offerings: A New History" Plus One Gallery, London, UK (catalog)
2003
Sea Paintings" Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (also 2000, 98, 94, 92, 88, 86, 85, 83)
2002
"Objects of Intention: Still Life Paintings" Hackett-Freedman gallery, San Francisco, CA (also 99, 97)
"Viewpoint: The Pastures of Heaven" The National Steinbeck Center, Salinas, CA
1998
"The Classical Impulse," Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
"L'eta dell'Oro," Il Polittico, Rome, Italy
1996
"Ponte Vecchio/Torre Nova, A Project by David Ligare, " The Prince of Wales' Institute of Architecture, London, UK
"Landscape and Language: Paintings by David Ligare," Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
1995
"Still Lifes," Stiebel Modern, New York, NY (also 1993) "Stages for Contemplation," Fresno Museum, Fresno, CA
1990
Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York, NY (also 1985)
1984
University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara,
1983
Hall Galleries, Dallas, Texas
1978
Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York, NY (also 1973)
Selected Collections
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
The Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford, CN
Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi (The Department of Drawings and Prints of the Uffizi), Florence, Italy
M.H. De young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA
The Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
The Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
The Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
The San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
The Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas
The Museum of Art & Archeology, University of Missouri at Columbia
Exxon-Mobil Corporation, Fairfax, VA
The Arco Corporation
Knight-Ridder, San Jose, CA
The Security Pacific Collection
The Hughes Corporation
Pacific Telesis
