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Donald Jess Bachardy (born May 18, 1934) is an American portrait artist. He resides in Santa Monica, California. Bachardy was the partner of Christopher Isherwood for over 30 years. Early life. Born in Los Angeles, California, Bachardy studied at the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles and the Slade School of Art in London.
Don Bachardy: Selected Works - 2010. Don Bachardy is known as a portrait artist. He was born in Los Angeles in 1934 and studied at the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles and the Slade School of Art in London. His first one-man exhibition was held in London in 1961.
3 days ago · SAN MARINO, Calif.—The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens will present “Don Bachardy: A Life in Portraits,” a retrospective exhibition on the prolific Los Angeles artist Don Bachardy (b. 1934), who is known for creating distinctive portraits of generations of artistic, literary, and film personalities.
Don Bachardy: Biography. Don Bachardy was born in Los Angeles in 1934. He studied at the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles and the Slade School of Art in London. His first one-man exhibition was held in October 1961 at the Redfern Gallery in London.
Apr 4, 2017 · Don Bachardy was born May 18, 1934 in Los Angeles, CA. Growing up, he worked in a grocery store and spent his free time going to the movies. He loved to draw and collected sketches of his favorite celebrities. While a student at UCLA, he studied languages and theater arts.
Jan 14, 2015 · Famed portraitist and longtime companion of the late writer Christopher Isherwood, Don Bachardy has captured all of Tinseltown, past and present.
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A 1972 portrait by Bachardy of the writer Joan Didion features in the recent, Hilton Als-curated exhibition ‘Joan Didion: What She Means’, at the Hammer Museum, LA. Following her screenplay for The Panic in Needle Park (1971), Didion was being fêted in Hollywood, but Bachardy’s picture shows her as girlish and pensive.
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