Donald Sultan
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Donald SultanBlack Poppies Sept. 7th 2022, 2022Color Silkscreen with enamel inks, flocking, and tar-like texture. on rising 2-ply museum board30 x 30 inSigned and dated on the left Margin
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Donald SultanBlue Poppies Sept. 7th 2022, 2022Color Silkscreen with enamel inks, flocking, and tar-like texture. on rising 2-ply museum board30 x 30 inSigned and dated on the left Margin
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Donald SultanBlue Poppies Aug. 17th 2022, 2022Color Silkscreen with enamel inks, flocking, and tar-like texture. on rising 2-ply museum board30 x 30 inSigned and dated on the left Margin
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Donald SultanRed Poppies Aug 17th 2022, 2022Color Silkscreen with enamel inks, flocking, and tar-like texture. on rising 2-ply museum board30 x 30 inSigned and dated on the left Margin
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Donald SultanRed Poppies Sept. 7th 2022, 2022Color Silkscreen with enamel inks, flocking, and tar-like texture. on rising 2-ply museum board30 x 30 inSigned and dated on the left Margin
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Donald SultanSilver Poppies Aug. 17th 2022, 2022Color Silkscreen with enamel inks, flocking, and tar-like texture. on rising 2-ply museum board30 x 30 inSigned and dated on the left Margin
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Donald SultanSilver Poppies Sept. 7th 2022, 2022Color Silkscreen with enamel inks, flocking, and tar-like texture. on rising 2-ply museum board30 x 30 in
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Donald SultanWhite Poppies Aug. 17th 2022, 2022Color Silkscreen with enamel inks, flocking, and tar-like texture. on rising 2-ply museum board30 x 30 inSigned and dated on the left Margin
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Donald SultanYellow Poppies Aug. 17th 2022, 2022Color Silkscreen with enamel inks, flocking, and tar-like texture. on rising 2-ply museum board30 x 30 inSigned and dated on the left Margin
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Donald SultanYellow Poppies Sept. 7th 2022, 2022Color Silkscreen with enamel inks, flocking, and tar-like texture. on rising 2-ply museum board30 x 30 inSigned and dated on the left Margin
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Donald SultanBig Poppies, 2019Color Silkscreen with over-printed flocking on rising 4-Ply Museum board44 x 84 ins 111.76 x 213.36 cmsigned and numbered and dated
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Donald SultanBlack Lantern Flowers, 2018Shaped Aluminum with black powder coat on polished aluminum base28 x 21 1/2 x 4 ins 71.12 x 54.61 x 10.16 cm
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Donald SultanCor-Ten Poppies, 2015CorTen steel36 x 36 ins 91.44 x 91.44 cmStamped 4-12, 2015, DS on front edge of base
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Donald SultanButton Flowers-Aqua, 2014Black flock on color silkscreen on 2-ply museum board30 x 30 ins 76.2 x 76.2 cm
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Donald SultanWhite Tulips and Vase, April 4, 2014, 2014Painted aluminum on polished aluminum base24 x 20 x 3 1/2 ins 60.96 x 50.8 x 8.89 cm
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Donald SultanLantern Flowers Red, Feb 17, 2013, 2013Color screenprint with enamel inks and flocking on 4-ply museum board40 x 76 ins 101.6 x 193.04 cm
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Donald SultanBlack and Red, Feb. 15, 2012, 2012Color screenprint w/enamel inks and tar-like texture on 2-ply museum board34 1/2 x 34 1/2 ins 87.63 x 87.63 cm
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Donald SultanLantern Flowers Suite of 8 May 10th 2012, 2012Silkscreen With Enamel Inks And Flocking On 2-ply Museum Board24 x 24 ins 60.96 x 60.96 cm
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Donald SultanWhite and Red, Feb. 14, 2012, 2012Color screenprint w/enamel inks and tar-like texture on 2-ply museum board34 1/2 x 34 1/2 ins 87.63 x 87.63 cm
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Donald SultanBlack Eggs and Roses, 2000Tar, Oil, Spackle on Tile over Masonite36 x 36 x 5 ins 91.44 x 91.44 x 12.7 cm
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Donald SultanBattery Park from the "Visual Poetics" portfolio, 1998Silkscreen14 2/8 x 14 2/8 ins 36.2 x 36.2 cm
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Donald SultanBugs from the "Visual Poetics" portfolio, 1998Silkscreen14 2/8 x 14 2/8 ins 36.2 x 36.2 cm
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Donald SultanTwo Pears, A Lemon and an Egg, 1993Silkscreen22 x 23 ins 55.88 x 58.42 cm
Donald Sultan
Best known for his expressionist and abstract still life paintings that include pictures of flowers, stark contrasts of color and layout, as well as lemons and even playing cards is the famous painter Donald Sultan, born in 1951 in Asheville, North Carolina. However, unlike other artists who have created still life paintings with an abstract approach, Sultan’s work is widely regarded and so well-known because of the unique materials that he uses to create his large scale paintings.
Instead of traditional paints, Donald Sultan is instead using industrialized materials such as tar used on streets and roofs of buildings or material like spackle, enamel, and even vinyl and ceramic tiles that are all used together to create a unique and highly original piece of artwork. Interestingly, Donald Sultan was mostly exposed to the culture and lifestyle of Appalachian people at a very early age after having lived most of his life in the mountains of North Carolina. This allowed Sultan to later on in life start developing a portfolio of paintings of wild flowers like poppies or daisies, food, or even simple pleasures like a deck of cards.
Donald Sultan eventually went to college at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, receiving his Bachelors of Fine Arts and then going on to receive his Masters of Fine Arts at the Art Institute of Chicago. However, going into the 1970s and 1980s, Donald Sultan moved to New York City to establish himself as a noted artist. It is also where he began to utilize strange materials to create his original pieces of artwork.
His process normally consists of taking linoleum or Masonite slabs and layering them with tar, rubber, and other things until eventually Donald Sultan starts to strip away certain pieces of the layers in order to create pictures. While the pieces normally do have a general theme or still life drawing to them, a majority of his paintings are still within the realm of expressionism because of how he layers and strips away material to create silhouettes or uneven compositions.
Not only has Donald Sultan brought a fresh look to abstract painting through a unique painting method, but he is also an accomplished sculptor and printmaker, too. However, these works are normally traditional in that they don’t use industrial materials, but regular printing and sculpting materials. Regardless, Sultan has collaborated and worked with countless artists throughout his career on art books, collaborative sculptors, and even on paintings.
Currently, Donald Sultan is still painting and collaborating, bringing even more wonderful artwork that can be seen in exhibits and galleries all over the world. And just in 2010, Sultan was awarded the highly respectable North Carolina Award for his legacy and continuing career in abstract art.
Only a portion of our Donald Sultan screenprints are represented online. Please contact us if you are looking for something special.
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