From Spain to Virginia The Life and Times of Pierre Daura - Catalog - Page 4
This catalogue is dedicated to the memory of Louis Blair.
From Spain to Virginia: The Art and Times of Pierre Daura
On view October 30, 2020 - March 14, 2021
Louis Blair was the nephew of Pierre Daura and lived in Rockbridge Baths, Virginia.
His spirit and love of life and art live on.
This catalogue was published in conjunction with From Spain to Virginia: The Art and Times of Pierre Daura,
an exhibition organized by the Taubman Museum of Art and curated by the Georgia Museum of Art at the
University of Georgia.
The exhibition and educational programming are presented by the Daura Foundation.
From Spain to Virginia: The Art and Times of Pierre Daura © 2021, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, Virginia
PUBLISHED BY: Taubman Museum of Art
TEXTS BY: Taubman Museum of Art Executive Director Cindy M. Petersen, EdM, and Chief Curator and
Deputy Director of Exhibitions and Community Engagement Karl Willers, PhD
PHOTOGRAPHY BY: Amy Pearman, Boyd Pearman Photography
DESIGNED BY: Ana Morales
Cover: Golden Field and House Mountains, Rockbridge Baths (detail), 1951-1971, Oil on canvas,
Taubman Museum of Art, Gift of Martha Randolph Daura, 2003.017
Final page: Mallorcan Village (detail), 1932, Oil on canvas, Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia,
Gift of Martha Randolph Daura, 2003.309
Back cover: Church and Presbytery, Saint-Cirq-Lapopie (detail), 1955-1971, Oil on canvas,
Taubman Museum of Art, Gift of Martha Randolph Daura, 2003.019
All rights reserved. This catalogue may not be reproduced or utilized, in whole or in part, or by any means,
without written permission of the Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, Virginia, with the exception of fair use
as defined by the U.S. copyright law.
ISBN: 978-1-7342201-3-1
Taubman Museum of Art
110 Salem Avenue SE | Roanoke, Virginia 24011 | 540.342.5760 | TaubmanMuseum.org
Pierre Daura (Catalan-American, 1896-1976)
Louis H. Blair, 1945
Pastel on paper
Collection of Suzanne Blair
