{{Short description|American abstract painter}} {{about||the American basketball player|Dave Budd|the British politician|Dave Budd (politician)}} '''David Budd''' (March 31, 1927 – October 8, 1991) was an American painter.
== Early life and education == David Wilson Budd Jr. was born on March 31, 1927, in St. Petersburg, Florida.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Smith|first=Roberta|date=October 10, 1991|title=David Budd, 64, Artist, Is Dead; Painted Large Works of One Hue|url=https://www-nytimes-com.research.aadl.org/1991/10/10/arts/david-budd-64-artist-is-dead-painted-large-works-of-one-hue.html?searchResultPosition=2|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-25|website=login.research.aadl.org}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Budd, More About|url=http://www.alfstadand.com/artists/david-budd/about|access-date=2020-09-25|website=Alfstad& Contemporary|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=David Budd, 64, renowned painter|url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1991/10/10/david-budd-64-renowned-painter/|access-date=2020-09-25|website=Tampa Bay Times|language=en}}</ref> He graduated from St. Petersburg High School, then enrolled at the University of Florida to study architecture. He soon dropped out to study interior design at the Ringling School of Art and Design.<ref name=":2" /> He later shifted his focus to painting after watching a film about Jackson Pollock.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=Abstract Expressionist David Budd's Exhibit Opens at IceHouse|url=https://www.sarasotamagazine.com/arts-and-entertainment/2014/04/david-budd-icehouse|access-date=2020-09-25|website=Sarasota Magazine|language=en-US}}</ref>
He worked for the Christiani Brothers Circus, eventually marrying the equestrian ballerina Corcaita (Corky) Christiani.<ref name=":0" />
== Career == Budd and his wife moved to New York City in the 1950s.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> He became a member of the Abstract Expressionist movement.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|title=McCormick Gallery {{!}} Artists {{!}} David Budd (1927 - 1991)|url=https://www.thomasmccormick.com/artists/david_budd|access-date=2020-09-25|website=www.thomasmccormick.com}}</ref> He moved to Paris in the 1960s, to work with the Galerie Stadler, and returned to the United States in 1968.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite web|date=2014-03-12|title=Rediscovering David Budd: The Forgotten Abstract Expressionist|url=https://patch.com/florida/bradenton/rediscovering-david-budd-the-forgotten-abstract-expressionist|access-date=2020-09-25|website=Bradenton, FL Patch|language=en}}</ref>
He was friends with the writer William S. Burroughs.<ref>{{Cite web|title=archives.nypl.org -- William S. Burroughs papers|url=http://archives.nypl.org/brg/19345|access-date=2020-09-25|website=archives.nypl.org}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":5" /> His first solo show was at the American University in Washington, D.C. in 1956.<ref name=":1" /> His next two were at the Betty Parsons Gallery in New York in 1958 and 1960.<ref name=":1" /> He won a Guggenheim Fellowship, a National Endowment for the Arts grant and a Peggy Guggenheim Award.<ref name=":4" />
Budd taught Fine Arts at the School of Visual Arts in NYC from 1973 to 1986.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ticket.heraldtribune.com/2014/04/03/exhibit-preview-rediscovering-david-budd-forgotten-abstract-expressionist/ |title=EXHIBIT PREVIEW: Rediscovering David Budd: The Forgotten Abstract Expressionist |access-date=2020-09-26 |archive-date=2024-03-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240302204448/http://ticket.heraldtribune.com/2014/04/03/exhibit-preview-rediscovering-david-budd-forgotten-abstract-expressionist/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
=== Work held in collections === His paintings are held in a variety of permanent collections, including:
* The Blanton Museum of Art<ref>{{Cite web|title=Blanton Museum of Art - David Budd|url=http://collection.blantonmuseum.org/artist-maker/info/7634|access-date=2020-09-25|website=collection.blantonmuseum.org}}</ref> * The Corcoran Gallery of Art<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|title=2004 Exhibition Archives – Bob Rauschenberg Gallery|url=http://www.rauschenberggallery.com/2013/11/2004-exhibition-archives/|access-date=2020-09-25|language=en-US}}</ref> *The Metropolitan Museum of Art<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/481695 | title=Untitled - 1975|access-date=2020-09-25|website=www.metmuseum.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/482426 | title=Bali - The North Shore |access-date=2020-09-25|website=www.metmuseum.org}}</ref><ref name=":6" /> * National Gallery of Australia<ref>[https://nga.gov.au/international/catalogue/detail.cfm?IRN=112933&BioArtistIRN=14089&MnuID=SRCH&GalID=1 NGA]</ref> * The Museum of Modern Art<ref>{{Cite web|title=David Budd {{!}} MoMA|url=https://www.moma.org/artists/850|access-date=2020-09-25|website=The Museum of Modern Art|language=en}}</ref> * The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum<ref name=":6" /> * The University of Michigan Museum of Art<ref>{{Cite web|title=Exchange: Journey Without Maps VIII|url=https://exchange.umma.umich.edu/resources/28674|access-date=2020-09-25|website=exchange.umma.umich.edu}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> * The Whitney Museum of American Art<ref>{{Cite web|title=David Budd {{!}} Chih Ming|url=https://whitney.org/collection/works/1513|access-date=2020-09-25|website=whitney.org|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":6" />
== Later life == Budd died on October 8, 1991, at the age of 64, after a long illness followed by heart failure, at his home in Sarasota, Florida.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=David Budd Memorial|url=https://www-nytimes-com.research.aadl.org/1991/10/23/arts/david-budd-memorial.html?searchResultPosition=1|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-25|website=login.research.aadl.org}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />
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