Arthur Deshaies (1920-2011) was an American printmaker and painter who made non-geometric abstractions in a style he called “abstract impressionist.” He was educated at the Cooper Union Art School in New York until the outbreak of World War II. During the war he was a paratrooper and an official war artist. After his service, he received his bachelor’s from Rhode Island School of Design in 1948 and his master’s from Indiana University in 1950.
Deshaies taught at Indiana University, the Ogunquit School of Painting and Sculpture, the Pratt Institute in NYC and as professor of art at Florida State University in Tallahassee from 1963 until his retirement in 1989. He was the recipient of many Fellowships and grants including a Fulbright Scholarship, Tiffany Fellowship, and grants from MacDowell, the Yaddo Colony, and the Guggenheim Foundation. His works are exhibited and represented in most of the major collections and museums in Europe and North and South America. Deshaies was recognized as one of the world’s leading printmasters and painters.
