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AdamsArtExpose’ ART<br />
DON BACHARDY<br />
Don Bachardy was the partner<br />
of British Author, Christopher<br />
Isherwood, from 1953 to<br />
Ishwerwood's death in 1986. They<br />
met on the beach in Santa Monica<br />
in 1953. Isherwood was a successful<br />
writer and co-writer with authors<br />
such as Truman Capote and Aldous<br />
Huxley. His early stories about WW<br />
II inspired "Cabaret", the musical and<br />
movie. He had come to the United<br />
States during WWII after leaving<br />
Germany prior to the war.<br />
Don Bachardy was only 18 when<br />
he met Isherwood who was 48.<br />
Isherwood was a compelling influence<br />
on Bachardy's aspirations to be an<br />
artist. He was asked by the Desert<br />
Sun Outlook Magazine in 2015<br />
about Isherwood's influence on his<br />
artistic career. He answered, " ..In<br />
every way possible. I never would<br />
have the nerve, the courage to be<br />
an artist, even think of myself as an<br />
artist without his encouragement<br />
and support. At that time I was<br />
doing drawings of movie stars from<br />
photographs. It was at that time that<br />
Chris asked have you ever worked<br />
from life?" I said no and he said "If<br />
AdamsArtExpose’<br />
you would like to try, I will sit for<br />
you" and that is what got me going."<br />
Since that time Don Bachardy has<br />
competed paintings and drawings of<br />
numerous celebrities. He completed<br />
a painting of former governor, Gerry<br />
Brown, which hangs in the capital<br />
building in Sacramento.<br />
Bachardy admitted that he is nervous<br />
when painting celebrities, indicating<br />
that getting them to sit for him for<br />
long periods of time is usually most<br />
challenging. His work has been<br />
primarily of face portraits however,<br />
Don said that the suggestion of doing<br />
nudes came from Theresa Russell and<br />
Teri Garr who suggested themselves<br />
that he do a nude painting of them.<br />
Since Don has completed many full<br />
body nude paintings of celebrities and<br />
non celebrities both male and female.<br />
His work has a simplicity about it that<br />
is an aspect of the uniqueness. He<br />
does not work from photographs or<br />
preliminary drawings only directly<br />
from the model posing.<br />
Don Bachary and Christopher<br />
Isherwood's long time relationship<br />
has been documented in the movie<br />
documentary, "Chris and Don: A Love<br />
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