Overview
A first generation Abstract Expressionist artist, Dugmore studied under Thomas Hart Benton at the Kansas City Art Institute in 1940 and then under Clyfford Still at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco after the end of World War II. Still had a great influence on the development of Dugmore's art. Ernest Briggs was one of his fellow students at the time and would become a lifelong friend. Dugmore was considered by some to be "the West Coast's answer" to the Abstract Expressionist movement that was firmly rooted in New York City.
Solo Exhibitions
2006 - Three Monumental Paintings, Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003 - Selected Works: Mostly from the 1960s, Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2000 - Selected Works: 1956-1969, Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1998 -The Passionate Eye, Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT
1997 - Lennon, Weinberg, New York, NY
1996 - Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1994 - A Survey of Works on Paper, Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1992 - Paintings of the 1960s, Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1991 - Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY
1991 - Burning Bright, Paintings 1950-1959, Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1990 - The Carlson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1975 - H. Marc Moyens, Alexandria, VA
1973 - Green Mountain Gallery, New York, NY
1972 - Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
1965 - M.I.A. Gallery, Great Falls, MT
1965 - Town Wharf Gallery, Blue Hill, ME
1963 - Howard Wise Gallery, New York, NY
1961 - Howard Wise Gallery, New York, NY
1960 - Howard Wise Gallery, Cleveland, OH
1959 - Holland-Goldowsky Gallery, Chicago, IL[1]
1956 - Stable Gallery, New York, NY
1954 - Stable Gallery, New York, NY
1953 - Sheldon Street Studio, Hartford, CT
1953 - Stable Gallery, New York, NY
1950 - Metart Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Museums and Public Collections
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Ardsley, NY
Civic Museum and Gallery, Udine, Italy
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
Housatonic Community College, Stratford, CT
Laguna Beach Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
Menil Collection, Dallas, Texas
Museum of the National Academy of Design, New York
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
University of Guadalajara, Mexico
University of Southern Illinois, Carbondale, IL
Walker Art Center, Minnesota
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA