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1953 Boston, Massachusetts - 2006 New Hampshire. Known for: Townscape.
Richard Sheehan, Artist, Educator, 1953-2006. Richard Sheehan, 52, a nationally recognized artist and educator, passed away unexpectedly and suddenly on August 9th, 2006 in New Hampshire while on... Read full biography
Richard Sheehan, Artist, Educator, 1953-2006. Richard Sheehan, 52, a nationally recognized artist and educator, passed away unexpectedly and suddenly on August 9th, 2006 in New Hampshire while on vacation with his wife, Dr. Laura Viehmann, and sons, Andrew and Patrick. A native of Dorchester,... Read full biography
Richard Sheehan, Artist, Educator, 1953-2006. Richard Sheehan, 52, a nationally recognized artist and educator, passed away unexpectedly and suddenly on August 9th, 2006 in New Hampshire while on vacation with his wife, Dr. Laura Viehmann, and sons, Andrew and Patrick. A native of Dorchester, Massachusetts, Sheehan received a BFA degree from Massachusetts College of Art, Boston in 1975 and a MFA degree from Yale University in 1977. A 1979 recipient of a Fellowship Grant from the Massachusetts... Read full biography
Richard Sheehan, Artist, Educator, 1953-2006. Richard Sheehan, 52, a nationally recognized artist and educator, passed away unexpectedly and suddenly on August 9th, 2006 in New Hampshire while on vacation with his wife, Dr. Laura Viehmann, and sons, Andrew and Patrick. A native of Dorchester, Massachusetts, Sheehan received a BFA degree from Massachusetts College of Art, Boston in 1975 and a MFA degree from Yale University in 1977. A 1979 recipient of a Fellowship Grant from the Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities, he quickly attracted attention with his romantic plein-aire paintings abstracted from the bridges and roads of Dorchester, Quincy, Woonsocket, Cumberland and the surrounding urban landscape. Sheehan began painting... Read full biography
Richard Sheehan, Artist, Educator, 1953-2006. Richard Sheehan, 52, a nationally recognized artist and educator, passed away unexpectedly and suddenly on August 9th, 2006 in New Hampshire while on vacation with his wife, Dr. Laura Viehmann, and sons, Andrew and Patrick. A native of Dorchester, Massachusetts, Sheehan received a BFA degree from Massachusetts College of Art, Boston in 1975 and a MFA degree from Yale University in 1977. A 1979 recipient of a Fellowship Grant from the Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities, he quickly attracted attention with his romantic plein-aire paintings abstracted from the bridges and roads of Dorchester, Quincy, Woonsocket, Cumberland and the surrounding urban landscape. Sheehan began painting outdoors in the dead of winter on a bet in 1977 and fell in love with the rigor and changing light conditions na... Read full biography
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Richard Sheehan, Artist, Educator, 1953-2006
Richard Sheehan, 52, a nationally recognized artist and educator, passed away unexpectedly and suddenly on August 9th, 2006 in New Hampshire while on vacation with his wife, Dr. Laura Viehmann, and sons, Andrew and Patrick.
A native of Dorchester, Massachusetts, Sheehan received a BFA degree from Massachusetts College of Art, Boston in 1975 and a MFA degree from Yale University in 1977. A 1979 recipient of a Fellowship Grant from the Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities, he quickly attracted attention with his romantic plein-aire paintings abstracted from the bridges and roads of Dorchester, Quincy, Woonsocket, Cumberland and the surrounding urban landscape....But wait, there's more...
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