About Richard Bosman

  • Biography

    Richard Bosman (Australian) was born in Madras, India in 1944 and raised in Egypt and Australia. He studied at the Byam Shaw School of Painting and Drawing in London from 1965-69 and at the New York Studio School from 1969-71. The artist lives and works in New York City.

    Bosman first came to prominence in the early 1980's when he was considered part of the Neo-Expressionist movement with its roots in appropriation. "The Los Angeles Times" observed that Bosman's interest is dominated by "symbolic, emotional oceans not meant to be pretty pictures."

    Joy Hankanson Colby, art critic for "The Detroit News" states "Bosman, whose father was a sea captain, translates the fluidity and physical...

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