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1917 Boston, Massachusetts - 2006 East Hampton, New York. Known for: Abstract expressionist painting, art educator.
An Abstract Expressionist painter and also a long-time art teacher, Robert Richenburg was known for "ominous paintings in which fields of black were punctuated by bursts of color and line." Of his... Read full biography
An Abstract Expressionist painter and also a long-time art teacher, Robert Richenburg was known for "ominous paintings in which fields of black were punctuated by bursts of color and line." Of his signature works, a critic in a 1959 review wrote: "This painting must symbolize the most terrifying... Read full biography
An Abstract Expressionist painter and also a long-time art teacher, Robert Richenburg was known for "ominous paintings in which fields of black were punctuated by bursts of color and line." Of his signature works, a critic in a 1959 review wrote: "This painting must symbolize the most terrifying aspects of metropolitan life.". Richenburg was a student of Hans Hofmann, and was very much a part of the hey-day activities of Abstract Expressionism in the mid 1950s in New York City. In 1951, after... Read full biography
An Abstract Expressionist painter and also a long-time art teacher, Robert Richenburg was known for "ominous paintings in which fields of black were punctuated by bursts of color and line." Of his signature works, a critic in a 1959 review wrote: "This painting must symbolize the most terrifying aspects of metropolitan life.". Richenburg was a student of Hans Hofmann, and was very much a part of the hey-day activities of Abstract Expressionism in the mid 1950s in New York City. In 1951, after serving in World War II, he was invited to exhibit at the Ninth Street Show, which was the exhibition, supervised by dealer Leo Castelli, that helped establish the New York School of painting. He earned money at that time by teaching at Pratt... Read full biography
An Abstract Expressionist painter and also a long-time art teacher, Robert Richenburg was known for "ominous paintings in which fields of black were punctuated by bursts of color and line." Of his signature works, a critic in a 1959 review wrote: "This painting must symbolize the most terrifying aspects of metropolitan life.". Richenburg was a student of Hans Hofmann, and was very much a part of the hey-day activities of Abstract Expressionism in the mid 1950s in New York City. In 1951, after serving in World War II, he was invited to exhibit at the Ninth Street Show, which was the exhibition, supervised by dealer Leo Castelli, that helped establish the New York School of painting. He earned money at that time by teaching at Pratt Institute, but resigned in 1964 over the administrations objection to him encouraging a student who was maki... Read full biography
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An Abstract Expressionist painter and also a long-time art teacher, Robert Richenburg was known for "ominous paintings in which fields of black were punctuated by bursts of color and line." Of his signature works, a critic in a 1959 review wrote: "This painting must symbolize the most terrifying aspects of metropolitan life."
Richenburg was a student of Hans Hofmann, and was very much a part of the hey-day activities of Abstract Expressionism in the mid 1950s in New York City. In 1951, after serving in World War II, he was invited to exhibit at the Ninth Street Show, which was the exhibition, supervised by dealer Leo Castelli, that helped establish the New York School of painting.
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