Ashes to Life: A Portuguese American Story in Art
2008Karlstrom, Paul (Portuguese by Julia Pedreira-Lewis)
132 pages (color)
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1935 Sacramento, California - 2018 Oakland, California. Known for: Super flashy nude, pop icon painting, superheroes.
"Mel Ramos, Painter of Female Nudes and Comic Heroes, Dies at 83," Obituary, The New York Times, by Neil Genzlinger, October 31, 2018. Mel Ramos, whose many paintings featuring realistically depicted... Read full biography
"Mel Ramos, Painter of Female Nudes and Comic Heroes, Dies at 83," Obituary, The New York Times, by Neil Genzlinger, October 31, 2018. Mel Ramos, whose many paintings featuring realistically depicted nude or under-dressed women often left critics divided over whether they were clever Pop Art or... Read full biography
"Mel Ramos, Painter of Female Nudes and Comic Heroes, Dies at 83," Obituary, The New York Times, by Neil Genzlinger, October 31, 2018. Mel Ramos, whose many paintings featuring realistically depicted nude or under-dressed women often left critics divided over whether they were clever Pop Art or something more akin to smut, died on Oct. 14 in Oakland, Calif. He was 83. The cause was heart failure, his daughter, Rochelle Leininger, said. Mr. Ramos had other areas of artistic interest — he did a... Read full biography
"Mel Ramos, Painter of Female Nudes and Comic Heroes, Dies at 83," Obituary, The New York Times, by Neil Genzlinger, October 31, 2018. Mel Ramos, whose many paintings featuring realistically depicted nude or under-dressed women often left critics divided over whether they were clever Pop Art or something more akin to smut, died on Oct. 14 in Oakland, Calif. He was 83. The cause was heart failure, his daughter, Rochelle Leininger, said. Mr. Ramos had other areas of artistic interest — he did a number of paintings of superheroes, for instance — but it was his works with female nudes that drew the most attention, and ire. There was Miss Grapefruit Festival (1964), with a nude woman sitting in a sea of grapefruits, the word “Sunkist” behind... Read full biography
"Mel Ramos, Painter of Female Nudes and Comic Heroes, Dies at 83," Obituary, The New York Times, by Neil Genzlinger, October 31, 2018. Mel Ramos, whose many paintings featuring realistically depicted nude or under-dressed women often left critics divided over whether they were clever Pop Art or something more akin to smut, died on Oct. 14 in Oakland, Calif. He was 83. The cause was heart failure, his daughter, Rochelle Leininger, said. Mr. Ramos had other areas of artistic interest — he did a number of paintings of superheroes, for instance — but it was his works with female nudes that drew the most attention, and ire. There was Miss Grapefruit Festival (1964), with a nude woman sitting in a sea of grapefruits, the word “Sunkist” behind her. There was Monterey Jackie (1965), with a nude woman atop a block of cheese. He painted naked wome... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (57)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)479 pagesDavenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesMel Ramos: Pop Art Fantasies The Complete Paintings
2004Kuspit, Donald and Louis Meisel500 pages (color)Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004McGowan, Alison C (Editor)1,512 pagesPicasso to Pop: The Richard Weisman Collection
2002Shea, Patricia (Editor)124 pagesWho Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesCalifornia Art: 450 Years of Painting & Other Media
1998Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall560 pages (color)Art Today
1995Lucie-Smith, Edward512 pages (color)Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993Bowker R R1,473 pagesHand-Painted Pop American Art in Transition 1955-62
1993
(Exhibition catalog)Ferguson, Russell (editor)256 pages (color)Von der Avantgarde bis zur Postmoderne/die Malerei des 20 Jahrhunderts
1991Murken, Axel/Christa Murken358 pages (color)Art Since Mid Century 1945 to the Present
1991Wheeler, Daniel344 pages (color)Art What Thou Eat Images of Food in American Art
1990
(Exhibition catalog)Gustafson, Donna (others)191 pages (color)Pop Art A Continuing History
1990Livingstone, Marco271 pages (color)Contemporary Artists (3rd Edition)
1989Naylor, Colin (editor)1,059 pagesDictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition)
1987Cummings, Paul653 pagesVarieties of Visual Experience (3rd edition)
1987Feldman, Edmund Burke528 pages (color)Made In U S A An Americanization in Modern Art '50s & 60s
1987
(Exhibition catalog)Stich, Sidra280 pages (color)Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986Jaques Cattell Press1,292 pagesArt in the San Francisco Bay Area 1945-1980/An Illustrated History
1985Albright, Thomas349 pages (color)San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Paintings and Sculpture Collection
1985DuPont, Diana, K Holland402 pages (color)American Artists: An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporary Americans
1985Krantz, Les347 pages (color)Twentieth Century American Drawin The Figure in Context
1984
(Exhibition catalog)Cummings, Paul144 pagesThe Art of California Selected Works/ Oakland Museum
1984Orr-Cahill, Christina199 pages (color)California Museums The Los Angeles Times Book of
1984Wilson, William288 pages (color)A Century of California Landscapes
1983Gibson, Dunn & Critcher52 pages (color)The First Show (1940-1980) Painting and Sculpture from Eight Collections
1983
(Exhibition catalog)Museum of Contemporary Art293 pages (color)Fifty West Coast Artists: A Critical Selection of Painters and Sculptors Working in California
1981Hopkins, Henry; Mimi Jacobs (illustration)128 pages (color)The Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Art
1981Osborne, Harold656 pages (color)Mel Ramos A Twenty Year Survey
1980
(Exhibition catalog)Belz, Carl51 pages (color)The Professionals: Portraits of NFL Stars by America's Most Prominent Illustrators
1980Didinger, Ray191 pages (color)New Realism Revisited Brainerd Hall Art Gallery, SUNY Potsdam
1980
(Exhibition catalog)Editors0 pages100 Masterpieces of Painting Indianapolis Museum of Art
1980Janson, Anthony/A Ian Fraser295 pages (color)American Figure Painting 1950-198
1980
(Exhibition catalog)Styron, Thomas W115 pages (color)Art of the Sixties
1978Adams, Hugh80 pages (color)Frederick Weisman Collection California Art
1978
(Exhibition catalog)California State U Long Beach64 pages (color)Artists Look at Art
1978
(Exhibition catalog)Hennessey, William J60 pagesArt About Art
1978Lipman, Jean/Richard Marshall176 pages (color)Mel Ramos Paintings 1959-1977
1977
(Exhibition catalog)Jones, Harvey32 pages (color)Three Hundred Years of American Art In The Chrysler Museum
1976
(Exhibition catalog)Anderson, Dennis R (Introductory Essay)270 pages (color)Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976Jaques Cattell Press756 pagesPainting & Sculpture in California The Modern Era
1976San Francisco Mus Modern Art272 pages (color)Super Realism: A Critical Anthology
1975Battcock, Gregory (editor)322 pages (color)American Pop Art
1974
(Exhibition catalog)Alloway, Lawrence146 pages (color)The Great American Nude A History in Art
1974Gerdts, William H224 pages (color)Sunshine Muse Contemporary Art on the West Coast
1974Plagens, Peter200 pages (color)Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture, 1974
1974
(Exhibition catalog)University of Illinois136 pagesSeparate Realities California Representational Painting/Sculpture
1973
(Exhibition catalog)Los Angeles Mun Art Gallery60 pages (color)Human Concern/Personal Torment The Grotesque in American Art
1969
(Exhibition catalog)Doty, Robert72 pages (color)Pop Art Redefined
1969
(Exhibition catalog)Russell, John/Suzi Gablik240 pages (color)The West Coast Now Current Work from the Western Seaboard
1968
(Exhibition catalog)Portland Art Museum160 pages40 Now California Painters
1968
(Exhibition catalog)Tampa Bay Art Center48 pages (color)Painters Behind Painters An Exhibition of Central California Artists
1967
(Exhibition catalog)Howe, Thomas C72 pages (color)Pop Art
1966Lippard, Lucy R216 pages (color)New Tendencies in Art
1966Pellegrini, Aldo320 pages (color)Pop Art
1965Rublowsky, John210 pages (color)