Painter, Ralph Du Casse was born in Kentucky. He attended the University of Cincinnati (B.A. 1940) and University of California, Berkeley (M.A. 1948). In addition he studied with Hans Hofmann in New... Read full biography
Painter, Ralph Du Casse was born in Kentucky. He attended the University of Cincinnati (B.A. 1940) and University of California, Berkeley (M.A. 1948). In addition he studied with Hans Hofmann in New York and attended California College of Arts and Crafts (M.F.A. 1950). His early paintings ranged... Read full biography
Painter, Ralph Du Casse was born in Kentucky. He attended the University of Cincinnati (B.A. 1940) and University of California, Berkeley (M.A. 1948). In addition he studied with Hans Hofmann in New York and attended California College of Arts and Crafts (M.F.A. 1950). His early paintings ranged from a loose, gestural abstraction to a predominantly linear style rooted in Cubism and resembling the early work of Diebenkorn. His paintings of the 1960s and 1970s were dominated by simpler, thinly... Read full biography
Painter, Ralph Du Casse was born in Kentucky. He attended the University of Cincinnati (B.A. 1940) and University of California, Berkeley (M.A. 1948). In addition he studied with Hans Hofmann in New York and attended California College of Arts and Crafts (M.F.A. 1950). His early paintings ranged from a loose, gestural abstraction to a predominantly linear style rooted in Cubism and resembling the early work of Diebenkorn. His paintings of the 1960s and 1970s were dominated by simpler, thinly stained abstract forms with sources in Oriental philosophy, although some bordered on figuration. He taught at University of California, Berkeley, California College Arts & Crafts, and California School of Fine Art, and through the 1970s was chairman... Read full biography
Painter, Ralph Du Casse was born in Kentucky. He attended the University of Cincinnati (B.A. 1940) and University of California, Berkeley (M.A. 1948). In addition he studied with Hans Hofmann in New York and attended California College of Arts and Crafts (M.F.A. 1950). His early paintings ranged from a loose, gestural abstraction to a predominantly linear style rooted in Cubism and resembling the early work of Diebenkorn. His paintings of the 1960s and 1970s were dominated by simpler, thinly stained abstract forms with sources in Oriental philosophy, although some bordered on figuration. He taught at University of California, Berkeley, California College Arts & Crafts, and California School of Fine Art, and through the 1970s was chairman of the art department at Mills College in Oakland. Source:. http://www.roncriderfineart.com/bios/ralph_ducasse_bio.htm. -----... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (4)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
San Francisco and Second Wave: The Blair Collection of Bay Area Abstract Expressionism
2004
Landauer, Susan
240 pages (color)
Art in the San Francisco Bay Area 1945-1980/An Illustrated History
1985
Albright, Thomas
349 pages (color)
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Paintings and Sculpture Collection