The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
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Richard Merkin PUBLICATIONS
1938 Brooklyn, New York - 2009. Known for: Mod figure painting, printmaking, teaching.
RICHARD MERKIN. RISD Connection: MFA in Painting, 1963; Professor Emeritus, Department of Painting; taught at RISD 1963-2005. About the artist: Merging his role as flaneur (connoisseur of city life)... Read full biography
RICHARD MERKIN. RISD Connection: MFA in Painting, 1963; Professor Emeritus, Department of Painting; taught at RISD 1963-2005. About the artist: Merging his role as flaneur (connoisseur of city life) with his role as painter and social historian, Richard Merkin retrieves lost cultural artifacts - a... Read full biography
RICHARD MERKIN. RISD Connection: MFA in Painting, 1963; Professor Emeritus, Department of Painting; taught at RISD 1963-2005. About the artist: Merging his role as flaneur (connoisseur of city life) with his role as painter and social historian, Richard Merkin retrieves lost cultural artifacts - a Turkish cigarette, a gangster, a bowler and generally "things most people don't know about" - and reconstitutes their Jazz Age virtues on canvas in cubist, comic-laced landscapes of tropical color.... Read full biography
RICHARD MERKIN. RISD Connection: MFA in Painting, 1963; Professor Emeritus, Department of Painting; taught at RISD 1963-2005. About the artist: Merging his role as flaneur (connoisseur of city life) with his role as painter and social historian, Richard Merkin retrieves lost cultural artifacts - a Turkish cigarette, a gangster, a bowler and generally "things most people don't know about" - and reconstitutes their Jazz Age virtues on canvas in cubist, comic-laced landscapes of tropical color. Road to RISD: Often described as Rhode Island's most famous New York artist, Merkin followed a post-undergrad stint as a guard at the Museum of Modern Art with a year at Michigan State, then a full graduate scholarship to RISD. He accepted a teaching... Read full biography
RICHARD MERKIN. RISD Connection: MFA in Painting, 1963; Professor Emeritus, Department of Painting; taught at RISD 1963-2005. About the artist: Merging his role as flaneur (connoisseur of city life) with his role as painter and social historian, Richard Merkin retrieves lost cultural artifacts - a Turkish cigarette, a gangster, a bowler and generally "things most people don't know about" - and reconstitutes their Jazz Age virtues on canvas in cubist, comic-laced landscapes of tropical color. Road to RISD: Often described as Rhode Island's most famous New York artist, Merkin followed a post-undergrad stint as a guard at the Museum of Modern Art with a year at Michigan State, then a full graduate scholarship to RISD. He accepted a teaching fellowship at RISD the year he graduated, in part because he wa... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (14)
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesWho's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004McGowan, Alison C (Editor)1,512 pagesWho Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesWho's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993Bowker R R1,473 pagesContemporary Artists (3rd Edition)
1989Naylor, Colin (editor)1,059 pagesModern American Realism The Sara Roby Foundation Collection
1987
(Exhibition catalog)Mecklenburg, Virginia148 pages (color)Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986Jaques Cattell Press1,292 pagesAmerican Figure Painting 1950-198
1980
(Exhibition catalog)Styron, Thomas W115 pages (color)Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art
1977Barr, Alfred H655 pagesWho's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976Jaques Cattell Press756 pagesWhitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection
1974Baur, John I H235 pages (color)The Art Collection of the First National Bank of Chicago
1974Kuh, Katherine (Foreward); Gaylord Freeman (Intro)274 pages (color)Three Centuries of New England Art From New England Museums
1969Brockton Art Center48 pages