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1920 Chicago, Illinois - 2013. Known for: Painting, printmaking, sculpture and illustration.
Richard Charles Kirsten (AKA: Richard Kirsten Daiensai) is a painter, printmaker, sculptor, illustrator and Buddhist priest who was born in Chicago, Illinois, and lives in Seattle, Washington, where... Read full biography
Richard Charles Kirsten (AKA: Richard Kirsten Daiensai) is a painter, printmaker, sculptor, illustrator and Buddhist priest who was born in Chicago, Illinois, and lives in Seattle, Washington, where he has for most of his life. Since 1957, he has also lived for 3 to 8 months a year in Japan, where... Read full biography
Richard Charles Kirsten (AKA: Richard Kirsten Daiensai) is a painter, printmaker, sculptor, illustrator and Buddhist priest who was born in Chicago, Illinois, and lives in Seattle, Washington, where he has for most of his life. Since 1957, he has also lived for 3 to 8 months a year in Japan, where he produces much of his work inspired by visits to remote Buddhist shrines and temples there, and in South Korea. His mediums are acrylics, watercolour, wood block print, mixed mediums and bronze... Read full biography
Richard Charles Kirsten (AKA: Richard Kirsten Daiensai) is a painter, printmaker, sculptor, illustrator and Buddhist priest who was born in Chicago, Illinois, and lives in Seattle, Washington, where he has for most of his life. Since 1957, he has also lived for 3 to 8 months a year in Japan, where he produces much of his work inspired by visits to remote Buddhist shrines and temples there, and in South Korea. His mediums are acrylics, watercolour, wood block print, mixed mediums and bronze sculpture. His subjects are figures, animals, flowers, birds, humour, Buddha, landscape, fantasy and semi abstract, all primarily focusing on spirituality and Zen Buddhism. His styles are surrealism, expressionism, semi abstraction and modernism. He... Read full biography
Richard Charles Kirsten (AKA: Richard Kirsten Daiensai) is a painter, printmaker, sculptor, illustrator and Buddhist priest who was born in Chicago, Illinois, and lives in Seattle, Washington, where he has for most of his life. Since 1957, he has also lived for 3 to 8 months a year in Japan, where he produces much of his work inspired by visits to remote Buddhist shrines and temples there, and in South Korea. His mediums are acrylics, watercolour, wood block print, mixed mediums and bronze sculpture. His subjects are figures, animals, flowers, birds, humour, Buddha, landscape, fantasy and semi abstract, all primarily focusing on spirituality and Zen Buddhism. His styles are surrealism, expressionism, semi abstraction and modernism. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Washington. He is a member of the Am... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Art Design
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Bronze
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
- •Woodblock, Woodcut, Wood Engraving
Art Style
- •Abstraction and Realism; Semi Abstract
- •Expressive, Expressionist, Expressionism
- •Surrealism, Surrealist
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Birds, Ornithology, Avian Art
- •Fantasy, Fancy, Fables, Dreams, Visions, Mystery, Creatures
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
- •Humor, Whimsy
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Oriental Influence
- •Religion, Mysticism, Spirituality
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Japan
Art Association
- •American Artists Professional League
- •American Federation of Arts
- •Northwest Printmakers
- •Northwest Watercolor Society
Art School
- •School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Student
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Northwest Watercolor Society-