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1922 Portland, Oregon - 1993 Berkeley, California. Known for: Bay-Area figurative and abstract expressionist painting.
RICHARD CLIFFORD DIEBENKORN JR. (1922- 1993). Born in Portland, Oregon, Richard Diebenkorn became a key figure in the Bay Area (San Francisco, Oakland) figurative and abstract school of painting.... Read full biography
RICHARD CLIFFORD DIEBENKORN JR. (1922- 1993). Born in Portland, Oregon, Richard Diebenkorn became a key figure in the Bay Area (San Francisco, Oakland) figurative and abstract school of painting. When he was two, his family moved to San Francisco. His grandmother encouraged Diebenkorn's early art... Read full biography
RICHARD CLIFFORD DIEBENKORN JR. (1922- 1993). Born in Portland, Oregon, Richard Diebenkorn became a key figure in the Bay Area (San Francisco, Oakland) figurative and abstract school of painting. When he was two, his family moved to San Francisco. His grandmother encouraged Diebenkorn's early art talent, and he remembered often drawing locomotives on shirt cardboards as a child. He was also intrigued with medieval heraldry and the French Bayeux Tapestries. Late in life, he reminisced about the... Read full biography
RICHARD CLIFFORD DIEBENKORN JR. (1922- 1993). Born in Portland, Oregon, Richard Diebenkorn became a key figure in the Bay Area (San Francisco, Oakland) figurative and abstract school of painting. When he was two, his family moved to San Francisco. His grandmother encouraged Diebenkorn's early art talent, and he remembered often drawing locomotives on shirt cardboards as a child. He was also intrigued with medieval heraldry and the French Bayeux Tapestries. Late in life, he reminisced about the tapestries: "The main events are central and in flanking panels above and below, … dead men and coats of arms; dialogues paralleling one another, horizontally." (C.Horsley). In 1940 he entered Stanford University, where he studied oil painting with... Read full biography
RICHARD CLIFFORD DIEBENKORN JR. (1922- 1993). Born in Portland, Oregon, Richard Diebenkorn became a key figure in the Bay Area (San Francisco, Oakland) figurative and abstract school of painting. When he was two, his family moved to San Francisco. His grandmother encouraged Diebenkorn's early art talent, and he remembered often drawing locomotives on shirt cardboards as a child. He was also intrigued with medieval heraldry and the French Bayeux Tapestries. Late in life, he reminisced about the tapestries: "The main events are central and in flanking panels above and below, … dead men and coats of arms; dialogues paralleling one another, horizontally." (C.Horsley). In 1940 he entered Stanford University, where he studied oil painting with Victor Arnautoff and Daniel Mendelowitz. In 1946 he enrolled at the California School of Fine Art, where he m... Read full biography
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Keywords (67)
Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Miniature Art
- •Miniature, Small Scale Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Palette Knife, Heavy Texture
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstract Expressionism
- •Abstract Figurative, Human Figure
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Bay Area Figurative
- •Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
Art Subject
- •Botanics, Plant Life
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
- •Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Human Head Images, Portrait Heads, Faces
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Nude Figure, Nudity
- •Still Life
- •Urban Landscape, Cityscape
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Russia
Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
- •Woodstock Art Association, New York
Art Teacher
- •Daniel Mendelowitz
- •David Park
- •Elmer Bischoff
- •Hans Hofmann
- •Victor Amautoff
Art School
- •California College of the Arts (and Crafts), Teacher
- •California School of Fine Arts, San Francisco Art Institute, Student
- •California School of Fine Arts, Teacher
- •San Francisco Art Institute, Teacher
Awards/Recognition
- •Carol Beck Gold Medal, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
- •National Medal of Arts
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Lawrence H. Bloedel Collection
- •Seavest Collection of Contemporary Realism
- •UBS-Paine Webber Collection
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Figure Specialty
- •Printmaking Specialty
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Knoedler Gallery, New York City
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Venice Biennale
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition of Museum
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts