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Born 1960 Talladega, Alabama. Known for: Geometric abstraction, collage.
The following is from The Broad Art Foundation. Richmond Burton. Born: 1960, Talladega, Alabama. B.A. 1982, Bachelor of Architecture 1984, Rice University, Houston, Texas. Lives and works in East... Read full biography
The following is from The Broad Art Foundation. Richmond Burton. Born: 1960, Talladega, Alabama. B.A. 1982, Bachelor of Architecture 1984, Rice University, Houston, Texas. Lives and works in East Hampton, New York. Richmond Burton is very much invested in the tradition of modernist painting, citing... Read full biography
The following is from The Broad Art Foundation. Richmond Burton. Born: 1960, Talladega, Alabama. B.A. 1982, Bachelor of Architecture 1984, Rice University, Houston, Texas. Lives and works in East Hampton, New York. Richmond Burton is very much invested in the tradition of modernist painting, citing influences on his work as diverse as Kasimir Malevich (1878-1935), and Frank Stella. With a background and training in architecture, many of Burton's paintings stress visual order. Hard-edged... Read full biography
The following is from The Broad Art Foundation. Richmond Burton. Born: 1960, Talladega, Alabama. B.A. 1982, Bachelor of Architecture 1984, Rice University, Houston, Texas. Lives and works in East Hampton, New York. Richmond Burton is very much invested in the tradition of modernist painting, citing influences on his work as diverse as Kasimir Malevich (1878-1935), and Frank Stella. With a background and training in architecture, many of Burton's paintings stress visual order. Hard-edged geometrical forms dominated his early canvases, but later a more organic patterning, such as that seen in "Eyes in the Heat", emerged. Devoted to his craft with what has been called a "monastic" fervor, the freedom and control afforded by painting are of... Read full biography
The following is from The Broad Art Foundation. Richmond Burton. Born: 1960, Talladega, Alabama. B.A. 1982, Bachelor of Architecture 1984, Rice University, Houston, Texas. Lives and works in East Hampton, New York. Richmond Burton is very much invested in the tradition of modernist painting, citing influences on his work as diverse as Kasimir Malevich (1878-1935), and Frank Stella. With a background and training in architecture, many of Burton's paintings stress visual order. Hard-edged geometrical forms dominated his early canvases, but later a more organic patterning, such as that seen in "Eyes in the Heat", emerged. Devoted to his craft with what has been called a "monastic" fervor, the freedom and control afforded by painting are of great importance to Burton, for as he says "painting is the only artistic activity without compromise.". The space depicted i... Read full biography
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Keywords (14)
Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Geometric Abstraction, Linear, Grids, Hard Edge
- •Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty