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1935 Sacramento, California - 2018 Oakland, California. Known for: Super flashy nude, pop icon painting, superheroes.
"Mel Ramos, Painter of Female Nudes and Comic Heroes, Dies at 83," Obituary, The New York Times, by Neil Genzlinger, October 31, 2018. Mel Ramos, whose many paintings featuring realistically depicted... Read full biography
"Mel Ramos, Painter of Female Nudes and Comic Heroes, Dies at 83," Obituary, The New York Times, by Neil Genzlinger, October 31, 2018. Mel Ramos, whose many paintings featuring realistically depicted nude or under-dressed women often left critics divided over whether they were clever Pop Art or... Read full biography
"Mel Ramos, Painter of Female Nudes and Comic Heroes, Dies at 83," Obituary, The New York Times, by Neil Genzlinger, October 31, 2018. Mel Ramos, whose many paintings featuring realistically depicted nude or under-dressed women often left critics divided over whether they were clever Pop Art or something more akin to smut, died on Oct. 14 in Oakland, Calif. He was 83. The cause was heart failure, his daughter, Rochelle Leininger, said. Mr. Ramos had other areas of artistic interest — he did a... Read full biography
"Mel Ramos, Painter of Female Nudes and Comic Heroes, Dies at 83," Obituary, The New York Times, by Neil Genzlinger, October 31, 2018. Mel Ramos, whose many paintings featuring realistically depicted nude or under-dressed women often left critics divided over whether they were clever Pop Art or something more akin to smut, died on Oct. 14 in Oakland, Calif. He was 83. The cause was heart failure, his daughter, Rochelle Leininger, said. Mr. Ramos had other areas of artistic interest — he did a number of paintings of superheroes, for instance — but it was his works with female nudes that drew the most attention, and ire. There was Miss Grapefruit Festival (1964), with a nude woman sitting in a sea of grapefruits, the word “Sunkist” behind... Read full biography
"Mel Ramos, Painter of Female Nudes and Comic Heroes, Dies at 83," Obituary, The New York Times, by Neil Genzlinger, October 31, 2018. Mel Ramos, whose many paintings featuring realistically depicted nude or under-dressed women often left critics divided over whether they were clever Pop Art or something more akin to smut, died on Oct. 14 in Oakland, Calif. He was 83. The cause was heart failure, his daughter, Rochelle Leininger, said. Mr. Ramos had other areas of artistic interest — he did a number of paintings of superheroes, for instance — but it was his works with female nudes that drew the most attention, and ire. There was Miss Grapefruit Festival (1964), with a nude woman sitting in a sea of grapefruits, the word “Sunkist” behind her. There was Monterey Jackie (1965), with a nude woman atop a block of cheese. He painted naked wome... Read full biography
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- Art MarketNovember 2004Kinsella, EileenARTnews
- Report from Houston-Learning fromOctober 2003Colpitt, FrancesArt in America
- Second ComingJune 2003Tully, JuddArt & Auction
- Talk of the Trade: L.A. DiaryNovember 1999Rosenberg, JeremyArt & Auction
- Art TalkSeptember 1996Siegel, LeeARTnews
- Bookforum/Book ReviewsNovember 1994AF editorsARTFORUM