Chrysler Museum of Art
245 West Olney Road
Norfolk, VA 23510
Norfolk, VA 23510
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Museums page for Mel (Melvin John) Ramos ((1935 - 2018)), known for Super flashy nude, pop icon painting, superheroes. Showing 14 museum collections and exhibitions.
Mel (Melvin John) Ramos MUSEUMS
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
Mel (Melvin John) Ramos - Artist Info
About Mel (Melvin John) Ramos: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (14)
All MuseumsCrocker Art Museum
216 O Street
Sacramento, CA 95814Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens College, CUNY
450 Klapper Hall,
6530 Kissena Blvd
Flushing, NY 11367Neuberger Museum of Art
Suny, Purchase College
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577-1400Newfields
4000 Michigan Road
Indianapolis, IN 46208-4196Oakland Museum of California
1000 Oak Street
Oakland, CA 94607Oklahoma City Museum of Art, OKCMOA
415 Couch Drive
Oklahoma City, OK 73102San Diego Museum of Art
Balboa Park, 1450 el Prado
Po 122107
San Diego, CA 92101San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SFMOMA
151 Third Street
San Francisco, CA 94103Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10128The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art
5401 Bay Shore Road
Sarasota, FL 34243Triton Museum of Art
1505 Warburton Avenue
Santa Clara, CA 95050Tucson Museum of Art
140 N. Main Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85718University of Michigan Museum of Art, UMMA
525 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1354