Everson Museum Of Art
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Museums page for Richard Merkin ((1938 - 2009)), known for Mod figure painting, printmaking, teaching. Showing 5 museum collections and exhibitions.
Richard Merkin MUSEUMS
1938 Brooklyn, New York - 2009. Known for: Mod figure painting, printmaking, teaching.
RICHARD MERKIN. RISD Connection: MFA in Painting, 1963; Professor Emeritus, Department of Painting; taught at RISD 1963-2005. About the artist: Merging his role as flaneur (connoisseur of city life)... Read full biography
RICHARD MERKIN. RISD Connection: MFA in Painting, 1963; Professor Emeritus, Department of Painting; taught at RISD 1963-2005. About the artist: Merging his role as flaneur (connoisseur of city life) with his role as painter and social historian, Richard Merkin retrieves lost cultural artifacts - a... Read full biography
RICHARD MERKIN. RISD Connection: MFA in Painting, 1963; Professor Emeritus, Department of Painting; taught at RISD 1963-2005. About the artist: Merging his role as flaneur (connoisseur of city life) with his role as painter and social historian, Richard Merkin retrieves lost cultural artifacts - a Turkish cigarette, a gangster, a bowler and generally "things most people don't know about" - and reconstitutes their Jazz Age virtues on canvas in cubist, comic-laced landscapes of tropical color.... Read full biography
RICHARD MERKIN. RISD Connection: MFA in Painting, 1963; Professor Emeritus, Department of Painting; taught at RISD 1963-2005. About the artist: Merging his role as flaneur (connoisseur of city life) with his role as painter and social historian, Richard Merkin retrieves lost cultural artifacts - a Turkish cigarette, a gangster, a bowler and generally "things most people don't know about" - and reconstitutes their Jazz Age virtues on canvas in cubist, comic-laced landscapes of tropical color. Road to RISD: Often described as Rhode Island's most famous New York artist, Merkin followed a post-undergrad stint as a guard at the Museum of Modern Art with a year at Michigan State, then a full graduate scholarship to RISD. He accepted a teaching... Read full biography
RICHARD MERKIN. RISD Connection: MFA in Painting, 1963; Professor Emeritus, Department of Painting; taught at RISD 1963-2005. About the artist: Merging his role as flaneur (connoisseur of city life) with his role as painter and social historian, Richard Merkin retrieves lost cultural artifacts - a Turkish cigarette, a gangster, a bowler and generally "things most people don't know about" - and reconstitutes their Jazz Age virtues on canvas in cubist, comic-laced landscapes of tropical color. Road to RISD: Often described as Rhode Island's most famous New York artist, Merkin followed a post-undergrad stint as a guard at the Museum of Modern Art with a year at Michigan State, then a full graduate scholarship to RISD. He accepted a teaching fellowship at RISD the year he graduated, in part because he wa... Read full biography
Richard Merkin - Artist Info
About Richard Merkin: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (5)
All MuseumsNational Museum of American Art-Smithsonian
8th and G Streets NW
Washington, DC 20004Neuberger Museum of Art
Suny, Purchase College
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577-1400Sara Roby Foundation Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)
G St. NW & 8th St. NW
Washington, DC 20004Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Ganesvoort Street
New York City, NY 10014