Still Life Richard Diebenkorn Paintings

Richard diebenkorn april 22 1922 march 30 1993 was an american painter.

Still life richard diebenkorn paintings.

Although well established as an abstract painter diebenkorn returned to figuration in the mid 1950s. A highly influential mid century american artist richard diebenkorn is known for his abstract landscape paintings in particular the ocean park series which he exhibited when representing america at the 1978 venice biennale diebenkorn s work is often highly gestural and layered his use of the medium comparable to that of contemporaries like the abstract expressionist willem de kooning. A visit with the artist who lives quietly in northern california s wine country reveals his feelings about his life and his art. Although diebenkorn s paintings differ vastly from bechtle s.

Richard diebenkorn grew up in san francisco and attended stanford university and later the california school of fine arts now the san francisco art institute. Still life with emotion. It is one of the first paintings diebenkorn made when taking cues from his close friends and fellow artists david park and elmer bischoff he turned his attention from the abstract. Richard clifford diebenkorn jr.

Diebenkorn attended lowell high school from 1937 40 and entered stanford university in 1940. In his introduction to this book sonoma painter chester arnold describes diebenkorn s landscapes and still lifes as achievements radiant with human reflection and the gravity of knowing as well as a summons to pay attention to the everyday and a reminder of the rewards. In developing the checklist for the matisse diebenkorn exhibition my co curator katy rothkopf of the baltimore museum of art and i were eager to include richard diebenkorn s still life with orange peel 1955. He incorporated the dominant expressive painting style into representational canvases often landscapes.

When he was two years old his father who was a hotel supply sales executive relocated the family to san francisco. In 1966 he moved. Throughout his career richard diebenkorn 1922 1993 produced still lifes and landscapes in a range of media. His early work is associated with abstract expressionism and the bay area figurative movement of the 1950s and 1960s.

His later work best known as the ocean park paintings were instrumental to his achievement of worldwide acclaim. A highly influential mid century american artist richard diebenkorn is known for his abstract landscape paintings in particular the ocean park series which he exhibited when representing america at the 1978 venice biennale diebenkorn s work is often highly gestural and layered his use of the medium comparable to that of contemporaries like the abstract expressionist willem de kooning.