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Nov 1, 2023 - Dec 31, 2023
Richard Haas
Con Edison Tower at Night
2008
Colored pencil, graphite
8.75 x 5.5 in (unframed)
17 x 13 (framed)
Courtesy of the artist
Richard Haas was born in Spring Green, Wisconsin in 1936. His family moved to Milwaukee in 1943 and Richard attended the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee where he received a B.S. in Art and Art Education in 1959. He went on to receive his M.F.A from the University of Minnesota in 1964 and taught Art at Michigan State in East Lansing, Michigan. In 1968, after moving to New York City, he took a teaching position at Bennington College in Vermont where he was granted tenure. In 1980 he decided to pursue his art career full-time and resigned from his academic position. Richard has received numerous grants, honors, and recognitions of merit, among them The American Institute of Architects Medal of Honor (1977), The Jimmy Ernst Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (2005), The Municipal Art Society Award (1977), fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation (1983), the National Endowment for the Arts (1987), the Doris C. Freedman Award (1989), and a Distinguished Alumnus award from his Alma Mater, the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee in 1991. Additionally, he received the Westchester Arts Council Artist Award and was elected as a National Academician in 1993. He was a member of the Academy Council from 2001-2010, chaired the Abbey Committee for 10 years, and was President of the Academy from 2009-2011.
Website: http://www.richardhaas.com
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