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THBRichard Haas: Con Edison Building at Night
About Seller
77 Bleecker Street, C2-18
New York, NY 10012
United States
CITYarts, Inc. is a nonprofit public arts and education organization recreated in 1989 by Executive and Creative Director Tsipi Ben-Haim after its predecessor, Cityarts Workshop, closed down in 1988. With a new name and a new mission, Tsipi Ben-Haim wanted the voices of our youth to be heard. She cr...Read more
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About Auction
TimedJun 17, 2021 - Jun 23, 2021
32nd Annual Gala Art Auction benefiting CITYarts, Inc., an arts and education not for profit organization pairing youth with professional artists in the creation of public art locally in NY and throughout the world. CITYarts tsipi@cityarts.org
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12" x 16"
Framed: 18" x 24"
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 (1964 – 1968). 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) and the National Endowment for the Arts (1987). He received the Doris C. Freedman Award (1989) and a Distinguished Alumnus award from his Alma Mater, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee in 1991. Additionally he received the westchesters Arts Council Artist Award.
Richard Haas 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.
Of more than 120 public art works worldwide, the best known are The Boston Architectural College, The Peck Slip mural in New York City, the Edison Brothers/Sheraton Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri the Oregon Historical Society in Portland, the Fontainbleau mural in Miami Beach (defunct) along with several major projects in Fort Worth, Texas. Interior murals have also been commissioned for numerous public buildings in the United States. These include The Nashville Public Library; The Periodical Room in the main branch of the New York Public Library, The Lakewood Public Library, Cincinnati, OH, Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, the Robert C. Byrd Federal Building & Courthouse in Beckley, West Virginia and the Sarasota County Judicial Center in Florida.
Mr. Haas painted daily in his studio in New York City and during the pandemic from his home in Yonkers. He actively follows the contemporary art scene as well as attending museum exhibitions in the greater New York area.
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Works can be retrieved the night of the Gala for winning bidders in attendance or from the CITYarts offices in NoHo for online bidders throughout NY. Shipping will otherwise be coordinated on a case by case basis for lots sold to bidders out of state, internationally, or for NY residents who require shipping, and the buyer agrees to cover these costs. Contact gala@cityarts.org for more information.
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