Richard Rappaport
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Richard Rappaport, (born 1944 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American painter.
Rappaport received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting from the College of Fine Arts at the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University) in 1966. He received his Master of Fine Arts from Brooklyn College.
In 1968 he began what would be an almost three year sojourn in France. There he was awarded a studio at le Cité Internationale des Arts[1]. Moving to the East Village, Manhattan in New York City in 1973 and later to Brooklyn; in 1985 he returned to Pittsburgh.
As a former student and friend of Robert Lepper[2] [3] at Carnegie Tech, Rappaport, together with Philip Pearlstein, Mel Bochner, and Jonathan Borofsky is one of the recognized artists influenced by Lepper’s course "Individual and Social Analysis" [4].
In his work, even when taking the image to abstraction Rappaport has kept the icon figure as primal source. Although Rappaport is best known for his iconic figurative paintings and portraits, human suffering is an ever returning theme. The Holocaust, the war in Viet Nam, and the Biafran civil war, hold a significant place in Rappaport’s work.
Richard Rappaport’s memoir, Portraits & Passages[5], is an anthem to the great evolving tradition of painting, affirming the spiritual power inherent in painting as a form of communication that spans generations.
[edit] Awards and Exhibitions
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards [6]- the National Gold Medal in Drawing.
The Chaloner Prize [7], as a finalist in the American Academy in Rome Prize Competition of 1968 [8].
1969 - Group exhibition, "Jeunes Artistes Americans," at Le Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris[9].
Five exhibitions of paintings at the SoHo Blue Mountain Gallery[10].
1982 - 29 Downing Street, New York City[11]
2005 - "Works of Mourning" Pittsburgh [12]
2005 - "Garden Show: In Full Bloom" Space Gallery. Pittsburgh
[edit] References
- ^ Le Cite Internationale des Arts [1]
- ^ Ask/Art, "Robert Lewis Lepper (1906 - 1991), Ask/Art, the artist's bluebook (TM)[2]
- ^ Carnegie Mellon University Archives, Staff and Faculty Papers, "Richard Rappaport – FF 230-231," Lepper, Robert L., Papers – Series :IX Publications / correspondence. [3]
- ^ Andy Warhol Museum, "Robert Lepper, Artist & Teacher," PR release.[4]
- ^ Portraits & Passages [5]
- ^ National Scholastic Art & Writing Awards [6]
- ^ Chaloner Prize [7].
- ^ American Academy in Rome [8].
- ^ Service Americane d'information et des relations cultural, "Jeunes Artistes American," review of same, Informations & Documents, 15 October 1969: 20.
- ^ Blue Mountain Gallery [9].
- ^ Judd Tully, "Richard Rappaport, 29 Downing St." review of same, Flash Art International, no. 108 (Summer 1982).
- ^ "Works of Mourning," review of same, The Jewish Chronicle 3 February 2005.
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