Richard Haas
Villard Courtyard, St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York
1983

Name: Villard Courtyard, St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York
Brand: Richard Haas
Price: 2000 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

Richard Haas Villard Courtyard, St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City, 1983 Color lithograph 29 1/2 × 41 1/2 inches Edition 23/50 Hand signed, numbered, and dated with publisher's blind stamp on lower left front This dramatic lithograph by Richard Haas, the world's foremost architectural muralist and trompe d'oeil artist depicts the courtyard at St. Patrick's Cathedral -the most celebrated church in New York City, a "decorated Neo-Gothic-style Roman Catholic cathedral church in the United States and a prominent landmark of New York City. It is the seat of the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York as well as parish church, located on the east side of Fifth Avenue between 50th and 51st Streets in Midtown Manhattan, directly across the street from Rockefeller Center, facing the Atlas statue. It is considered one of the most visible symbols of Roman Catholicism in New York City and the United States." The present work is hand signed and numbered from the limited edition of only 50. The night few underscores the dramatic, gothic aspects of the architecture. Unframed and in fine condition. Makes a magnificent gift = and a marvelous memento of this New York City - and indeed national, landmark. More about Richard Haas: Richard Haas (b. 1936) is an iconic American painter and printmaker known for his trompe l’oeil style architectural murals. He grew up in Spring Green, Wisconsin, not far from Taliesin, Frank Lloyd Wright’s estate. Haas’s early exposure to Wright’s masterful architecture proved to be an enormous influence on his artistic interests. Richard Haas received a BS degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a MFA from the University of Minnesota before moving to New York City. He taught printmaking courses at Bennington College in Vermont for ten years before he decided to pursue a full-time career painting murals. Since 1979, he has painted over 120 murals, many of which were commissioned, at a variety of locations including the former Board of Education building in Brooklyn, the Boston Architectural Center, Chase Field, Edison Brothers Store Inc. in St. Louis, the Federal Building and Courthouse in Kansas City, and the main branch of the New York Public Library. Throughout his career, Richard Haas has also been elected a National Academician by the National Academy of Design, a Guggenheim Fellow, and a McDowell Fellow. He has received the American Institute of Architects Medal of Honor, the New York City Municipal Art Society Award, the Doris C. Freedman Award for Public Art, and the Jimmy Ernst Award of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. -Courtesy of Tandem Press

Creator:

Richard Haas (1936, American)

Creation Year:

1983

Dimensions:

Height: 29.5 in (74.93 cm)Width: 41.5 in (105.41 cm)

Medium:

Lithograph

Movement & Style:

Realist

Period:

1980-1989