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Dick Crispo
'Richard Milhouse Nixon', Carmel Art Association, Oakland Art Museum, Monterey

1972

$1,800
£1,359.17
€1,576.91
CA$2,529.57
A$2,818.29
CHF 1,471.28
MX$34,217.83
NOK 18,493.06
SEK 17,480.43
DKK 11,771.46

About the Item

Signed lower right, 'D. Crispo' for Dick Crispo (American, born 1945) and dated 1972. Dick Crispo has presented 76 one-man shows and won 36 awards for his artistry, including a gold medal from the Italian Academy of Works of Art. His work is part of more than 100 distinguished private and public collections, such as the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian Institution, the Monterey Museum of Art, the Museum of Western Art in Tokyo, and Museo de Belle Arti Lugano in Switzerland. Born in New York in· 1945, Crispo moved to Carmel with his family at the age of ten. The young artist quickly became immersed in the local artists’ colony. Crispo befriended the likes of American writer Henry Miller, and musicians Bob Dylan and Joan Baez. Crispo’s art education includes the Carmel Art Institute, Monterey Peninsula College, Arizona School of Art, and Trinity College in Pennsylvania. Dick Crispo has been a member of the Carmel Art Association since 1969. Dick Crispo has resided on the Monterey Peninsula since 1955. An award-winning artist, Crispo has studied at the Carmel Art Institute under John Cunningham and Sam Colburn. He has also studied at the Monterey Peninsula College, Hartnell College in Salinas and the University of California, Santa Cruz. Known for his abstract-like figurative work and landscapes, Crispo has produced over 60 murals throughout the United States. His most important work may be the mile-long mural at the Soledad State Prison in Soledad, California. He paints both indoors and en plein air, yet he does not see himself as a plein air painter. In addition, he has been an instructor of art at the Carmel Adult School and many other venues in and around the Monterey area. Since 1969, Crispo has been an artist member of the Carmel Art Association where he has twice served on the Board of Directors. He is also a member of the Artists Equity, Art Workers United, and the Monterey Peninsula Art Foundation. His works have been exhibited in a one-man show at the Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art (1997), Oakland Museum of Art, Harrison Memorial Library in Carmel, Library of Congress, Print Club of Philadelphia, Museum of Western Art, Tokyo and the Museum of Modern Art in Mexico City among others. ART SCHOOLS & TEACHERS Carmel Art Institute Arizona School of Art Monterey Peninsula College Hartnell College Victor Di Gesu Sam Colburn Jay Hannah Alexander Napote Kay Rodgers John Cunningham University of California Santa Cruz And Others REPRESENTED IN 34 PERMANENT PUBLIC COLLECTIONS Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Connecticut Bibliotheque National, Paris, France Musuem of Western Art, Tokyo, Japan Instituto Nationcal de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, D.F. Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City University of Guadalajara, Mexico The National ibrary of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland The Print Club of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Pratt Graphic Art Center, New York City, N.Y. State of California at Sacramento Escuela de Printura y Escultura, Mexico City Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, California Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Monterey, California Harrison Memorial Library, Carmel, California Museo de Bella Arti Lugano, Switzerland Academia de Belle Arti Licco Artistico, Naples, Italy U.N. Library, New York City U.N.E.S.C.O., New York City American Print Council, New York City and others University of Asmara, Asmara, Ethiopia Bridgestone Museum, Tokyo, Japan Municipal Museum of Plastic Arts, BuenosAires, Argentina Granada School of Fine Arts, Granada, Nicaragua Palacio De Cultura ‘Joaquin Pasos’ Granada, Nicaragua Museo de Arte Costarricense, San Jose, Costa Rica Galeria Nacional de Art Contermporaseo, San Jose, Coasta Rica Escuela de Bellas Artes, Guatemala City, Guatemala
  • Creator:
    Dick Crispo (1945, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1972
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 24 in (60.96 cm)Width: 18 in (45.72 cm)Depth: 0.75 in (1.91 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    minor losses, minor marks, minor restoration; unframed; shows well.
  • Gallery Location:
    Santa Cruz, CA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU34416848582

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