Rackstraw Downes Paintings
Rackstraw Downes is a British-born realist painter and author. He was born on November 8, 1939, in Pembury. Downes moved to the United States and studied painting as an exchange student at The Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut from 1957–58. His works present an abstract rendering with hard-edge forms and a strong juxtaposition of colors.
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Creator: Rackstraw Downes
Rackstraw Downes Early Abstract Hard Edge Painting, USA 1960s
By Rackstraw Downes 1
Located in New York, NY
Unlike his other works often described as super realist landscape, this painting of Rackstraw Downes (B.1939) presents an abstract rendering with hard edge forms and strong juxtaposi...
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1960s American Vintage Rackstraw Downes Paintings
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