Raymond Parker Paintings
American, 1922-1990
Raymond Parker, a New York School Abstract Expressionist, was a colorist influenced by Cubism in his early work. He later sought to improvise in paint as he did in his playing as a jazz musician.
Parker was born in South Dakota in 1922. He received a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1948 from the University of Iowa, Iowa City. Before moving to New York in 1955, he taught in Iowa, Minnesota and Tennessee. He later was a guest critic at Columbia University and Bennington College, as well as teaching at Hunter College. He died in 1990.
Raymond Parker's work is in the collections of the Los Angeles Museum of Art; Tate Gallery, London; Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City.to
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Artist: Raymond Parker
Untitled
By Raymond Parker
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Untitled" is an oil on canvas painting made by Ray Parker in 1965. The piece is signed verso, "R. Parker, 30 x 24, 1965". The art size is 30 1/8 x 23 1/4 inches. The framed size is ...
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Untitled
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"Untitled" is a watercolor painting by Raymond Parker. This work was painted in 1979, and is inscribed in pencil in the lower middle, "For Pat <3 RP 1979". The framed size is 25 1/4 ...
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Untitled Painting by Raymond Parker, American (1922–1990)
Date: circa 1980
Oil on Paper, initialed in pencil lower left
Size: 27.25 x 37 in. (69.22 x 93.98 cm)
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