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Richard E. Fluhr Abstract Paintings

Richard E. Fluhr was born in New York City in 1955 and moved to Texas to work as an artist. Beginning with ceramics at age 15 and showing at Ola Podrida Gallery in Dallas, he moved on to the University of Texas at Austin. Fluhr received his BFA from the University of Houston followed by a MFA in printmaking at the prestigious Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, where he graduated magna cum laude. He traveled extensively, painting life along the way in watercolor, oil or acrylic, usually on recycled materials, such as paper bags, pamphlets and receipts. Fluhr exhibited in six galleries in the United States and several galleries in Mexico, where he also maintained a studio in the late 1980s. His art has been shown in the U.S., Russia and Mexico and is represented in over 900 private and public collections, including the Brooklyn Museum of Art, NY; the Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI; the Detroit Art Institute, Detroit, MI; and the British Museum, London, England. Richard has exhibited in hundreds of group and one-person shows, with work from Spain, Morocco, Italy, Portugal, Great Britain, France, Belgium, Greece, Hong Kong, Mexico, Costa Rica, Venezuela and all over the U.S., including New York shortly after 9/11. He taught at the Art Institute of Houston for 17 years and owned and operated REF Studios, a Houston art gallery from 1990 to 2000, at which time illness slowed him down and he semi-retired while collecting art all along the way.

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Artist: Richard E. Fluhr
Untitled Abstract Cubist Style Figurative
Untitled Abstract Cubist Style Figurative

Untitled Abstract Cubist Style Figurative

By Richard E. Fluhr

Located in Houston, TX

Unique painting of three figures painted on paper bags. The work is signed and dated by the artist in the bottom corner. It is framed in a black frame with a white matte background. ...

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1980s Contemporary Richard E. Fluhr Abstract Paintings

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Large Surreal Abstract by Richard Fluhr
Large Surreal Abstract by Richard Fluhr

Large Surreal Abstract by Richard Fluhr

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Late 20th Century Abstract Richard E. Fluhr Abstract Paintings

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