Richard Haas Art

Grand Central Station Etching, 1972 Edition: 60 (6/60) see photo Signed, titled, and editioned in pencil by the artist Published by Brooke Alexander, New York Printer: jennifer Melby, New York Provenance: Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York, NY (until 1979; label verso) Reader's Digest Association (Inventory #17029; label verso) Facade from Park Avenue South looking north toward the Met Life Building Condition: Very good Plate: 14 3/4 x 19 5/8"; Frame: 24 1/2 x 29 1/2 x 2" Richard Haas (American, b.1936) is a practitioner of the trompe l'oeil artistic style, a technique that uses realistic images in a way that tricks the eye into perceiving the painting in three dimensions. Haas has painted hundreds of murals that incorporate trompe l'oeil methods in the depiction of the architectural features of the building. He was born in Spring Greene but grew up in Milwaukee, WI. He graduated in 1959 from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with a Bachelor in Art. Instructors for his courses included Joseph Friebert (American, 1908–2002) and Robert Von Neuman (German, 1888–1976). Haas returned to his birthplace to work as a helper for his stonemason uncle, and he had an opportunity to view the work of the architect Frank Lloyd Wright (American, 1867–1959). He spent several years as an assistant professor at the University of Michigan before he moved to New York City in 1968. Haas spent 10 years teaching at Vermont's Bennington College, splitting his time between the school and New York. Haas worked for many years as an Abstract painter who used traditional canvas media. He later developed an interest in drawing and etching the details of late 19th century and early 20th century New York City buildings. The artist’s first outdoor mural, a commission to paint the cast iron façade at the corner of Prince Street and Greene Street, was completed in 1975. His other notable murals include Fort Worth, Texas' Homage to Chisholm Trail...

Acrylic on canvas, 2008. Signed and dated "R Haas 08" lower right. Image size 33 1/2 x 26 1/2" (85 x 67.3 cm). Very good condition. The Old Print Shop, Inc. represents the artist Richard Haas and this drawing comes directly from the artist. Richard Haas – Printmaker and Painter – is a well-recognized urban artist, who became famous for his illusionistic murals painted on buildings. He was born in Spring Green, Wisconsin, in 1936 and studied at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and then the University of Minnesota. He has had over seventy single artist exhibitions over his career and is in the collection of over 40 museums worldwide. Richard enrolled at Wisconsin State College (later, University of Wisconsin) in 1954 and began taking classes in architecture. During the summers of 1955 & 1956 he worked with his uncle who was the master stonemason at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin Studio in Spring Green. Richard changed his major to art education and began making prints studying under Robert Von Neuman. In 1961 Richard went to the University of Minnesota for his MFA. He had been chosen to be Malcolm Myers...