Richard Lofton Paintings
Richard Lofton was born in McClellanville, South Carolina on March 23, 1908. At 18, he received a scholarship to the National Academy of Design, but stayed only a few weeks. He then led a Thoreau-like existence, learning to paint in his own way. A veteran of WWII, he settled on the Monterey Peninsula in 1945 and was director of the Carmel Art Association for many years. Lofton was a much loved and well-known painter on the Monterey Peninsula in the 1950s and 60s. Although perhaps best known for his sumptuous and facile plein air landscapes, he also did many portraits that were often commissioned. The evolution of Lofton’s style is evident over the period in which these were painted, as is the animated humanity of the painters, sculptors, photographers and writers who lived and worked on the Peninsula at a particularly fruitful and fascinating time. He died in Carmel, CA on June 1, 1966. Lofton’s pieces are in the Monterey Public Library, the SFMA, Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences and the de Young Museum.
(Biography provided by Robert Azensky Fine Art)
1960s Post-Impressionist Richard Lofton Paintings
Oil, Burlap
1960s Expressionist Richard Lofton Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Richard Lofton Paintings
Oil
1960s Post-Impressionist Richard Lofton Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Richard Lofton Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Board
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Richard Lofton Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Pointillist Richard Lofton Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Richard Lofton Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Post-Impressionist Richard Lofton Paintings
Canvas, Lacquer, Oil
2010s Pointillist Richard Lofton Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Richard Lofton Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Richard Lofton Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1950s Post-Impressionist Richard Lofton Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1960s Post-Impressionist Richard Lofton Paintings
Canvas, Oil