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Ocean Park No. 129
1984 oil on canvas
Cityscape I, (Landscape No. 1)
1963 Oil on canvas 60 1/4 x 50 1/2 in
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Richard Diebenkorn was an American painter associated with both the Abstract Expressionist and Bay Area Figurative Movements. Diebenkorn was born in Portland, Oregon but moved to with his family to San Francisco when he was still a small child. Diebenkorn enjoyed drawing at an early age and started to formally study art at Stanford University in 1940. At Stanford, Diebenkorn studied under Professor Victor Arnautoff and Daniel Mendelowitz. Diebenkorn was also heavily influenced by the work of Edward Hopper, which is apparent in his paintings.
Woman by Window
1957 Gouache on paper 17 x 13 7/8 in. (43.2 x 35.2 cm)
After completing his studies, Diebenkorn spent the next decade moving around the United States. He lived in New York City and Woodstock, New York, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Urbana, Illinois and Berkeley, California. Diebenkorn spent some time away from painting during his service in the United States Marine Corps form 1943 to 1945. Under the G.I. Bill Diebenkorn was able to receive funding to continue his studies, and he enrolled in a graduate painting program at the University of New Mexico. At this time Diebenkorn was highly influenced by the Abstract Expressionist Movement, flourishing in New York City. Diebenkorn looked at such artists as Arshile Gorky and Willem de Kooning.
Man and Woman in a Large Room
1957 Oil on canvas 71 1/8 x 62 1/2 in. (180.7 x 158.8 cm)
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Ocean Park #111
1978 Oil and charcoal on canvas 93 1/8 x 93 1/4 in. (236.5 x 236.9 cm)
By the late 1950s, Diebenkorn’s style became increasingly more figurative. Diebenkorn joined artists such as Elmer Bischoff, Henry Villierme, David Park and James Weeks in forming the Bay Area Figurative Movement in California.
Berkeley No. 22
1954 Oil on canvas 59 x 57 in. (149.8 x 144.8 cm)
Untitled
1992 Synthetic polymer and pasted paper, mounted on paperboard 27 5/8 X 20 3/4 in. (70.1 X 52.6 cm)
Diebenkorn’s figurative period lasted until the late-1960s, when he returned to abstraction. In 1967 Diebenkorn began his most well known series “Ocean Park”, which was developed over a period of twenty-five years. The series resulted in around one hundred and forty large-scale, abstract paintings. The series was named after the community in Santa Monica, California where he was working. Diebenkorn’s final series consisted of a grouping of prints, illustrating the poems of W.B. Yeats. Diebenkorn died a few years after the publication’s public release.
Untitled
1950 Linoleum cut, composition on paper 12 11/16 x 8 1/2" (32.3 x 21.6 cm) sheet 12 15/16 x 8 1/2" (33 x 21.6 cm)
Untitled
1961 Lithograph, composition 18 7/8 x 15 7/8" (48 x 40.3 cm); sheet: 29 1/4 x 20 5/8" (74.3 x 52.4 cm)
Untitled
1961 Lithograph, irreg composition 12 1/8 x 17 1/8" (30.8 x 43.5 cm) sheet 15 1/8 x 20 1/8" (38.5 x 51.2 cm)
Untitled
1961 Lithograph, irreg composition 18 7/8 x 13 1/8" (48 x 33.4 cm) sheet 22 11/16 x 16 1/8" (57.6 x 40.9 cm)
Large Still Life
1966 Oil on canvas 64 1/2 x 70 1/4" (163.8 x 178.4 cm)
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