Architectural Artist Richard Haas Pencil Drawing. Mausoleum Design. Signed. 1980

Description: For sale is an original architectural rendering drawing by the highly regarded and world renowned architectural artist, Richard Haas (1936 - This drawing is graphite on pencil and depicts what looks like a mock up and design plan for an architecturally designed mausoleum. Mostly an architectural painter and muralist, the artist often joked about being a part-time city planner. Perhaps this is a quick rendering he made for a mausoleum building in Chicago or somewhere in the Midwest. We are unsure. Signed and dated 1980 by the artist lower right. Loose and unframed. Acquired in a lucite shadow box (see pic) Overall good condition. Measurements Framed - 11" x 14" Paper 8 1/2" x 11" Richard Haas was born in 1936 in Spring Green, Wisconsin. His father had a business in this picturesque valley, which was also the home of Frank Lloyd Wright. Haas's earliest influences and exposure to the arts was through the Taliesen Foundation, which he visited and worked at as a teenager with his Uncle who was a stonemason for Mr. Wright. Haas moved to Milwaukee and ultimately attended the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee receiving his B.S. degree in 1958 and his M.F.A. from the University of Minnesota in 1964. Following his Graduate Studies, Mr. Haas taught Art at Michigan State in Lansing, Michigan and then moved to New York City where he took a teaching position at Bennington College in Vermont. He taught printmaking there for nearly ten years and gave up full-time teaching to pursue his mural career in 1979. Since then Richard has completed more than 120 murals, interior and exterior. He also occasionally takes a guest teaching position and lectures nationally and internationally. He has received numerous prizes and honors, among them The American Institute of Architects Medal of Honor, (1977) The Municipal Art Society Award, (1977), Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts (1987) and the Guggenheim Foundation (1983), the Doris C. Freedman Award (1989) and the Honorary Alumnus of the year from his Alma Mater, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. RESUME 1936 Born in Spring Green, Wisconsin 1959 B.S. University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 1964 M.F.A., University of Minnesota AWARDS/GRANTS 1991 Distinguished Alumnus Award, University of Wisconsin 1989 Doris C. Freedman Award 1987 National Endowment for the Arts 1983 Guggenheim Fellowship 1977 New York City Municipal Art Society Award 1977 American Institute of Architects Medal of Honor 1998 National Academy Faculty Exhibition, New York, NY ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS 2000 Trompe l'oeil Architectural Façades, Southern Alleghenies Museum, Loretto, PA Richard Haas, A Print Survey 1971-2000, Printworks, Chicago, Illinois 1999 Paintings, Prints and Drawings of Richard Haas, Hudson River Gallery, Dobbs Ferry, New York 1998 Gateway to the Waterfront, The Richard Haas Exhibition, Art on Main Street Yonkers, New York 1997 Richard Haas: Maquettes and Proposals, Art on Main Street, Yonkers, NY Richard Haas, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, West Virginia 1996 Richard Haas: Projects and Prints, Marsha Orr Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida New York Past and Present: Paintings, Drawings, Prints and an Installation by Richard Haas, The Century Association, The Century Association, New York, 1992 Richard Haas: Drawings, Paintings and Prints - University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI Richard Haas: Print Survey 1970-1991 Condeso/Lawler Gallery, New York Richard Haas: Print Survey 1970-1991 Miramar Gallery, Sarasota, FL Richard Haas: Prints & Models Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX 1990 Richard Haas: Architectural Projects & Architectural Facades 1976-86 Rhona Hoffman, Chicago, IL

Price: 316 USD

Location: Kingston, New York

End Time: 2024-12-20T18:05:54.000Z

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