Surfside, FL
Details
- Dimensions
- 30ʺW × 1ʺD × 30ʺH
- Styles
- Abstract
- Art Subjects
- Geometric
- Frame Type
- Unframed
- Period
- 1990s
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Canvas
- Oil Pastel
- Condition
- Good Condition, Unknown, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Black
- Condition Notes
- Good Good. minor age commensurate wear. Please see photos. Good Good. minor age commensurate wear. Please see photos. less
- Description
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Prof. Richardson is the Chair of the Department of Art, he received his MFA degree from Washington University in St. …
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Prof. Richardson is the Chair of the Department of Art, he received his MFA degree from Washington University in St. Louis, and his BFA degree from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He joined the faculty at Maryland in 1978 and has maintained a professional focus on abstract painting and contemporary art theory. His work has been featured in 21 solo and over 100 group exhibitions in museums, galleries, and art centers in Washington, DC, New York, NY, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, West Virginia, Missouri, Ohio, Georgia, Minnesota, Illinois, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and internationally in Brussels, Russia, Jordan and Algiers. His work is currently represented by G Fine Art in Washington DC. Past gallery affiliations include Fusebox in Washington DC, and Baumgartner Gallery in DC and NY.
Richardson has received numerous grants and awards for his work, including five Maryland State Arts Council Visual Arts Fellowships. Commissioned artwork is permanently installed at Ronald Reagan National Airport and Reston Town Center in Virginia. His work is held in numerous public and corporate collections, including the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (DC), the Corcoran Gallery of Art (DC), the Ackland Art Center (NC), the U.S. Department of State (Algiers), the District of Columbia Town Hall, Prudential Life (NY), IBM Corporation (DC), Richmond Federal Reserve Bank (VA), Washington Post Corporation (DC), Northrop-Grumman (VA), and Reston Town Center (VA).
Richardson’s exhibitions have been reviewed in Art In America, Artforum International, ARTnews, NYArts Magazine, The Art Papers, The New Art Examiner, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Baltimore Sun, The Richmond Times Dispatch, The El Paso Times, The Winston-Salem Journal, and The Washington City Paper, among others. Essays and monographs on his work have been published in many exhibition brochures and catalogues. An extensive interview with over 40 reproductions of his work can be found at the online curatorial project geoform.
Richardson is an active visiting artist, lecturer, and juror at academic institutions and museums throughout the region and across the country.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 Resonance. Steven Cushner, W.C. Richardson and Robin Rose. Lee O’Neill Gallery, Savannah,
GA. March 11 – April 9.
Art in Embassies Exhibition. United States Embassy in Jerusalem. Three year installation.
Geometrix: Line, Form, Subversion. Curator’s Office, 2112 R St. NW, Washington, DC. 2008.
January – April.
2015 Dihiscent: out of the closet and off the walls. Addison Ripley Gallery, Washington, DC. July –
August.
Art in Embassies Exhibition. United States Embassy, Ankara, Turkey. Three year installation.
2014 Washington Color Abstraction. The Gabarron Foundation Center for the Arts.149 East 38th St., NY
NY 10016. Exhibition curated by Donald Kuspit. Brochure with essay, “Color Redivivus:
Abstract Music from Washingtion.” March 7 – April 25.
2013 Personal Effects. Furthermore. Washington, DC. September.
Washington Art Matters: 1940 - 1990. American University Museum, Katzen Center. Washington,
DC. July - August. In conjunction with the book, Washington Art Matters: Art Life in the
Capital 1940-1990.
Sigil. Curated by Carol Brown Goldberg. Addison Ripley Gallery, Washington, DC. May-June.
Feldman, Meyers, Michael, Richardson: New Work. G Fine Art, Washington, DC. March – April.
2012 All My Friends Are Painters. Curated by Dan Treado. Addison Ripley Gallery, Washington, DC
July - August
2011 Unit of Measure. Curated by Ruth Bowler. Area 405. Baltimore, MD. July-September.
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2010 Catalyst. American University Museum, Katzen Center. Washington, DC. Catalog. Nov-Jan.
Off The Grid: Odili Donald Oditi, Helen Kaufman, W.C. Richardson. G Fine Art, Washington, DC.
May-June
The Marks of Six Painters: Steven Cushner/Tom Green/ Deborah Kahn/ W.C. Richardson/
Jo Smail/ William Willis. Gallery 447, Cambridge, MD. May-June
Abstract Paintings from the Permanent Collection. Rotunda, Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington,
DC. January – March less
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