Richard Diebenkorn

The Royal Academy of Arts, located in the heart of London, is a place where art is made, exhibited and debated.

“These paintings were made for this building, and the building was made for these paintings.” According to exhibition curator Sarah Bancroft, this was the response of Phyllis Diebenkorn, wife of the late abstract expressionist Richard Diebenkorn, upon touring the upstairs...

Bay Area artist Richard Diebenkorn kept sketchbooks for his entire career; they served as a sort of nomadic studio where he experimented with visuals that bridged figurative and abstract ideas.

Seated Woman, Green Interior, 1961. Oil on canvas (1922-1993) Private collection. John Berggruen Gallery

richard diebenkorn - ingleside, 1963, oil on canvas.

“Wayne Thiebaud wrapped up a helluva life today, at 101. And he painted every darn day right up until the end.”

Universal acceptance, however desired, has its problems. The critics and historians, as they heap on the praise and outdo one another in feats of

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Richard Diebenkorn was an American abstract expressionist painter who painting the light and landscapes from his Ocean Park studio.