Richard Diebenkorn
1922–1993

Introduction

Richard Diebenkorn (April 22, 1922 – March 30, 1993) was an American painter and printmaker. His early work is associated with abstract expressionism and the Bay Area Figurative Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. In the late 1960s he began his extensive series of geometric, lyrical abstract paintings. Known as the Ocean Park paintings, these paintings were instrumental to his achievement of worldwide acclaim. Art critic Michael Kimmelman described Diebenkorn as "one of the premier American painters of the postwar era, whose deeply lyrical abstractions evoked the shimmering light and wide-open spaces of California, where he spent virtually his entire life."

Wikidata identifier

Q1281597

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Country of birth

United States

Roles

Artist, graphic artist, painter, photographer, sculptor

ULAN identifier

500025721

Names

Richard Diebenkorn, Richard Clifford (Junior) Diebenkorn, Jr. Richard Clifford Diebenkorn, Jr. Richard Diebenkorn

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