Robert Richenburg
1917–2006

Introduction

Robert Richenburg (July 14, 1917 – October 10, 2006 in East Hampton, New York) was an abstract expressionist artist based in New York City, whose paintings were widely acclaimed in the 1950s and 1960s. While a student of Hans Hofmann, Richenburg exhibited at the Museum of Non-Objective Painting (later the Guggenheim) in 1950. The following year, he participated in the historic Ninth Street Art Exhibition, and subsequently taught at Pratt Institute along with Franz Kline, Adolph Gottlieb, Jack Tworkov, Philip Guston, Milton Resnick and Tony Smith. By 1961, critic Irving Sandler declared that "Richenburg emerges as one of the most forceful painters on the New York Art Scene." The Whitney Museum, the Museum of Modern Art and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, among others, purchased his work.

Wikidata identifier

Q7349281

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Introduction

Abstract expressionist painter studied in New York with Hans Hofmann after WWII. He belonged to "The Club:" a group of painters that included Robert Motherwell, Joan Mitchell, and Barnett Newman. He taught at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn until 1964, when he resigned.

Country of birth

United States

Roles

Artist, abstract artist, painter

ULAN identifier

500013784

Names

Robert Richenburg, Robert B. Richenburg, Robert Bartlett Richenburg

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