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
Information from the Getty Research Institute's Union List of Artist Names ® (ULAN), made available under the ODC Attribution License. Accessed April 26, 2025.
