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Willem Roelofs (1822-1897) Willem Roelofs was a Dutch landscape painter and studied at the Hague School. While residing in Brussels, Roelofs helped to form a link between the French Barbizon School and the progressive Dutch landscape painters at the Hague. Information courtesy of Cowan’s Auctions Inc. Noel Rockmore (American, 1928 to 1995) Born into a family of New York City artist/intellectuals, Noel Rockmore’s creative talents first emerged musically when he began playing the violin as a young child. His musical studies were cut short due to his lengthy convalescence from polio. Following in the direction of his talented parents, Gladys Rockmore Davis and Floyd Davis, Rockmore started to paint. Restless by nature, Rockmore studied only briefly at the Art Students [...] Click here to continue reading. Robert Tenorio (born 1950) Robert Tenorio (born 1950) has an extensive record consisting of numerous awards beginning in his early years of potting. His work can be found in the collections of the Peabody Museum at Harvard University, Nagoya Museum in Japan, the British Royal Family’s Collection, and the School of American Research in Santa Fe (Schaaf 2002: 292). Information courtesy of Cowan’s Auctions Inc., March 2007 Native American Dancer Roaches & Roach Spreaders On his head the traditional Native American dancer wears a roach, a long decorated drop down his back. The longer porcupine hair is preferred because of it’s movement. The roach spreader can be made of bone, metal, rawhide or leather. It can be carved, beaded, painted, etc. or just left plain. The roach feathers are inserted in sockets on the spreader, with two roach feathers being the [...] Click here to continue reading. Luigi Rist -born Louis G. Rist (1888-1959) Luigi Rist was born in 1888 in Newark, New Jersey where he lived most of his life. He moved to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania from Vermont five years prior to his death in 1959. He changed his name to Luigi after returning from France in the 1930′s. Rist studied at the Newark Technical School, Newark, N.J. and at the Grand Central Art School in New York. He was [...] Click here to continue reading. Aiden Lassell Ripley (American, 1896-1969) Born in Wakefield, Massachusetts, the son of a musician with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Ripley was an accomplished musician, however, he chose to establish his career in art. After serving in the Army during World War I, he attended the Boston Museum School where he studied with artists such as Philip Hale and Frank W. Benson. While there, he was awarded a Paige Traveling Fellowship to study in Europe [...] Click here to continue reading. Adolph D. Rinck (French/American 1810-?) The artist Adolph D. Rinck was born in France and trained at the Royal Academy of Berlin. Following Jean Joseph Vaudechamp’s success as a portrait artist in New Orleans, Rinck arrived in the city during the winter of 1840 and advertised as a portrait painter. Soon Rinck’s talent as an artist became well known and he earned numerous portrait commissions from the wealthy planters and merchants of New Orleans [...] Click here to continue reading. Rex Rieke Rex Rieke grew up on the Oxbow cattle ranch near Wolf Creek, Montana. After studying art at the University of Montana he traveled to New York on two separate occasions to study at the Arts Students League. For several years he earned his living playing the piano on the nightclub circuit in Montana. In 1966 he joined the staff of the Montana Historical Society Museum in Helena as assistant curator. During these [...] Click here to continue reading. Lucie Rie – Ceramist (Austrian, British, 1902 to 1995) Dame Lucie Rie is the most celebrated and widely collected of all 20th century ceramists, eclipsing the position once held by Hans Coper. Issey Miyaki curated an exhibition for her; Dan Flavin created light sculptures in her honor; and she received both the OBE and CBE, birthday honors from the Queen. She studied under Michael Powolny at the Vienna Kunstgewerbeschule and her first exhibition, organized [...] Click here to continue reading. George Warren Rickey (1907 to 2002) George Rickey was born in South Bend, Indiana, and as a child moved to Scotland with his family. He returned to America in 1930, where he taught at The Groton School in Massachusetts and at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania. After studying engineering while serving in the Army, Rickey began to work in sculpture. Like Alexander Calder, Rickey created kinetic sculpture; movable works of art. Rickey’s graceful structures [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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