Richard Clifford Diebenkorn, Jr. (b. April 22, 1922, d. March 30, 1993) was a well-known 20th century American painter. April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in a leap year). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... The Rocky Mountains, Landers Peak, 1863 by Albert Bierstadt, one of the Hudson River School painters Visual arts of the United States refers to the history of painting and visual art in the United States. ...

Richard Diebenkorn, Cityscape I,(Landscape No. 1), 1963, Oil on canvas, 60 1/4 x 50 1/2 in, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Diebenkorn was born in Portland, Oregon; his family moved to San Francisco, California when he was two. In 1940, Diebenkorn entered Stanford University. At first, he painted and drew in a representational style that was in a large part influenced by Edward Hopper. However, during the late 1940s and early 1950s he lived and worked in various places: New York City, Woodstock, New York, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Urbana, Illinois, Berkeley, California and he developed his own style of Abstract Expressionist painting. Abstract Expressionism had captured worldwide attention having developed in New York during the 1940s. After the Second World War the focus of the art world shifted from the School of Paris to the New York School. In the early 1950s and Diebenkorn adopted Abstract Expressionism as his vehicle for self-expression, influenced at first by Clyfford Still, Arshile Gorky and Willem de Kooning. He became a leading Abstract expressionist on the west coast. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (2004). ... Nickname: City of Roses, Stumptown, Bridgetown, PDX Location in Multnomah County and the state of Oregon Coordinates: Country United States State Oregon County Multnomah County Incorporated February 8, 1851 Government  - Mayor Tom Potter Area  - City  145. ... Nickname: The City by the Bay; Fog City; The City; Baghdad by the Bay Location of the City and County of San Francisco, California Coordinates: Country United States of America State California City-County San Francisco Government  - Mayor Gavin Newsom Area  - City  47 sq mi (122 km²)  - Land  46. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University (or simply Stanford), is a private university located approximately 37 miles (60 kilometers) southeast of San Francisco and approximately 20 miles northwest of San José in an unincorporated area of Santa Clara County. ... Nighthawks. ... Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC, City That Never Sleeps, The Concrete Jungle, The City So Nice They Named It Twice Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1676 Government  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area... Woodstock, New York The name Woodstock is associated with two locales in New York. ... Nickname: The Duke City Location in the state of New Mexico Coordinates: Country United States State New Mexico County Bernalillo Founded 1706 Government  - Mayor Martin Chavez Area  - City  181. ... A snowy day in Carle Park west of the Urbana High School. ... Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in northern California, in the United States. ... American post-World War II art movement. ... This USPS stamp illustrates Pollocks drip technique. ... School of Paris (École de Paris) refers to two distinct groups of artists — a group of medieval manuscript illuminators, and a group of non-French artists working in Paris before World War I. Additionally, it refers to a similar group of artists living in Paris between the two world... The New York School was an informal group of American poets, painters and musicians active in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s in New York City. ... Clyfford Still (November 30, 1904 – June 23, 1980) was an American painter, one of the leading figures in abstract expressionism. ... Vostanik Manoog Adoyan, (better known as Arshile Gorky) (April 15, 1904 – July 21, 1948) was an Armenian abstract expressionist painter. ... Willem de Koonings Woman V (1952-53), National Gallery of Australia Willem de Kooning (April 24, 1904 – March 19, 1997) was an abstract expressionist painter, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands. ... American post-World War II art movement. ...

He lived in Berkeley, California from 1955 to 1966. By the mid-1950s Diebenkorn had become an important figurative painter, in a style that bridged Henri Matisse with Abstract expressionism. Contemporary painting on the West Coast, established independence from New York by returning to the figure. Diebenkorn, Elmer Bischoff, David Park, James Weeks, and later, Joan Brown, Manuel Neri, Nathan Oliveira and others all participated in a renaissance of figurative painting, later to be dubbed the Bay Area Figurative Movement. Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in northern California, in the United States. ... Henri Matisse (December 31, 1869 – November 3, 1954) was a French artist, noted for his use of color and his fluid, brilliant and original draughtsmanship. ... This USPS stamp illustrates Pollocks drip technique. ... Elmer Bischoff-(1916-1991) - Visual artist, San Fransciso Bay Area Bischoff, along with Richard Diebenkorn and David Park, was part of the post-WWII generation of artists who started as abstract painters and found their way back to figurative art. ... David Park (1911-1960) - Bay Area figurative painter David Park was part of the post-WWII alumnae of the San Francisco Art Institute (then the California Art School) He revived an interest in figurative art, at first experimenting with still-abstracted forms that relied on colour for their impact, dynamics... Joan Brown was the mother of Alan Alda. ... Manuel Neri (born April 12, 1930) is an American sculptor, painter, and printmaker and a notable member of the second generation of the Bay Area Figurative Movement. ... Nathan Oliveira (b. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

In 1965 Diebenkorn was granted a cultural visa to visit and view Henri Matisse paintings in important Soviet museums. When he returned to painting in the Bay Area in mid-1965 his resulting works summed up all that he had learned from his more than a decade as a leading figurative painter. Henri Matisse (December 31, 1869 – November 3, 1954) was a French artist, noted for his use of color and his fluid, brilliant and original draughtsmanship. ...

In 1967 Diebenkorn returned to abstraction, this time in a distinctly personal, geometric style that clearly departed from his Abstract Expressionist period. His most famous paintings, the "Ocean Park" series, began in 1967 and developed for over twenty-five years resulting in more than 140 paintings. Based on the aerial landscape and perhaps the view from the window of his studio, these large-scale abstract compositions are named after a community in Santa Monica, California, where he had his studio. He taught at this time at UCLA. 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... An example of artistic depiction of an aerial landscape: Jane Frank (Jane Schenthal Frank, 1918-1986), Aerial Series: Ploughed Fields, Maryland, 1974, acrylic and mixed materials on apertured double canvas, 52x48. Aerial landscape art is painting or other visual art which depicts or evokes the appearance of a landscape... Location of Santa Monica in California and Los Angeles County Coordinates: Country United States State California County Los Angeles Incorporated November 30, 1886 Mayor Robert Holbrook City Council Bobby Shriver Ken Genser Kevin McKeown Herb Katz Pam OConnor Richard Bloom Area    - City 41. ... The University of California, Los Angeles, generally known as UCLA, is a public university whose main campus is located in the affluent Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. ...

Richard Diebenkorn died in Berkeley on March 30, 1993. Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in northern California, in the United States. ... March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in a leap year). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

External links

• Richard Diebenkorn Catalogue Raisonné
• Richarddiebenkorn.net
• Greenberg Van Doren Gallery
• Richard Diebenkorn Artwork Examples on AskART.