Dean Richardson has been painting since the 1950’s. He was a Fullbright Scholar, received a fellowship from the Guggenheim and a Max Beckman Memorial Scholarship. Over the last forty years Dean Richardson has shown at the Whitney Museum, the Boston Institute of Contemporary Art, the Corcoran, and the DeCordova Museum. Richardson was also a respected professor at the Rhode Island School of Design for 38 years.
Rich textures and deep earthy pigments dominate Dean Richardson's pieces. The subject matter is interpretations of his romantic view of American history. Native Americans, baseball heroes, wild wolves, shamans and liquid like landscapes sit dreamily upon his canvas.
Education
1949-50 Newark Academy of Fine Arts, Newark, NJ
1950-52 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1954-56 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1956-57 Brooklyn Museum School, Brooklyn, NY
1957-58 Hochschule fur Bildende Kunst, Berlin, Germany
Selected Museum Exhibitions
1997 Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
1995 Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
1991 Newport Art Museum, Lost Landscapes, Newport, RI
1982 Newport Art Association, Two Person Show, Newport, RI
1968 National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
1968 DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
1967 Newport Art Association, Two Person Show, Newport, RI
1962 Whitney Museum of American Art, Forty Americans Under Forty, New York, NY
1961 Corcoran Biennial, Washington, DC
1961 Boston Institute of Contemporary Art, Selection, Boston, MA
1960 Whitney Museum of American Art, Young America, New York, NY
1960 Boston Institute of Contemporary Art, View 1960, Boston, MA
1960 Newport Art Association, Three Person Show, Newport, RI
1959 Whitney Museum of American Art, Whitney Annual, New York, NY
1958 Whitney Museum of American Art, Fullbright Painters, New York, NY
Selected Gallery Exhibitions
2006 Chase Gallery, Boston, MA
2004 Chase Gallery, Boston, MA (solo)
2002 Chase Gallery, Boston, MA (solo)
2000 Chase Gallery, Boston, MA (solo)
1999 Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI
1998 Chase Gallery, Boston, MA
1997 Private Show, Worcester, MA
1996 Connections Gallery, Brunswick, ME
1995 Private Show, Lizette Prince, Newport, RI
1995 Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI
1994 Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI
1992 Images of Native Americans, Ellsworth, ME
1992 Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI
1991 Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI
1989 Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
1989 Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI
1985 Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI
1981 Lenore Gray Gallery, Providence, RI
1974 Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
1973 Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
1966-61 Rhode Island Arts Festival, prizes two years
1964 Boston Arts Festival
1964-60 John Peterson Gallery, Boston, MA
1958 Nexus Gallery, Boston, MA
1958 International Student Show, Paris, France
1957 New York City Center, New York, NY
1957 Alan Gallery, New York, NY
Collections
Whitney Museum, New York, NY
Brockton Art Museum, Brockton, MA
Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY
Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, ME
Numerous Private Collections
Scholorships and Grants
Max Beckman Memorial Scholarship to the Brooklyn Museum School, 1956-57
Fulbright Scholarship, Berlin, Germany, 1957-58
Guggenheim Fellowship, 1962
Mellon Grant, 1986
Teaching
Rhode Island School of Design 1959 - 1994
Associate Professor of Painting 1959 - 1983
Chie Critic, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
European Honors Program, Rome, Italy 1971-1973
Full Professor of Painting 1983
Recipient of the John R. Frazier Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1988
Retired from Rhode Island School of Design, March 1994
Professor Emeritus, 1995
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