Richard Diebenkorn Berkeley Paintings

1 is the first in a series of more than fifty abstractions painted by diebenkorn between 1953 and 1955 shortly after his return to berkeley california.

Richard diebenkorn berkeley paintings.

149 5 x 157 2 cm richard diebenkorn foundation. Richard diebenkorn ocean park no. Miller 22 richard diebenkorn 1951 22 albuquerque richard diebenkorn. 67 1973 oil on canvas 100 81 in.

Richard diebenkorn s berkeley series were executed in a twenty month period between 1953 and 1955. Richard diebenkorn berkeley series this is the second of three postings on the work of richard diebenkorn and is looking specifically at his berkeley series. Painting ii richard diebenkorn 1949. Berkeley 7 richard diebenkorn 1953.

Diebenkorn s focus on figuration lasted until the late 1960s when he embarked on a new series employing abstracted geometric forms. For an overview of his work and biographical notes see the previous blog post. The paintings and drawings of the berkeley period established the artist as an abstract painter of uncommon authority and profundity. Richard diebenkorn grew up in san francisco and attended stanford university and later the california school of fine arts now the san francisco art institute.

He incorporated the dominant expressive painting style into representational canvases often landscapes. Berkeley figurative paintings 71 berkeley abstract paintings 50 landscape paintings 44 still lifes on canvas 44 albuquerque paintings 32 highlights from our collection 23. Berkeley 46 1955 oil on canvas 58 7 8 x 61 7 8 in. Art critic michael kimmelman described diebenkorn as one of the premier american painters of the postwar era whose deeply lyrical abstractions evoked the shimmering light and wide open spaces of california where he spent virtually his entire life.

Richard diebenkorn foundation 71 santa cruz island foundation 16 oakland museum of california 9. The berkeley years 1953 1966 is on view at the de young mu. This culminated in his celebrated ocean park paintings which consisted of some 135 works. Although well established as an abstract painter diebenkorn returned to figuration in the mid 1950s.

8 1954 berkeley no. 8 is one of diebenkorn s last abstract expressionist paintings executed upon his return to california and just before transitioning to more imagistic work as part of the bay area figurative movement. List of all 92 artworks by richard diebenkorn go to artist page signup for news updates. 1 20 out of 92 load more.

In this excerpt richard diebenkorn reveals how he approaches a blank canvas.