British-American writer, painter, teacher and illustrator
Robin Richmond
RWS
Born
1951
Philadelphia USA
Education
St George’s English School, Rome.
Almamater
Chelsea School of Art
Knownfor
Painting, Writing about art, Illustration, Teaching
Spouse(s)
Prof. James A. Hampton, Cognitive Scientist
Children
Adam Hampton (b.1977)
Max Richmond Hampton
(b.1981, d.1981)
Saskia Hampton (b.1982)
Robin RichmondRWS is a London-based British-American painter, writer, critic, teacher and illustrator, regularly exhibiting her art in the UK and France.[1] She is the author of five books on art and has illustrated three children's books. She is a leading colourist and painter of abstract landscapes. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Watercolour Society in 2022. She is the author of an art blog.[2]
Born Nov 7, 1951 in Philadelphia, USA, Richmond grew up in Rome, before moving to London in 1969. Her early work is very figurative and based on direct observation.[1]
After graduating from Chelsea School of Art with a BA (Fine Art) in 1974, where she studied with Ken Kiff, Prunella Clough, Gillian Ayres, and others, Richmond took an MA in Art History at Chelsea with Nicholas Wadley. She had her first one-woman show of paintings at the Ben Uri Gallery, London in 1976.[3] Since then, she has exhibited regularly in London, New York, and at regional galleries in France, the US, and the UK. She held the post of visiting professor in art at the University of California, Santa Cruz (1985),[4] and at Yale University (2002).[5] Since 1976 she has exhibited regularly in London's West End in particular at the Mercury Gallery,[6] and the Curwen Gallery[7]
Richmond has contributed to regular group exhibitions, 1989–2024 at the Royal Watercolour Society, Bankside Gallery and Whitcomb Street Gallery, London; 1989–2016 at the Curwen and New Academy Gallery, London; and 1988–1993 at the Mercury Gallery, London.[24][25][26]
References
1 2 Richmond, Robin A. (March 3, 2016). Living Landscape. London: Curwen Gallery and the White Stork Press. pp.4–18. ISBN978-0-9552060-1-6.
↑ Barnet-Sánchez, Holly (1997). "Frida Kahlo: Her Life and Art Revisited". Latin American Research Review. 32 (3): 243–257. doi:10.1017/S0023879100038152.
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