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Collaborative Class project: Into Abstraction with Richard Diebenkorn


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WEST COAST BAY AREA FIGURATIVE PAINTERS
Richard Diebenkorn
Nathan Oliveria
David Park
Elmer Bischoff
Rex Ashlock
Wayne Thiebaud
James Weeks
Glenn Wessels

Richard Diebenkorn 
American
April 22, 1922 > March 30, 1993
Early works were associated with the Bay Area Figurative movement 1950's > 1960's
Later works included the Ocean Park paintings, returning to vertical abstraction.























Student Selection 
Collaborative Painting
Richard Diebenkorn
Woman on a Porch 1958









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