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Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford Royal College of Art. Known for. Painting, printmaking. Awards. Royal Academician, 1991. Golden Lion, Venice Biennale, 1995. Ronald Brooks Kitaj RA ( / kiːˈtaɪ /; October 29, 1932 – October 21, 2007) was an American artist [1] who spent much of his life in England.
Order Oil Paintingreproduction. Ronald Brooks Kitaj RA (/kiːˈtaɪ/; October 29, 1932 – October 21, 2007) was an American artist with Jewish roots who spent much of his life in England. Born in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, United States, his Hungarian father, Sigmund Benway, left his mother, Jeanne Brooks, shortly after he was born and they were ...
- American
- October 29, 1932
- Chagrin Falls, Ohio, United States
- October 21, 2007
Oct 21, 2007 · The Legacy of R.B. Kitaj. During a period in the 1970s and 1980s when Conceptual and Minimalist art represented the new avant-garde, Kitaj remained steadfast in his commitment to figurativism: "Don't listen to the fools who say that pictures of people can be of no consequence, or that painting is dead. There is much to be done" he proclaimed.
- American
- October 29, 1932
- Cleveland, Ohio
- October 21, 2007
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Official website of the R.B. Kitaj Estate and R.B. Kitaj Studio Project. Ronald Brooks Kitaj is considered a key figure in European and American contemporary painting.
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, Kitaj studied at the Cooper Union Institute in New York in 1950-1 and 1952. As a merchant seaman in the early 1950s he visited Havana, Mexico and South America. He was a student at the Academy of Fine Art, Vienna in 1951. He attended the Ruskin School, Oxford in 1958-9, and the Royal College of Art from 1959 to 1961.
R.B. Kitaj was an American artist known for his expressive, figurative works that playfully depict contemporary life, art historical references, and sexuality. Using an array of aesthetic styles he merged the collage techniques of Pop Art with the agitated brushstrokes of Abstract Expressionism. Fascinated by his family’s Viennese and Russian ...
Mar 19, 2024 · R.B. Kitaj was an American-born painter noted for his eclectic and original contributions to Pop art. Kitaj studied art at the Cooper Union in New York City and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. After working as a merchant seaman and serving in the U.S. Army (1955–57), he settled in England
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