Blue Softground

About The Artist: Richard Diebenkorn

Born in Portland, Oregon, Richard Diebenkorn became a key figure in the Bay Area (San Francisco, Oakland) figurative school of painting. His early art talent was encouraged by his grandmother, and at Stanford University, he studied oil painting with Victor Arnautoff and Daniel Mendelowitz. He served in the active reserves during World War II and attended the University of California, Berkeley where he studied with but was not greatly influenced...