Artists by Name

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• Rackliffe, Howard E.

  Howard E. Rackliffe

  1917 – 1987

• Ratcliff, J.D.

  J.D. Ratcliff

  1903 – 1973

• Raymond, Alexander Gillespie

  Alexander Gillespie Raymond

  1909 – 1956

• Rebay, Hilla

  Hilla Rebay

  1890 – 1967

  An abstract artist and collector, Rebay’s greatest legacy is in her role as adviser to collector and patron Solomon R. Guggenheim, as first director of his museum of Non Objective Painting, and her influence in the design for the “new” modernist Guggenheim Museum by Frank Lloyd Wright.

• Regney, Noel

  Noel Regney

  1922 – 2002

• Richter, Hans

  Hans Richter

  1888 – 1976

  Dada painter and filmmaker with connections to the artists of the Silvermine and Roxbury enclaves.

• Richter, Mischa

  Mischa Richter

  1910 – 2001

  A painter and cartoonist best known for his numerous contributions to The New Yorker, he was a resident of Ridgefield.

• Riley, Lawrence

  Lawrence Riley

  1896 – 1974

• Risom, Jens

  Jens Risom

  1916 – 2016

  Jens Risom is a Danish American furniture designer. An exemplar of Mid-Century modern design, Risom was one of the first designers to introduce Scandinavian design in the United States. Many of Risom’s furniture designs are considered modern classics, and his furniture is on display at the Museum of Modern Art, the Yale University Art Gallery, the Brooklyn Museum, the Rhode Island School of Design Museum, and the Cooper–Hewitt, National Design Museum. In 1949 Risom purchased a new modernist-style house in New Canaan, where he lived until 1959.

• Robeson, Paul

  Paul Robeson

  1898 – 1976

  Robeson, the son of a former enslaved man, achieved great intellectual, athletic and artistic success. He also became an internationally known actor and singer. One of his first roles was in a 1930s traveling production of Eugene O’Neill’s 1920 “Emperor Jones” made possible by the New Deal Federal Theatre Project.

• Robinson, Ruth W.

  Ruth W. Robinson

  1913 – 2000

  Locally significant artist working in a folk-art style. Her paintings are treasured and displayed in the Killingworth Town Hall and Library.

• Rockwell, Anne

  Anne Rockwell

  1934 – 2018

• Rose, Margo

  Margo Rose

  1903 – 1997

  Considered a grande dame of the American puppet theater, Margo Rose was a puppet artist, teacher, and performer who worked with marionettes for over 60 years. Together with her husband, Rufus (1904-1975), she brought 1950s TV icon Howdy Doody to life. The Roses were also instrumental in establishing the Eugene O’Neill Memorial Theater and the National Theater of the Deaf as well as the Connecticut Chapter of Puppeteers of America.

• Rossi, Vincent and Girard

  Vincent and Girard Rossi

  1891 – 1951

  Stone mason brothers the Rossis completed WPA art from 1937 to 1940, including projects in Hartford.

• Roth, Philip

  Philip Roth

  1933 – 2018

  In 1959, Roth became one of the rising stars of American fiction with the publication of “Goodbye, Columbus,” which won the National Book Award and was turned into a feature film. Known for exploring Jewish and American identity, he often did so in graphic and provocative ways. He has written over 30 books.

• Rudolph, Paul

  Paul Rudolph

  1918 – 1997

  Modernist architect and early American adherent to the stark concrete structural massing known as Brutalism, with an office and commissions in Connecticut.

• Ruley, Ellis

  Ellis Ruley

  1882 – 1959

• Rummler, Alexander J.

  Alexander J. Rummler

  1867 – 1959

  Rummler was an illustrator and WPA artist. He often painted the local oyster industry and included residents of Norwalk in his works. He attained national renown for a short period with a painting of the signing of the WWI armistice for billboards throughout the country.

• Rutkoski, Frank

  Frank Rutkoski

  1905 – 2000

  WPA