With its proximity to the cultural hub of New York City and its quieter suburban and rural landscapes, Connecticut was fertile ground for artists and writers in the period of Modernist movements between 1913 and 1979. Many of these cultural figures are well known through biographical and critical studies. Creative Places seeks to show how place played a significant role in creative work, and how in turn the artists and writers influenced communities in Connecticut.
Richard Claude Ziemann
Education/Curation, Printmaking
1932 –
Richard Ziemann (b. 1932) has been called the ‘poet of landscape etching,’ he has resurrected the art of etching, breathing into it new life and making it a part of the world of modern art (from Peter Rose Gallery).
- Biography/Description of Work
Ziemann began creating landscape drawings and etchings in the 1950s. His work is characterized by the thousands of strokes through which he creates his landscape elements—leaves, trees, rocks and hills. He received a BFA and MFA from Yale University, and in the 1960s and early 1970s, he taught at Hunter College, Yale University, and Lehman College. He has been artist in resident at Dartmouth College and the University of Massachussetts Amherst.
- Sources view
- Peter Rose Gallery. [ http://peterrosegallery.com/richard_claude_ziemann/ ]
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