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Richard Koppe (American; 1916-1973) 1940's Original Watercolor & Ink on Paper in Exhibit Quality Frame - This lovely piece is an original watercolor and ink drawing on paper by Richard Koppe. Koppe's use of sharp lines in an abstract geometrical design coupled with the watercolored accents is very eye pleasing. The piece has been professionally framed in an exhibit quality frame, and is in excellent condition. The piece (including the frame) measures approx. 29" x 32". Richard Koppe was born in Minnesota, and studied at the St. Paul School of Art with artists Cameron Booth, LeRoy Turner and Nicolai Cikovsky. In 1937, Koppe moved to Chicago and continued his studies at the Institute of Design with the noted Bauhaus masters Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Gyorgy Kepes and Alexander Archipenko. He became an instructor at the Institute of Design in 1946 and remained an Associate Professor at the ID until 1963. Koppe exhibited widely during his lifetime. He gained international acclaim for his work shown at the prestigious annual museum exhibitions of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the National Academy in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, the Pennsylvania Academy in Philadelphia, the Royal Academy of Art in London, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, among others. Today his work is held in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Illinois State Museum, and the Brooklyn Museum in New York.