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Richard Crist (1908-1985) Steel Mill.

Sold for $4,750 at Swann Auction Galleries on Feb 16, 2023.

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RICHARD CRIST (1908-1985) Steel Mill. Oil on canvas, 1939. Signed, Richard Crist, and dated, 39, lower right. 660x915 mm; 26x36 inches. Born in Cleveland in 1909, Richard Crist began his art education at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, followed by the Art Institute of Chicago. He returned to Pittsburgh in the 1930's and joined the WPA Art Project, painting easel work and one large school mural. He later traveled to Mexico where he met Diego Rivera and worked under David Siqueiros. Returning to Pittsburgh, Crist was encouraged by Buck's County Modernist, Lloyd Ney, to paint non-objectively. His works were in museum exhibitions at such venues as the Cincinnati Art Museum, The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Guggenheim Museum. Much of Crist's work is owned by Pennsylvania State University, University of Pennsylvania, and Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. The last decades of Crist's life were spent as part of the Woodstock art colony from 1960 until his death in 1985.

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