Richard Bosman

He is associated with the Neo-expressionist movement of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Bosman was a member of Colab, the New York artist collective founded in 1977, and participated in the group's influential, “Times Square Show” (1980). Bosman's early paintings and prints drew on pop culture representations of violence and romance, including pulp fiction book illustration. More recently he has created woodcuts depicting turbulent seascapes, volcanoes, Adirondack scenes and other imagery, displaying what New York Times critic Roberta Smith called a “penchant for parody-homage” toward his subjects. Writing in the Times, Smith stated: “Mr. Bosman's luxuriant, dashed-off brushwork brings a quality at once antic and powerful to expanses of trees, water and wood grain and staring deer, both living and stuffed.” He is living and working in the Hudson Valley of New York State.

Places of work recorded in the authority are New York City. Work by Richard Bosman is recorded in the collections of National Gallery of Victoria, Minneapolis Institute of Art, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Tate and Museum of Modern Art. Distinctions recorded are Guggenheim Fellowship.

• Name — Richard Bosman • Born — 1944 • Birthplace — Madras, India • Education — New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture • Alma Mater — Byam Shaw School of Art • Occupation — painter, printmaker, educator, illustrator • Movement — Neo-expressionism • Website — http: rbosman.com/

Richard Bosman was born in 1944 in Madras, India (now known as Chennai); and was raised in Egypt and Australia. His mother is Australian, and his father is Dutch and worked as a sea captain. Bosman attended the Bryam Shaw School of Painting and Drawing (now known as the Byam Shaw School of Art) in London, from 1964 to 1969. He settled in New York City in 1969, attending the New York Studio School until 1971. At the Studio School Bosman's instructors included Philip Guston and Alex Katz. Bosman studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, in Skowhegan, Maine, in 1970.