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Philip Pavia freefall sculpture

Author:
Pavia, Philip 1915-2005  Search this
Writer of text:
Walentini, Joe  Search this
Issuing body:
Broome Street Gallery  Search this
Author:
Smithsonian Libraries Art and Artist Files Collection  Search this
Subject:
Pavia, Philip 1915-2005  Search this
Physical description:
31 pages color illustrations, portrait 24 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Artist files
Date:
2002
Call number:
AAF--Pavia, Philip
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_672868

Interview with Phillip Pavia

Creator:
Pavia, Philip, 1915-2005  Search this
Gruen, John Jonas  Search this
Type:
Sound Recording
Date:
1969 May 23
Citation:
Philip Pavia and John Jonas Gruen. Interview with Phillip Pavia, 1969 May 23. John Gruen and Jane Wilson papers, 1909-2016. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Record number:
(DSI-AAA)19391
See more items in:
John Gruen and Jane Wilson papers, 1909-2016
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_item_19391

William Horace Littlefield letters and photographs to Paul Cummings, 1951-1969

Creator:
Cummings, Paul  Search this
Littlefield, William Horace, 1902-1969  Search this
Subject:
Pavia, Philip  Search this
Club (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Citation:
William Horace Littlefield letters and photographs to Paul Cummings, 1951-1969. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Painting, American  Search this
Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this
Theme:
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)10334
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213543
AAA_collcode_littwmhp
Theme:
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_213543

Oral history interview with Fred McDarrah, 1971 June 15-July 15

Interviewee:
McDarrah, Fred W., 1926-2007  Search this
Interviewer:
Cummings, Paul  Search this
Subject:
Littlefield, William Horace  Search this
Nelson, Cyril I.  Search this
Pavia, Philip  Search this
Club (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Fred McDarrah, 1971 June 15-July 15. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Photography -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Photographers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this
Theme:
Photography  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)12601
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212059
AAA_collcode_mcdarr71
Theme:
Photography
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_212059

Belle Krasne letter to Philip Pavia, 1954 May 14

Creator:
Krasne, Belle  Search this
Subject:
Pavia, Philip  Search this
Citation:
Belle Krasne letter to Philip Pavia, 1954 May 14. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Art, American  Search this
Theme:
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)5650
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)208484
AAA_collcode_krasbell
Theme:
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_208484

The Club records kept by Philip Pavia, 1948-1965

Creator:
Pavia, Philip, 1915-2005  Search this
Club (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Subject:
Club (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Citation:
The Club records kept by Philip Pavia, 1948-1965. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Art, Modern -- 20th century  Search this
Theme:
Art organizations  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)6805
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)208932
AAA_collcode_paviphil
Theme:
Art organizations
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_208932

Paul Aschenbach papers, 1957-1976

Creator:
Aschenbach, Paul, 1921-1994  Search this
Subject:
Mizui, Jasuo  Search this
Baumann, Herbert  Search this
Reischke, Erich  Search this
Sartory, Barna von  Search this
Pavia, Philip  Search this
Campbell, Kenneth  Search this
Witkin, Isaac  Search this
Prantl, Karl  Search this
Vermont Marble Company  Search this
Vermont International Sculpture Symposia (1968)  Search this
Vermont International Sculpture Symposia (1971)  Search this
Citation:
Paul Aschenbach papers, 1957-1976. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century -- United States  Search this
Public sculpture  Search this
Theme:
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)7308
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)209461
AAA_collcode_aschpaul
Theme:
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_209461

Michael Goldberg papers, 1942-1981

Creator:
Goldberg, Michael, 1924-2007  Search this
Subject:
Brodey, James  Search this
Grosvenor, Robert  Search this
Kirili, Alain  Search this
Mitchell, Joan  Search this
Riopelle, Jean Paul  Search this
Rivers, Larry  Search this
Tanger, Susanna  Search this
Neimark, Jill  Search this
Pavia, Philip  Search this
Whyatt, Frances  Search this
Di Prima, Diane  Search this
Jenkins, Paul  Search this
Type:
Drawings
Interviews
Sketchbooks
Citation:
Michael Goldberg papers, 1942-1981. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Theme:
Sketches & Sketchbooks  Search this
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)8224
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)210395
AAA_collcode_goldmich
Theme:
Sketches & Sketchbooks
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_210395

Waldorf Panel on Sculpture recordings, 1965 February 17 and March 17

Creator:
Pavia, Philip, 1915-2005  Search this
Subject:
Kiesler, Frederick  Search this
Lassaw, Ibram  Search this
Mallary, Robert  Search this
Marsicano, Nicholas  Search this
Nevelson, Louise  Search this
Noguchi, Isamu  Search this
Oldenburg, Claes  Search this
Reinhardt, Ad  Search this
Rosenthal, Rachel  Search this
Schwartz, Sal  Search this
Segal, George  Search this
Slivka, David  Search this
Wines, James  Search this
Barnet, Will  Search this
De Kooning, Elaine  Search this
Ferber, Herbert  Search this
Ferren, John  Search this
Judd, Donald  Search this
Agostini, Peter  Search this
Waldorf panel on sculpture (1965 : New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Citation:
Waldorf Panel on Sculpture recordings, 1965 February 17 and March 17. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century  Search this
Sculpture, American  Search this
Theme:
Research and writing about art  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)10694
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)214295
AAA_collcode_waldpane
Theme:
Research and writing about art
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_214295

Mitch Tuchman papers relating to the book Painters Painting, 1980-1989

Creator:
Tuchman, Mitch  Search this
Subject:
Albers, Josef  Search this
Castelli, Leo  Search this
De Antonio, Emile.  Search this
De Kooning, Willem  Search this
Frankenthaler, Helen  Search this
Geldzahler, Henry  Search this
Greenberg, Clement  Search this
Hess, Thomas B.  Search this
Johns, Jasper  Search this
Johnson, Philip  Search this
Kramer, Hilton  Search this
Leider, Philip  Search this
Motherwell, Robert  Search this
Nevelson, Louise  Search this
Newman, Barnett  Search this
Noland, Kenneth  Search this
Olitski, Jules  Search this
Pavia, Philip  Search this
Poons, Larry  Search this
Rauschenberg, Robert  Search this
Rivers, Larry  Search this
Rubin, William Stanley  Search this
Scull, Ethel  Search this
Scull, Robert C.  Search this
Stella, Frank  Search this
Warhol, Andy  Search this
Type:
Interviews
Citation:
Mitch Tuchman papers relating to the book Painters Painting, 1980-1989. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Artists -- United States -- Interviews  Search this
Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Interviews  Search this
Art museum curators -- United States -- Interviews  Search this
Modernism (Art)  Search this
Abstract expressionism  Search this
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Theme:
Research and writing about art  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)6532
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)215804
AAA_collcode_tuchmitc
Theme:
Research and writing about art
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_215804

Anne Bowen Parsons collection of interviews on art, 1967-1968

Creator:
Parsons, Anne Bowen  Search this
Subject:
Baker, Mildred  Search this
Barnet, Will  Search this
Benson, Emanuel  Search this
Brooks, James  Search this
Burlin, Paul  Search this
Cavallon, Giorgio  Search this
De Kooning, Willem  Search this
Ernst, Jimmy  Search this
Geist, Sidney  Search this
Gottlieb, Adolph  Search this
Greene, Balcomb  Search this
Gwathmey, Robert  Search this
Hacker, Seymour  Search this
Holty, Carl  Search this
Holtzman, Harry  Search this
Kadish, Reuben  Search this
Krasner, Lee  Search this
Lasker, Joe  Search this
Lassaw, Ibram  Search this
Levine, Jack  Search this
Marca-Relli, Conrad  Search this
McNeil, George  Search this
Miller, Dorothy Canning  Search this
Morris, George L. K.  Search this
Nakian, Reuben  Search this
Pavia, Philip  Search this
Schanker, Louis  Search this
Shahn, Ben  Search this
Stamos, Theodoros  Search this
Thaw, Eugene Victor  Search this
Tworkov, Jack  Search this
Vicente, Esteban  Search this
Artists' Union (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Club (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Federal Art Project  Search this
Type:
Interviews
Citation:
Anne Bowen Parsons collection of interviews on art, 1967-1968. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Art and state  Search this
Museum curators -- Interviews  Search this
Museum directors -- Interviews  Search this
Printmakers -- Interviews  Search this
Publishers -- Interviews  Search this
Sculptors -- Interviews  Search this
Theme:
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)6198
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)216478
AAA_collcode_parsanne
Theme:
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_216478

It is : a magazine for abstract art, 1958-1965

Creator:
Second Half Pub. Co.  Search this
Subject:
Pavia, Philip  Search this
Citation:
It is : a magazine for abstract art, 1958-1965. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Periodicals  Search this
Abstract expressionism  Search this
Theme:
Research and writing about art  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)21764
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)216564
AAA_collcode_secohalf
Theme:
Research and writing about art
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_216564

Artists Talk on Art records, circa 1974-2018

Creator:
Artists Talk on Art  Search this
Subject:
Barnet, Will  Search this
Bourgeois, Louise  Search this
Christo  Search this
Denes, Agnes  Search this
De Niro, Robert, Sr.  Search this
Goldberg, Michael  Search this
Jeanne-Claude  Search this
Longo, Robert  Search this
Mendieta, Ana  Search this
Morris, Robert  Search this
Murray, Elizabeth  Search this
Neel, Alice  Search this
Pavia, Philip  Search this
Sleigh, Sylvia  Search this
Wilke, Hannah  Search this
Wojnarowicz, David  Search this
Type:
Photographs
Sound recordings
Scrapbooks
Transcripts
Video recordings
Citation:
Artists Talk on Art records, circa 1974-2018. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Art, American  Search this
Historians  Search this
Theme:
Art organizations  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)17354
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)380891
AAA_collcode_artitalk
Theme:
Art organizations
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_380891

Oral history interview with Philip Pavia, 1965 Jan. 19

Interviewee:
Pavia, Philip, 1915-2005  Search this
Interviewer:
Hooton, Bruce Duff, 1928-  Search this
Subject:
Baziotes, William  Search this
De Kooning, Willem  Search this
Hayter, Stanley William  Search this
Kline, Franz  Search this
Motherwell, Robert  Search this
Nakian, Reuben  Search this
Club (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Philip Pavia, 1965 Jan. 19. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this
Abstract expressionism  Search this
Surrealism  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)11694
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212465
AAA_collcode_pavia65
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_212465

Oral history interview with Raquel Rabinovich, 2012 September 25 and October 9

Interviewee:
Rabinovich, Raquel, 1929-  Search this
Interviewer:
McElhinney, James, 1952-  Search this
Subject:
Beethoven, Ludwig van  Search this
Borges, Jorge Luis  Search this
Braque, Georges  Search this
Cézanne, Paul  Search this
Del Giocondo, Lisa  Search this
Denes, Agnes  Search this
Farina, Ernesto  Search this
Herzberg, Julia P.  Search this
Johns, Jasper  Search this
Kelly, Robert  Search this
Lenin, Vladimir Il?ich  Search this
Lhote, André  Search this
Maggi, Marco  Search this
Martin, Agnes  Search this
Mondolfo, Rodolfo  Search this
Mondrian, Piet  Search this
Pavia, Philip  Search this
Perón, Juan Domingo  Search this
Picasso, Pablo  Search this
Quasha, George  Search this
Rockburne, Dorothea  Search this
Schwabsky, Barry  Search this
Stein, Charles  Search this
Strauss, David Levi  Search this
Velázquez, Diego  Search this
Weintraub, Linda  Search this
Zimmer, William  Search this
Hispanic American Arts Center (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Station Hill Press  Search this
Type:
Interviews
Sound recordings
Place:
Argentina -- Description and travel
Denmark -- Copenhagen -- Description and travel
Egypt -- description and travel
France -- Paris -- description and travel
India -- description and travel
Machu Picchu Site (Peru)
Nepal -- description and travel
New York (N.Y.) -- Description and travel
Thailand -- description and travel
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Raquel Rabinovich, 2012 September 25 and October 9. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Buddhism  Search this
Minimal art  Search this
Women artists  Search this
Women painters  Search this
Women sculptors  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)16067
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)338396
AAA_collcode_rabino12
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_338396
Online Media:

Robert Richenburg papers

Creator:
Richenburg, Robert  Search this
Names:
Club (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Ozenfant School of Fine Arts -- Students  Search this
Pratt Institute  Search this
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum  Search this
Tibor de Nagy Gallery  Search this
United States. Veterans Administration  Search this
Amgott, Madeline  Search this
Ashton, Dore  Search this
Cavallon, Giorgio, 1904-1989  Search this
Cherry, Herman  Search this
Geist, Sidney  Search this
Grad, Bonnie Lee, 1949-  Search this
Hofmann, Hans, 1880-1966  Search this
Kline, Franz, 1910-1962  Search this
Lassaw, Ernestine  Search this
Lassaw, Ibram, 1913-2003  Search this
Matter, Mercedes  Search this
Moulton, Lynne  Search this
Ortiz, Rafael Montanez  Search this
Pavia, Philip, 1915-2005  Search this
Rebay, Hilla, 1890-1967  Search this
Slivka, David, 1913-  Search this
Extent:
5.3 Linear feet
4.32 Gigabytes
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Gigabytes
Illustrated letters
Sound recordings
Greeting cards
Video recordings
Photographs
Interviews
Date:
circa 1910s-2008
Summary:
The Robert Richenburg papers, circa 1910s-2008, measure 5.3 linear feet and 4.32 GB. Biographical material, correspondence, subject files, writings, sound and video recordings, printed material, and photographs document the professional career and personal life of the educator and New York School painter and sculptor best known for his Abstract Expressionist paintings.
Scope and Content Note:
The Robert Richenburg papers, circa 1910s-2008, measure 5.3 linear feet and 4.32 GB. Biographical material, correspondence, subject files, writings, audio/visual recordings, printed material, and photographs document the professional career and personal life of the educator and New York School painter and sculptor best known for his Abstract Expressionist paintings.

Biographical material includes educational records from high school through his studies at the Ozenfant School of Fine Arts using G.I. benefits. Birth, marriage,and death certificates are also found, along with Richenburg family memorabilia. There is a digital video recording of Robert Richenburg's memorial service.

Correspondence consists mostly of family letters, including some illustrated letters and many handmade cards featuring original artwork. Condolence letters addressed to Marggy Kerr are from friends, relatives, colleagues, neighbors, and acquaintances.

Subject files contain various combinations of correspondence, printed material, photographs, writings and notes relating to Richenburg's professional career and personal life. They document exhibitions, gallery representation, gifts of art work to museums and individuals, memberships, teaching activities, former students, friendships, and other aspects of his life. Files of significant interest are: The Club, Tina Dicky and Madeline Amgott, Former Students (particularly Raphael Montanez Ortiz), Bonnie L. Grad and Lynne Moulton, Hans Hofmann, Ibram Lassaw, Philip Pavia, Pratt Institute, Hilla Rebay and the Museum of Non-Objective Painting, Tibor De Nagy Gallery, and Veterans Administration.

Writings by Richenburg consist of notes, reviews, artist's statements, and the text of a speech. Also included are quotations compiled over the years by Marggy Kerr of Richenburg's comments on art and life. Among the writings by others are student papers, reviews, and poems.

Sound and visual recordings include interviews with Robert Richenburg, often conducted as research for exhibitions. Videocassettes document events such as panel discussions, and artist gatherings; a few were produced in conjunction with museum exhibitions. Also found are videotapes by video artist Raphael Montanez Ortiz, Richenburg's friend and former student.

Printed material includes items that are specifically about Robert Richenburg as well as items that incidentally mention him. The majority consist of exhibition catalogs and announcements.

Photographs show art work by Richenburg, exhibition openings and other events, and a variety of people and places. Among the events recorded is the "Artists Roundtable on Art of the '50s." Moderated by Dore Ashton, the panel included Herman Cherry, Sidney Geist, Ibram Lassaw, Mercedes Matter, and David Slivka. There are photographs of Richenburg's boyhood home in Roslindale, MA, and his house in Ithaca, NY. He is pictured with others including family members, dealers, and curators. Of particular interest are photographs of Richenburg in Provincetown, MA, 1952-1953, with friends, including: Giorgio Cavallon, Franz Kline, Ibram and Ernestine Lassaw, and Philip and Marcia Pavia. World War II photographs consist of images of art work (not by Richenburg), Richenburg and other individuals taken in France and England; a number include views of Shrivenham American University.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged as 7 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Material, circa 1910s-2006 (Box 1; 0.1 linear ft., ER01; 1.66 GB)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1940-2007 (Box 1; 0.4 linear ft.)

Series 3: Subject Files, 1942-2008 (Boxes 1-3, OV 7; 2.25 linear ft.)

Series 4: Writings, circa 1950-2006 (Box 3; 0.1 linear ft.)

Series 5: Sound and Video Recordings, 1996-2006 (Boxes 3-4; 0.75 linear ft., ER02; 2.66 GB)

Series 6: Printed Material, 1947-2008 (Boxes 4-5; 1.25 linear ft.)

Series 7: Photographs, circa 1923-2006 (Boxes 5-6; 0.45 linear ft.)
Biographical Note:
Robert Bartlett Richenburg (1917-2006) was a painter and educator in New York City, Ithaca, New York, and East Hampton, New York.

At age 13, Bob Richenburg's artistic talent earned him a place in a daily class for Boston Public School students at the Museum of Fine Arts. Most classes focused on copying; of far greater benefit to the young art student was the opportunity to wander through the museum and look at art nearly every day of his high school career.

Richenburg's father was an architect who also ran a stained glass lampshade business; neither endeavor was profitable, so the family endured very hard times during the Depression. To help support the family, after school and on weekends, Bob delivered ice and coal with an older brother, a job he continued while attending night school courses in liberal arts at Boston University. He studied at George Washington University in Washington, DC, 1937-1939, often working as many as four part-time jobs to cover tuition and living expenses; during summers and school vacations, he returned to Boston to work with his brother. Due to his difficult financial situation, Richenburg's college career ended before he earned a degree.

After learning that the Corcoran School of Art charged no tuition, Richenburg returned to Washington in 1940 to study painting and sculpture. Although uninformed about the art world, he realized that New York was a better place for an aspiring artist. In 1941, he began studying with George Grosz and Reginald Marsh at the Art Students League. On his own, he studied materials and techniques and copied paintings at the Metropolitan Museum Art.

With war looming and the near certainty of being drafted, Robert Richenburg and Libby Chic Peltyn (always called Chic) married in November 1942; two weeks later, he entered the army. Richenburg spent three years in England and France as a combat engineer, transporting explosives and instructing troops in the demolition of mines and booby traps. In England, he managed a photo lab and taught drawing in the fine arts section of Shrivenham American University, a school run by the U. S. Army.

Once discharged, Richenburg returned to New York and took advantage of the G.I. Bill to continue studying painting (and for the subsistence allowance that provided modest support for his family - son Ronald was born in 1947). Richenburg studied at the Ozenfant School, 1947-1949, where he developed a life-long friendship with fellow student Ibram Lassaw.

He continued his art education with Hans Hofmann in New York and Provincetown, 1949-1951. During this period, Richenburg taught drawing, painting, and art history classes sponsored by the Extension Division of City College of New York and held at venues such as Brooklyn's Central YMCA, and branches of the New York Public Library. Richenburg quickly discovered that he liked teaching and enjoyed the students.

In 1951, Richenburg joined the Pratt Institute faculty and taught studio courses at night; soon, he was teaching full time during the day. Richenburg began to achieve recognition as the youngest of the Abstract Expressionists and by the early 1960s his career was well established. Tibor De Nagy Gallery in New York and Dwan Gallery in California represented Richenburg, and a number of paintings were sold to museums and private collectors. As Richenburg experimented with new ideas and materials, his work began changing. He was a popular instructor at Pratt with several promising students who also began experimenting. In 1964, when the unorthodox work of one student in particular caught the attention of Pratt administrators, Richenburg was asked to change his approach to teaching. This roused student protests, and press coverage focused on the specific situation and academic freedom in general. He chose to resign rather than alter his teaching philosophy.

Richenburg secured a position at Cornell University. The confluence of his absence from New York City and the ascendance of Pop Art were damaging, and his career was derailed when De Nagy and Dwan dropped him from their rosters a few years later. After it was clear that he would not secure tenure at Cornell, Richenburg returned to New York in 1967 and began teaching at Hunter College. Daily life in New York was harder than he remembered and, for him, the City had lost its allure.

When offered the chairmanship of the Ithaca College art department, the Richenburgs were delighted to return to tranquil Ithaca, New York. Chic died in 1977, and Bob remained at Ithaca College until retiring in 1983. In addition full-time teaching and handling administrative activities as department chairman, Richenburg made time to work in his studio practically every day. He created a large body of work in a wide variety of media and styles, moving on to new ideas and experiments after exhausting his possibilities or interest.

Beginning in 1949 with a loan exhibition organized by The Museum of Non-Objective Art, Richenburg participated in a wide range of group shows. His first solo exhibition was held in 1953 at the Hendler Gallery, Philadelphia. Over the years, he enjoyed other solo exhibitions at venues such as: David Findlay Jr. Fine Art, Dwan Gallery, Hansa Gallery, Ithaca College Museum of Art, McCormick Gallery, Rose Art Museum (Brandeis University), Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Sidney Mishkin Gallery (Baruch College), and Tibor De Nagy Gallery. In the 1960s and 1970s, Richenburg's work was seldom shown, but from the mid-1980s onward there has been renewed interest.

Richenburg's work is represented in the permanent collections of many museums including Hirshhorn Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Whitney Museum of American Art. In addition, his work was acquired by many highly regarded private collectors including Larry Aldrich, Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., Joseph H. Hirshhorn, J. Patrick Lannon, and James A. Michener.

Robert Richenburg and Margaret (Marggy) Kerr, a painter and sculptor living in Ithaca, were married in 1980. Ms. Kerr is known for "brick rugs" made from cut bricks forming designs for site specific sculpture and garden walks. Richenburg became close to his stepfamily of three children, Marggy's grandchildren and her mother. After he retired from Ithaca College, Bob and Marggy moved to Springs in East Hampton, New York.

Although Richenburg suffered from Parkinson's disease during the last six years of his life, he continued to work in his home studio until physically unable to produce art. He died on October 10, 2006.
Related Material:
An oral history interview of Robert Richenburg was conducted by Dorothy Seckler for the Archives of American Art, circa 1968.
Provenance:
Donated in 2008 by Margaret Kerr, widow of Robert Richenburg, on behalf of herself and his son Ronald Richenburg.
Restrictions:
Use of original material requires an appointment. Use of audiovisual material with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice.
Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Topic:
Educators -- New York (State) -- East Hampton  Search this
Abstract expressionism  Search this
Art -- Study and teaching  Search this
Sculptors -- New York (State) -- East Hampton  Search this
New York school of art  Search this
Painters -- New York (State) -- East Hampton  Search this
Genre/Form:
Illustrated letters
Sound recordings
Greeting cards
Video recordings
Photographs
Interviews
Citation:
Robert Richenburg papers, circa 1910s-2008. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.richrobe
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Robert Richenburg papers
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw93e889f0b-1cd4-42d6-906f-68bace36808d
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-richrobe
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Lily Pond

Artist:
Philip Pavia, American, b. Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1913–2005  Search this
Medium:
Marble
Dimensions:
diameter: 112 in. (284.5 cm)
Type:
Sculpture
Date:
1965
Credit Line:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Natalie Pavia, 2016
Accession Number:
16.21
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
Data Source:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py2a53b411c-bf5a-417c-a3b1-6aab540d582d
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:hmsg_16.21

Soursop

Artist:
Philip Pavia, American, b. Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1913–2005  Search this
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
84 1/2 x 16 1/2 x 14 in. (214.6 x 41.9 x 35.6 cm) BASE: 10 x 14 x 14 in. (25.4 x 35.6 x 35.6 cm)
Type:
Sculpture
Date:
1961
Credit Line:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Accession Number:
66.3985
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
Data Source:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py2a75a38c9-3c98-44c6-a455-de105ccbe375
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:hmsg_66.3985

Horsetail

Artist:
Philip Pavia, American, b. Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1913–2005  Search this
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
76 x 15 1/4 x 12 in. (193 x 38.7 x 30.5 cm) BASE: 1/4 x 11 x 11 3/4 in. (0.6 x 27.9 x 29.8 cm)
Type:
Sculpture
Date:
1961
Credit Line:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Accession Number:
66.3986
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
Data Source:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py2f5055f99-e0db-49b1-9630-d1f2caa59f67
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:hmsg_66.3986

Sea Star

Artist:
Philip Pavia, American, b. Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1913–2005  Search this
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
27 1/4 x 15 3/4 x 15 1/4 in. (69.2 x 40 x 38.7 cm) BASE: 3 1/4 x 9 1/2 x 7 in. (8.3 x 24.1 x 17.8 cm)
Type:
Sculpture
Date:
1961
Credit Line:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Accession Number:
66.3987
See more items in:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
Data Source:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py2defee120-47d7-48d0-ba0a-2c0738dcbd71
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:hmsg_66.3987

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