- Richard Haas
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name = Richard Haas
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birthdate = 1936
location =Spring Green, Wisconsin
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nationality = American
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awards =Richard John Haas (born
August 29 ,1936 inSpring Green, Wisconsin ) is an American muralist who is best known for architectural murals and his use of the "Trompe l'oeil " style.Works
His murals have been commissioned as decoration for numerous public buildings in the United States. These include
Chase Field ; the Robert C. Byrd Federal Building & Courthouse inBeckley, West Virginia ; the main branch of theNew York Public Library ; and theSarasota County, Florida Judicial Center. One of his most renowned works, "Brooklyn Bridge", couples both his artistic genius with his architectural background.At 1211 North
LaSalle Street on theChicago ’s Near North Side, a 16-story 1929 apartment hotel converted into a 1981 apartment building, was used for trompe-l'œil murals in homage to Chicago School architecture. One of the building's sides features theChicago Board of Trade Building , intended as a reflection of the actual building two miles south. [cite web|author=|url=http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/288.html|publisher=Chicago Historical Society|title=The City as Artifact|date=|accessdate = 2007-08-05] [cite web|author=|url=http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/3766.html|publisher=Chicago Historical Society|title=Mural, "Homage to the Chicago School", by Richard Haas, 1980|date=|accessdate = 2007-08-05] [cite web|author=Isaacs,Deanna|url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/features/stories/thebusiness/061103/|publisher=Chicago Reader|title=The Case of the Missing Maquettes|date=2006-11-03|accessdate = 2007-08-05]Haas created a three-sided mural on the Edison Brothers Stores building, St. Louis, Missouri, in 1984. Description: Keim silicate paint, 110,000 square feet. A three sided mural with eight obelisks at its corners, a painted sculpture of Peace on the west facade, and a painted equestgrian stature of St. Louis on the south facade. The 13 story building is now a Sheraton Hotel and Edison Condominiums.
He is presently working at the location,
110 Livingston Street inBrooklyn , on an exterior mural project commissioned by David Walentas.Notes
External Links
* [http://www.artnet.com/awc/richard-haas.html Richard Haas catalogue in artnet's "Artist Works Catalogues"]
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