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Richard Irving Bowman
1918-03-15 – 2001-01-01
Life & Legacy
Richard Irving Bowman (1918–2001) was an abstract painter who worked primarily in the San Francisco Bay Area. He painted in an idiosyncratic style inspired by transcendental visions of nature, exposure to surrealism and investigations into sub-atomic physics. He is considered one of the first fine artists to employ fluorescent paint, which he maintained embodied sub-atomic life energy, beginning in the early 1950s.
Occupation & Career
painter, artist
Education
University of Iowa; School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Legacy Highlights
Education & Institutions
School of the Art Institute of Chicago · University of Iowa
Sources & Provenance
- Wikidata population candidate Q7326694 — wikidata View source
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