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Catalog Number |
1995.02 |
Title |
Untitled |
Artist |
Wray, Dick |
Date |
1979 |
Medium |
Oil |
Material |
Oil on canvas |
Dimensions |
H-65 W-79.25 inches |
Accession number |
1995.02 |
Description |
This painting is an abstract painting that appears to have a square figure with rays of pink, yellow, black and orange. The second square has green highlights, however most of the painting is hues of orange, pink and red. Born in 1933 in Houston, Texas, Dick Wray developed a large and respected body of painted and mixed media works. Wray took free art lessons at the Museum of Fine Arts in his early teens, graduated from Lamar High School and, following military service in the U. S. Army from 1953 to 1955, he studied at the University of Houston's School of Architecture from 1955 to 1958. Later in 1958, he finished his studies at the Kunstakademie in Dusseldorf, Germany. Wray took off for Europe in 1958 to discover for himself the center of the art world, starting his journey in Paris. The two years spent in Europe laid the foundation for his painting career. Inspired by the art of the abstract expressionists, the work of the artists of the CoBrA group and the New York Abstract Expressionists. |
Caption |
Untitled |
Collection |
TMA |
Cataloged by |
Tomio, Kimberley Bush |
Credit Line |
A gift from Moody Gallery in honor of Ron Gleason |
Source |
Moody, Elizabeth;; Moody Gallery |