Deeply engaged with the unique setting of the Bay Area, artist Richard Diebenkorn profoundly influenced postwar American art during his years spent working in Berkeley (1953–1966). Explore the first exhibition to focus on this pivotal period in Diebenkorn’s career with more than 130 works, beginning with the artist’s earlier abstract paintings and moving through his subsequent figurative phase. FINAL WEEKS! C Lo S E S S E p 2 9 Exhibition organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, in collaboration with the Palm Springs Art Museum. President’s Circle: Ednah Root Foundation. Curator’s Circle: Koret Foundation. Conservator’s Circle: Christie’s. Benefactor’s Circle: Lorna Meyer Calas and Dennis Calas, National Endowment for the Arts. Supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.
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Richard Diebenkorn, Figure on a Porch, 1959. Oil on canvas. Oakland Museum of California, gift of the Anonymous Donor Program of the American Federation of the Arts. © 2013 The Richard Diebenkorn Foundation
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