Studio 12
Richard Britell, a career painter, studied at Pratt Institute with Philip Pearlstein and Walter Erlebacher. His first show in NYC at Staempfli Gallery was sold out, and reviewed in the New York Times. Britell’s new works revolve around large, dreamy cityscapes tending toward abstraction. The artist currently lives in Pittsfield, MA. Visit Richard´s website at Richard Britell, a career painter, studied at Pratt Institute with Philip Pearlstein and Walter Erlebacher. His first show in NYC at Staempfli Gallery was sold out, and reviewed in the New York Times. Britell’s new works revolve around large, dreamy cityscapes tending toward abstraction. The artist currently lives in Pittsfield, MA.
Visit his website at: Spazifineart.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/richardbritell/
Education
1962 – 1964 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
1964 – 1966 Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY B.F.A.
1970 – 1972 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, M.F.A.
Solo Exhibitions
2011 “Measuring the Universe” Lauren Clark Fine Art, Housatonic, MA
2010 “And Now For Some things Completely Different”
Lauren Clark Fine Art, Housatonic, MA
2010 “The Figure, The Figure, The Figure and The Figure”
Lauren Clark Fine Art, Housatonic, MA
2009 “A nest of robins in her hair” Lauren Clark Fine Art, Housatonic, MA
2007 “NY, NY” Lauren Clark Fine Art, Housatonic, Ma
2003 “Image and Text” Tokonoma Gallery, Housatonic, MA
1999 “From Architecture to Abstraction” Tokonoma Gallery, Housatonic, MA
1998 “New Work” Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
1998 “New Figures” Ute Stebich Gallery, Lenox, MA
1995 “Richard Britell, New Work” Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York, NY
1993 “New Work on Gilded Panel” Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, NY
1985 “Fresco Panels, Oil Paintings, and Wash Drawings”
Dartmouth College, Hopkins Center, Hanover, NH
1982 “Frescoes” Staempfli Gallery, New York, NY
1981 “Richard Britell, New Paintings” Staempfli Gallery, New York, NY
1981 “Richard Britell, New Paintings” Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012 “10 x 10 On North”, Lichtenstein Center of the Arts, Pittsfield, MA
2008 “Three Person Show” Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
2007 “The Linear and the Painterly” Lascano Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
2006 “Spring Quartet” Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, NY, NY
2006 “Take to The Country, Take To The City” Lascano Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
2003 “Painted Cities” Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
1996 “Five From Spazi” Politecnico, Rome Italy
1995 “The New Landscape” Springfield Museum, Springfield, MA
1995 “Painting x 5” Nicholas Davies & Co. New York, NY
Grants and Awards
1985 Artist in Residence, Darthmouth College, Hanover NH
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