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Born in Cleveland in 1941, after serving in the U.S. Navy Rick Herold studied art at the Academie Julian in Paris and travelled Europe for three years. With a scholarship at the Benedectine Monastic University of St. John in Minnesota he majored in Theology and Art, then received a Master of Fine Arts at the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles. Upon graduation Herold started to work for several churches doing architectural art. After a disillusion with the Religious Establishment Herold turned to paint nudes, came out gay and met his life-partner. First exhibition with a large success in Los Angeles then San Francisco, Cork (Ireland), New York, San Diego. Now Herold works in his gallery/studio in San Diego.http://www.rickherold.com/

arte

Rick Herold è nato a Cleveland, Ohio, nel 1941. Ha studiato all'Accademia Julian di Parigi e all'Otis Art Institute di Los Angeles. Ha iniziato dipingendo arte religiosa e occupandosi di architettura. La prima mostra è a Los Angeles, poi San Francisco, New York. Dopo una crisi religiosa si dedica all'erotismo, diventa famoso per la tecnica originale con cui realizza le sue opere che consiste nello stendere su plexiglas strati di vinile colorato. Vive a San Diego con il compagno.http://www.rickherold.com/