RICHARD WATSON (1946 - )
Across the Great Divide.

Watercolor and acrylic on wove paper, 2022. 191x191 mm; 7½x7½ inches. Signed and dated in pencil, lower right. Signed, titled and dated in ink on the frame back.

Provenance: collection of the artist.

Known for his impressionistic landscapes and mixed-media assemblage, Richard J. Watson is a Philadelphia-based artist and graduate of The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He has created many public and institutional artworks in Philadelphia, most notably the official portrait of the city’s former mayor, W. Wilson Goode, and liturgical murals within the chapel of the Church of the Advocate. His work is held in several prominent collections, such as the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, The African American Museum in Philadelphia and the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art. His artwork is also featured in the monograph Chemistry of Color: African-American Artists in Philadelphia, 1970-1990. In addition to painting, Watson writes, sings, and performs music on guitar and banjo, creates one-of-a-kind fashions and teaches art workshops.

Consigned to support the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation.