Seymour Remenick (1923 – December 15, 1999) was an American artist and teacher, mostly known for landscape paintings, but who also painted a variety of other subjects.
Early life and education
Remenick was born in 1923 in Detroit, Michigan. Remenick studied at the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, 1940–1942; the Hans Hofmann School in New York City, 1946–1948; and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) in Philadelphia. He later taught at PAFA from 1977 to 1996.
Career
Remenick's work has been exhibited at a number of venues, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Philadelphia School of Painting, the Terenchin gallery in Hudson, New York and the Davis Galleries in New York City.
His paintings have also been auctioned at Christie's, New York. In 2010, the Lancaster Museum of Art held a posthumous exhibition of his works. His paintings have been cataloged by the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Among the awards he received were a 1955 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant, the 1960 Altman Landscape Prize from the National Academy of Design (NAD), and a 1960 Hallmark Purchase Award from Hallmark Cards. The NAD elected Remenick an associate member in 1980, and an academician in 1982.
As a teacher at PAFA, he served as mentor to Giovanni Casadei, Robert Dye and others.
Personal life
Remenick married Diane K. Thommen (1931–2014) in 1950, and they had two children, Richard and Catherine.
Remenick died in 1999 in Philadelphia.
See also
- List of American artists
- List of painters
- List of people from Detroit
- List of people from Philadelphia
References
- Knowles, Laura (October 7, 2010). "Seymour Remenick: a painter who defies categories". Lancaster Online. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
- ^ "Seymour Remenick". Schwarz Gallery. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
- "Still Life, Artist's Studio". Philadelphia Museum of Art. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
- "Delaware River from Bridge". Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
- Webster, Andrew (October 12, 2017). "The Loaded Brush". Fine Art Connoisseur. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
- "Seymour Remenick". The Terenchin, Hudson NY. Retrieved October 18, 2017.
- "Art: Philadelphia View; Seymour Remenick's Water-Colors of City Shown at Davis Galleries". The New York Times. January 16, 1957. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
- "Philadelphia Rooftops". Christie's. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
- "Seymour Remenick: Paintings and Works on Paper. October 1 – November 21, 2010". Lancaster Museum of Art. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
- "Cityscape and Bridges". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved October 18, 2017.
- "Artists & Architects". National Academy of Design. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
- Hallmark Art Awards from Hallmark Cards.
- "National Academicians". National Academy of Design. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015.
- Casadei, Giovanni. "Resume". Retrieved October 15, 2017.
- "Robert A. Dye". Robert A. Dye, Fine Art. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
- Zimmerman, Monica. "An Influencer in the Arts: The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts". Incollect Magazine. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
- Diane K. Remenick, from Tributes.
- 1923 births
- 1999 deaths
- 20th-century American educators
- 20th-century American male artists
- 20th-century American painters
- 20th-century people from Pennsylvania
- American academicians
- American landscape painters
- American male painters
- Educators from Michigan
- Educators from Philadelphia
- National Academy of Design members
- Painters from Detroit
- Painters from Philadelphia
- Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts alumni
- Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts faculty
- Temple University Tyler School of Art alumni