biography of Richard HAINES (1906-1984)

Birth place: Marion, IA

Addresses: Santa Monica, CA

Profession: Painter, educator

Studied: Minneapolis Sch. Art; …cole Beaux Arts, Fontainebleau, France; John Norton.

Exhibited: LACMA, 1944 (first prize painting for oils); AIC; PAFA, 1947, 1949, 1951; "Am. Painting," MMA, 1950; Univ. Illinois, 1950, 1951, 1961; Corcoran Biennial, 1949, 1951 (bronze medal); Third Biennial, S„o Paulo, Brazil, 1955; Los Angeles City Ann., 1956 (prize); Adele Bednarz Gal., Los Angeles, 1970s.

Member: Am. Assn. Univ. Prof.; Calif. WCS (pres., 1950)

Work: WPA murals in USPOs in Cresco (IA), Wichita (KS), Hastings (MN). Other works in MMA; CGA; LACMA; Dallas (TX) Mus. Art; LOC. Commissions: murals, Univ. Calif., Los Angeles, Schoenberg Hall, 1954 & New Physics Bldg., 1963, Univ. Medical Center, Lexington, 1962, Mayo Diagnostic Clinic, Rochester, MN, 1963 & New Fed. Bldg., Los Angeles Civic Center, 1965.

Comments: Preferred medium: oils. Teaching: Minneapolis Sch. Art, 1941-42; Otis AI, Los Angeles, 1954-70s.

Sources: WW73; article, Am. Artist Magazine (1963), Redstone, Art in Architecture (McGraw, 1968); Mugnaini, Oil Painting Techniques (Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1969); Falk, Exh. Record Series.