Richard Haas

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This article is about the American artist. For the American diplomat, see Richard N. Haass.

Richard John Haas (born August 29, 1936 in Spring Green, Wisconsin) is an American muralist who is best known for architectural murals and his use of the Trompe l'oeil style.

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His murals have been commissioned as decoration for numerous public buildings in the United States. These include Chase Field; the Robert C. Byrd Federal Building & Courthouse in Beckley, West Virginia; the main branch of the New York Public Library; and the Sarasota County, Florida Judicial Center. One of his most renown works, "Brooklyn Bridge", couples both his artistic genius with his architectural background.

At 1211 North LaSalle Street on the Chicago’s Near North Side, a 16-story 1929 apartment hotel converted into a 1981 apartment building, was used for trompe-l'œil murals in homage to Chicago School architecture. One of the building's sides features the Chicago Board of Trade Building, intended as a reflection of the actual building two miles south.[1][2][3]

He is presently working at the location, 110 Livingston Street in Brooklyn, on an exterior mural project commissioned by David Walentas.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ The City as Artifact. Chicago Historical Society. Retrieved on 2007-08-05.
  2. ^ Mural, Homage to the Chicago School, by Richard Haas, 1980. Chicago Historical Society. Retrieved on 2007-08-05.
  3. ^ Isaacs,Deanna (2006-11-03). The Case of the Missing Maquettes. Chicago Reader. Retrieved on 2007-08-05.
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Created a three sided mural on the Edison Brothers Stores building, St Louis, Missouri, in 1984. Keim silicate paint, 110,000 square feet. A three sided mural with eight obelisks at its corners, a painted sculpture of Peace on the west facade, and a painted equestgrian stature of St Louis on the south facade. The 13 story building is now a Sheraton Hotel and Edison Condominiums.