Richard Taddei
| Richard Taddei | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 5, 1946 New Hyde Park, New York |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 🏫 Education | Pratt Institute, University of Toledo |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | Painting, Decorative art, Sculpture |
| Movement | Cubism, Classicism |
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Richard Taddei (1946) is an American artist known for his abstracted male nudes and decorative art.
Biography
Richard Taddei first studied Architecture at Pratt Institute. In 1967, Richard traveled to Europe to visit the cathedrals and museums. While this had an effect on him, and expanded the possibilities of what could be done, it wasn't until he met the painter and sculptor, Edward Melcarth, that his life's work began.
They met through a professor at Pratt, who instructed Richard to go to the Hotel Pierre and offer to help with Melcarth's mural in the rotunda. [1]. This would begin a long mentorship until Melcarth's early death in 1973. [2]
After many years under the shadow of Melcarth, Richard found his own particular language of expression. While Melcarth argued for a strict adherence to the tenets of Classicism and Realism, Richard Taddei created a unique manner of rendering human figures in a style that combines realism with cubist abstraction.[3]
His paintings have been included in numerous exhibitions in New York, California, and Provincetown. The Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation in New York proudly includes many of Taddei's paintings in their permanent collection. He has exhibited with Keith Haring, Robert Mapplethorpe, Paul Cadmus, and many others. His work can also be found in the private collections of Malcolm S. Forbes, John Loring, Princess Minnie de Beauveau/Craon, Robert Stigwood, Martin Richards, Frank Hamilton, David Jarrett, Ann Perinchief, and Reed Massengill.
In addition to his paintings, Richard has designed theater posters, wallpaper, and worked on numerous murals. His decorative painting can be seen in residences in Monte Carlo, Venice, and Marrakech.[4] His clients have included Tavern on the Green, The Central Park Conservancy, The New York Historical Society, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The U.N. Ambassador from Qatar, and Tiffany & Co., where he designed scarves and china and painted sets for their famed table settings.
Richard Taddei currently lives in the village of Montgomery, New York.
Quotes
"I am fascinated by the forces of the universe, inner mysteries of our composition, and the forces attacking us, buffeting the body as if in a storm. The toy-like, robotic figures are caught in a freeze-frame metamorphosis through the geometry of their surreal puzzle-like environment, playful or menacing shapes acting upon or residing within them. Poses conjure up images of martyrdom, tragedy, sometimes ecstasy. Gestures, whether battered, threatened, in the throes of pathos, or triumphant, breaking free of bonds, summon us to our battle with Time, diabolical powers and the outrages inflicted upon us in the ether of existence."
Links
- Artist's Website: Richard Taddei, Trompe l'oeil, Mural Artist, New York, NY
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- ↑ Margolies, Jane (July 21, 2016). "At New York's Pierre, Restoring the Romantic Rotunda Room" – via NYTimes.com.
- ↑ "Edward Melcarth, Artist Taught at Schools Here". December 16, 1973 – via NYTimes.com.
- ↑ "Richard Taddei". jamesgavin.com.
- ↑ Rosen, Rob Hugh (June 11, 2013). "News from Prince Street". The Archive: The Journal of the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art. New York City, NY: Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
