Richard Haas
| Richard Haas | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Richard John Haas August 29, 1936 Spring Green, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Mural |
Richard John Haas (born August 29, 1936) is an American muralist who is best known for architectural murals and his use of the trompe l'oeil style.
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; the Lakewood Public Library (Ohio); the Sarasota County, Florida Judicial Center; and the former Board of Education building in Brooklyn, NY. One of his most renowned works, "Brooklyn Bridge", couples his artistic skills with his architectural background.
At 1211 North LaSalle Street on 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 (3 km) south.
Haas created a three-sided mural on the Edison Brothers Stores building, St. Louis, Missouri, in 1984. Description: Keim silicate paint, 110,000 square feet (10,000 m2). A three-sided mural with eight obelisks at its corners, a painted sculpture of Peace on the west facade, and a painted equestrian stature of St. Louis on the south facade. The 13-story building is now a Sheraton Hotel and Edison Condominiums.
The only European mural by Richard Haas is in Munich between Rumfordstr and Frauenstr. It is one of his earliest works, realized in 1978 on the occasion of his Munich exhibition.
Haas is ranked by the Artists Trade Union of Russia amongst the world-best artists of the last four centuries.
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