Rip Matteson

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Rip Matteson devoted his life to the world of art as a teacher, cartoonist, artist, and promoter of fine art. He prepared for this calling with studies in art and education at San Jose State University, the California College of Arts and Crafts, and the University of California Berkeley where he earned a Doctorate degree. Later he studied at the Scuola di Belle Arte in Rome and Parsons School of Design in New York.

During his career he was awarded numerous awards for his artistic endeavors including the Phelan Award for Achievement in Art, the El Cerrito Memorial Award, recognition as an artist by the Carmel Arts Festival, and an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from Blackburn College and afterward strengthened the art department at Laney College in Oakland. He was accepted by the Carmel Art Association in 1949 and served on its Board and was its President during the early 1960's.

Although he began his artistic journey living a peripatetic life while getting his education and starting his art career, he was the first to say that, "the bohemian life of sacrifice and starvation is not a prerequisite to artistic success. An artist can fin...

1935 Graduates Mountain View High School.

1937-1938 San Jose State University, California -Commercial Art

1938-1941 University of California , Berkeley, CA
Bachelor of Arts degree

1946 California College of Arts and Crafts (C.C.A.C.), Oakland, CA

1946-1947 University of California Berkeley, CA
Master of Arts degree

1956-1957 Scuola di Belle Arte, Rome, Italy. Portrait Painting

1959-1964 University of California, Berkeley, CA
Doctorate in Education, Higher Education/Administration

1970-1971 Scuola di Belle Arte, Rome, Italy

1982 & 1983 Parsons School of Design, New York, NY (two summer sessions) Illustration and Cartooning

Exhibition History:
1940 First two-person show, Berkeley, CA
1948 Group show, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
1949 Group show, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
1949 Solo show, Blackburn College, Carlinville, IL
1994 “Cartoon Art: A Retrospective”
Dow and Frosini Gallery, Berkeley, CA
1996 “People and Places II”, two-person show with John LaPierre
Carmel Art Association, Carmel, CA
1999 “Joy of Life”, Solo Show, Carmel Art Association, Carmel, CA
2003 “Line, Form and Color”, solo-show
Carmel Art Association, Carmel, CA
2006 “A Golden Gathering”, group show
Carmel Art Association, Carmel, CA
2006 “The Poetic Figure”, solo show
J. Howell Fine Art, Healdsburg, CA
2007 Group show, Carmel Art Association, Carmel, CA
2008 San Francisco Museum of Art Annual, San Francisco, CA
2008 Group show, The Gallery, Burlingame, CA
2009 “Gallery Showcase”, group show
Carmel Art Association, Carmel, CA
2010 “The Magic of Paint”, two-person show with Fred Carvell Carmel Art Association, Carmel, CA
2011 “Rip Matteson, a Retrospective,” solo show
J. Howell Fine Art, Healdsburg, CA
2011 “Celebrating the Art of Rip Matteson”
Marvin Gardens Real Estate, Kensington, CA
2012 Ret...