Richard Rutner

The body of work exhibited in this East Austin Studio Tour was inspired by my recent Spring 2024 trip to the island of Milos in Greece. This group of watercolor paintings was created after spending a month exploring Milos and visiting Athens. My work is divided into three categories: historical, architectural and landscape.
I spent days investigating the historical contents of several museums in Athens and Milos. I was drawn to the designs painted on pottery fragments and decided to enlarge them and place them together in a composition. The early Greek Cycladic pottery figures were unlike any I had seen before and specifically representative of certain Greek islands.
During my stay in Milos, I wandered through different neighborhoods in the port village of Adamas, returning to a few buildings that had an evident sculptural quality. I was interested in the stark linear shapes against the blue sky and angular white surfaces with windows and doors often accented by a solid blue color.
The third category that grabbed my attention was the rugged, carved volcanic landscape all around Milos. I explored the moon-like landscape of Sarakinikos and also found impressive cliffs, rocky structures and caves during a yacht tri...

M.F.A. Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa. 1972
B.F.A. Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa. 1970
Tyler School of Art, Rome, Italy, 1970 – 1971
School of Visual Arts, New York City, 1965 – 1968

ONE-PERSON SHOWS:
Art.Work Austin, “Solo Exhibit – Works on Paper”, Austin, TX, 2017
MetLife Windows, “Metal Mask Series”, 200 Park Avenue, New York City, 1995
Nassau County Museum of Fine Arts, “Metal Mask Series”, Roslyn, NY, 1987
Galerie Varisella, “Solo Exhibition – Mixed Media”, Nurnberg, West Germany, 1987
Fourteen Sculptors Gallery – Invitational, “Metal Mask Series”, SoHo, New York City, 1987
Vorpal Gallery, SoHo, New York City, 1982, 1981
BACA - Brooklyn Arts and Cultural Association, “Works on Canvas”, Brooklyn, NY, 1977
Sixth Estate Gallery, “Richard Rutner”, Brooklyn, NY 1976
School of Visual Arts, “Three Painters” (one-person shows), New York City, 1973
Tyler School of Art, Temple University, “Works on Paper”, Philadelphia, PA, 1972


GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
Austin Studio Tour East, 5000 Cesar Chavez St., Austin TX, 2022
Austin Studio Tour East, Central Machine Works, Austin, TX, 2021
Marfa Open Arts Festival, Marfa TX, 2021
East Austin Studio Tour/ Soma Vida Gallery, Austin, TX, 2017
Art.Work Austin, “Meet the Artists – Summer 2017 Lineup”, Austin, TX, 2017
West Austin Studio Tour, Austin, TX, 2017
East Austin Studio Tour, Austin, TX, 2016
Saatchi Gallery (online - World Wide Web), 2015-present
The Jo...