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Richard Foster Yarde

The Parlor II, 1980

Now On View

Description

Maker

  • Richard Foster Yarde, b. 1939, American

Title

The Parlor II

Year

1980

Medium

Watercolor and collage on paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • watercolor

Supports

  • Pieced paper

Dimensions

74.6 x 105.4 cm (29 3/8 x 41 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed in pencil, LR:Yarde 80

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Drawings and Watercolors

Credit

Museum purchase: gift in memory of Mrs. William Dinsmoor by her friends

Object Number

81.009

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Tradition and Innovation in American Watercolors

January 27 - April 11, 1999

Richard Yarde, professor of art at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, was brought up in an artistic setting. He was very influenced by the work of his brother, Edgar, and his godfather, Amos Gibson, whose hand-colored photographs impressed Yarde as a child. In addition, he acknowledges the work of William Blake, Paul Gauguin, and Walter Murch, his professor at Boston University, as sources for inspiration in his work. Later, his artistic vocabulary expanded to include explorations in African, Asian, and Indian art.

Parlor II is based on childhood memories of warmth and safety amid his family. In his characteristic style, Yarde applies the watercolor in thin, transparent layers, slowly building up the image. Geometric shapes and loosely painted abstract patterns of bright color describe the floor, furniture, curtains, and flowers. The isolated figure of the young girl within this domestic interior contains collage elements.

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