A major figure in what has been called both new expressionism and the figurative expressionism movement; Richard Bosman’s arresting images are often enigmatic and disturbing. He utilizes a single-frame, stop-action technique derived from both film and the comic strip. Many of Bosman’s paintings and prints capture and freeze moments of fear and catastrophe. Rough, imperfect compositions and vivid textures give underlying emotional content both to his narrative and his more calm seascape subjects. Like his paintings, his prints are often drawn from popular sources such as comic books and adventure novels, and present scenes from remembered or imagined stories. The images seem familiar and allow viewers to recognize just how much they have become part of modern life. Though these works present recognizable images, they are not particularly realistic, preferring to exaggerate for emphasis and to draw attention to their fictiveness. Rather than slices of life, they are life served up as a dessert or an appetizer.
His works are in the permanent collections of, among others, the Albright-Knox Gallery, the Bibliothèque Nationale (Paris), the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NY), the Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles), The Museum of Modern Art (NY), the Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Walker Art Center, the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Elvehjem Museum (Madison).
Bosman, Richard
1997 Original woodcut on Mulberry paper Hand-signed in pencil and annotated "TP" 22 1/2 x 29 in. (57.2 x 73.7 cm), unframed A unique trial proof outside of the edition of 50 SOLD1997 Suite of 4 Woodcuts Signed and numbered 18 x 25 in (each) Edition of 50 SOLD1997 Woodcut Signed and numbered 18 x 25 in Edition of 50 SOLD1997 Woodcut Signed and numbered 18 x 25 in Edition of 50 SOLD1997 Woodcut Signed and numbered 18 x 25 in Edition of 50 SOLD1996 Original woodcut in colors on Japon paper Signed in pencil, and numbered 17 3/4 x 24 1/4 in. (45.2 x 61.6 cm), unframed Edition of 200 (Published by the Print Club of New York) SOLD1981 Woodcut Signed and numbered 4 x 9 in Edition of 25 SOLD1981 Woodcut Signed and numbered 35 x 48 Edition of 60 SOLD2008 Lithograph in colors Signed and numbered 24 x 18 in Edition of 100 SOLD1983 Etching Signed and numbered 21 ½ x 29 ½ in Edition of 40 SOLD1989 Original lithograph in colors Signed, dated and numbered in pencil 30 ½ x 35 ½ inches (77.47 x 90.17 cm) Edition of 40 SOLD1983 Etching Signed and numbered 25 ¾ x 36 in Edition of 40 SOLDHis works are in the permanent collections of, among others, the Albright-Knox Gallery, the Bibliothèque Nationale (Paris), the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NY), the Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles), The Museum of Modern Art (NY), the Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Walker Art Center, the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Elvehjem Museum (Madison).