Rip Matteson Completed while the artist was studying at CCAC and entitled
Carl S., this 1945 charcoal on paper portrait study is by Oakland artist Rip Matteson (1920-2011). Matteson was educated at U.C. Berkeley, C.C.A.C, Scuola di Belle Arte in Rome, the Parsons School of Design in NYC, and received his DFA from Blackburn College. He founded the art program of the Monterey Peninsula College and taught at Laney College in Oakland. He also served as the president of the Carmel Art Association where he showed his work his entire life.
1945
Charcoal on Paper
17"x23"
unframed
Signed lower left. Good vintage condition.