Entitled Figure at Ease, this 2009 oil on stretched canvas reclined portrait 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.
2009 Oil on Stretched Canvas 42"x14" unframed
Signed, dated and titled on the back. Excellent vintage condition.