Biography
Richard Estes
1932
Born on May 14 in Kewanee, Illinois
1952-56
Studied at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1956-66
Commercial artist working in publishing and advertising; doing paste-ups, layouts, illustrations, etc.
1959
Moved from Chicago to New York
1962
Lived and painted in Spain
1966
With money saved from working as a commercial artist and illustrator, began to paint full time
1967
Showed work to Allan Stone, New York; began by producing paintings from his first solo exhibition
1968
First solo exhibition at the Allan Stone Gallery, New York, New York and the Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York
1993
First solo exhibition with Marlborough Gallery, New York Cityscapes at FIAC, Grand Palais, Paris
1996
Awarded the MECA Award for Achievement as a Visual Artist, Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine