Gallery

Synthesis Period

The decade of the 1980s

Father Forest, 1980, by James A. Richter

Father Forest, 1980

Acrylic on canvas, 10 × 12.5 inches. Not signed. Framed by the artist.

Painted for the artist’s grandnephew.

After Modigliani, 1980, by James A. Richter

After Modigliani, 1980

Acrylic on canvas. Framed by the artist.

Commissioned by his youngest sister after a Modigliani on public view. Not signed except for a faux signature mimicking the original.

Nancy the Weightlifter, 1980, by James A. Richter

Nancy the Weightlifter, 1980

Acrylic on canvas, 25 × 30.6 inches. Not signed. Framed by the artist.

Affectionately titled by the artist’s family in the early 1980s.

Osaka, 1981, by James A. Richter

Osaka, 1981

India ink on paper, 16 × 22 inches unframed. Not signed. Framed by the James A. Richter Art Foundation.

Untitled, 1981, by James A. Richter

Untitled, 1981

Acrylic on masonite, 31 × 26 inches. Not signed. Framed by the artist.

Lower West Side, 1981, by James A. Richter

Lower West Side, 1981

Acrylic on canvas, 31.5 × 25 inches. Signed. Framed by the artist.

Considered by the Foundation to be among the artist’s best works.

Provincetown, 1981, by James A. Richter

Provincetown, 1981

Acrylic on canvas, 31 × 36 inches. Signed. Framed by the artist.

Considered by the Foundation to be among the artist’s best works.

Untitled, 1982, by James A. Richter

Untitled, 1982

Acrylic on canvas, 27 × 23 inches. Signed. Framed by the artist.

Brooklyn Bridge, 1982, by James A. Richter

Brooklyn Bridge, 1982

Acrylic on canvas, 36 × 30.5 inches. Signed. Framed by the artist.

Considered by the Foundation to be among the artist’s best works.

Catskill Scene, 1982, by James A. Richter

Catskill Scene, 1982

Acrylic on canvas, 31 × 26 inches. Signed. Framed by the artist.

Perhaps Richter’s final work.