1. Ray L Burggraf was born on 1938 and is an artist, color theorist, and Emeritus Professor of Fine Arts at Florida State University.
10 Facts About Ray Burggraf
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In 1981, Ray Burggraf became a founding member of the non-profit 621 Gallery in Tallahassee, FL, and served as its first President.
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In 2004, Ray Burggraf collaborated with two other Florida State University faculty members in the creation of an exhibition called, A Mysterious Clarity.
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Ray Burggraf obtained a BS at Ashland University in 1961; a BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1968; and an MFA from The University of California at Berkeley in 1970.
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Ray Burggraf graduated from UC Berkeley in 1970, and immediately moved to Tallahassee, FL to join the faculty at Florida State University.
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In 2007, Ray Burggraf retired from teaching and turned his focus to studio work.
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The precise color gradations in Ray Burggraf's paintings are frequently mistaken as having been created by airbrush.
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Ray Burggraf creates the distinctive coloring by brushing acrylic paints by hand, using a specialized technique of Ray Burggraf's invention.
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The panels allow Ray Burggraf to add the dimension of time: moments in a day or week, and changes in light as it reveals or obscures land or seascapes.
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Each color construction is designed to evoke multiple times and places; Ray Burggraf uses blocks of color to take viewers on a visual journey through conventional atmosphere, and then bring them to Earth with a horizontal line, or horizon line, that re-asserts the landscape.