Biography from AskART:
| Post War California artist, Richard Ayer studied atthe California School of Fine Arts, 1934, 1946-1948.
Solo Exhibitions: San Francisco Museum of Art, 1940; Lucien Labaudt Gallery, San Francisco, 1950; Vesuvio Cafe, San Francisco 1954; Glad Hand Restaurant, Sausalito 1954.
Selected Group Exhibitions: 59th Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association at the San Francisco Museum of Art, 1939;61st Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association at the San Francisco Museum of Art, 1941;62nd Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association at the San Francisco Museum of Art, 1942;63rd Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association at the San Francisco Museum of Art, 1943; 20th Annual Exhibition, Northwest Printmaker, Seattle Art Museum; San Francisco Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1947 (hon. mention);69th Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition of the San
Francisco Art Association at the San Francisco Museum of Art, 1950;73rd Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association at the San Francisco Museum of Art, 1954;The Art Bank of the San Francisco Art Association, 1958, 59, 60.
Public Collections: San Francisco Maritime Museum.
Literature: Edan Hughes, Artists in California, 1786-1940; Susan Landauer, The San Francisco School of Abstract Expressionists;San Francisco Art Association (Institute) Catalog of the Art Bank.
Source:
David J Carlson, Carlson Gallery, California. Carlson's specialty is Post-World War II California artists, and he is preparing a catalogue for a 2004 traveling exhibition of these artists to several California museums.
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Richard Ayer spent his childhood in Utah and at age 15 moved to Fort Bragg, California where he graduated from high school. From the College of Marin, he enrolled at the California School of Fina Art, where he studied sculpture under Stackpole. He later studied collage under Jean Varda, sculpture under Zygmun Sazevich, and lithography with Stanley Hayter, but as a painter was self-taught. He served in WWII in the Army and later returned to San Francisco where he remained until his death on August 27, 1967.
Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California"
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