By Stephen Gjertson. Written on the occasion of Richard Lack’s 80th birthday. It’s difficult to say anything about Richard Lack that I have not already stated in his biography or the essays on my student years and the ateliers of Gammell and Lack. I was...
Richard Frederick Lack (March 26, 1928 – September 27, 2009) was an American artist, educator, and writer. He is known for his work in every major genre of traditional art. It combines the drawing of the nineteenth century academic painters with the color...
Tradition and the Training of Painters in the Second Half of the 20th Century By Stephen Gjertson “Art students are terrified at the prospect before them, of the toil required to attain exactness. . . . They wish to find some shorter path to excellence, and hope...
