Richard Diebenkorn
PainterKnown for:
the Ocean Park series (1967–1988)
Education:
Stanford University (BA, 1949); University of New Mexico (MFA, 1951)
Richard Diebenkorn moved from Abstract Expressionism to Bay Area Figurative painting in the late 1950s - a shift associated with the influence of Cézanne and Hopper - before returning to abstraction in the Ocean Park series (1967–1988), large-scale canvases of layered horizontal zones of color derived from the light and landscape of Santa Monica. He is considered the most significant Californian painter of the postwar period. His Ocean Park No. 67 sold for $12.1 million at Christie's in 2014.
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Diebenkorn used oil paint for the Ocean Park series (1967-1988). His materials and layering technique are documented in conservation studies and in the Richard Diebenkorn Foundation archives.
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Winsor & Newton has manufactured artists' oil colours in London since 1832, and its professional-grade line remains one of the most widely used in studio painting worldwide. The range covers more than 120 pigments, each ground in cold-pressed linseed or safflower oil to a standard of consistency that has changed little since the nineteenth century. Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon were among the many painters who worked from the Winsor & Newton range throughout their careers.
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Last updated March 20, 2026
