Mel Ramos
American painter (1935 – 2018) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Melvin John Ramos (July 24, 1935 – October 14, 2018) was an American figurative painter, specializing most often in paintings of female nudes, whose work incorporates elements of realist and abstract art.[2]
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Born | Melvin John Ramos (1935-07-24)July 24, 1935 |
Died | October 14, 2018(2018-10-14) (aged 83) |
Nationality | American |
Education | Sacramento State College, M.A., 1958[1] |
Known for | Painting, Drawing, figurative painter |
Movement | Pop art |
Awards | National Endowment for the Arts – Visual Artist's Fellowship Grant, 1986[1] |
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Born in Sacramento, California, to a first generation Portuguese-Azorean immigrant family, he gained his popularity as part of the pop art movement of the 1960s. Ramos is "best known for his paintings of superheroes and voluptuous female nudes emerging from cornstalks or Chiquita bananas, popping up from candy wrappers or lounging in martini glasses".[3] He was also a university art professor.