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Man Overboard
Artwork images are copyright of the artist or assignee
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
| A Coast Guard combat artist during World War II, Richard Saar lived in Cleveland, Ohio, and in Laurel Canyon, California. As a combat artist, he recorded his first-hand experiences in the invasion of Luzon.
He is also known for his modernist ceramics and plein-air paintings.
He, with his wife Betye Saar, an African American collage artist, were parents of Alison Saar, a well-known sculpture and installation artist.
Richard Warner Saar died in Los Angeles, California.
Sources:
Bakkom Collection, St. Paul, Minnesota, Courtesy Matthew Bakkom
Additional information provided by Alison Saar
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