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RALPH ARNOLD (1928 - 2006) Games.
Acrylic, graphite and collage on wove paper, circa 1968. 515x705 mm; 20 1/4x27 3/4 inches. Signed in pencil, lower right
Provenance: the artist; private collection, Chicago.
An influential teacher, painter and muralist, Ralph Arnold had been an active artistic presence in his native Chicago for decades. He graduated from Roosevelt University in 1955. In 1976, Arnold earned his B.F.A. degree from the Art Institute of Chicago. Arnold taught painting at Rockford College from 1969 to 1970, and from 1970, was Chairman of the Art Department at Loyola University in Chicago and an adjunct lecturer at the Art Institute of Chicago. He was also a trustee of the Chicago Academy for the Arts, and a member of the Illinois Arts Council for more than 30 years. His work is found today in many collections, including Fisk University, Nashville, and the Johnson Publishing Company, Chicago.
