Touche le Boucher
by Mel Ramos

Artist: Mel Ramos

Size: 26.5 x 20 INCH

Year: 1974

Condition: Very good

Frame: See description

Art Movements: pop art

Signature: Hand Signed

Edition: 200

Price: POA

Medium: Lithography

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Mel Ramos Touche le Boucher, 1974 Lithograph Artist Proof outside an edition of 200 Signed, numbered and dated on recto Image: 16 x 20 inches; Framed: 23.25 x 26.75 inches Mel Ramos is considered to be the West Coast counterpart to the Pop Movement. His work simultaneously celebrates and satirizes popular culture. Primarily known for his busty nudes in classical poses, Ramos brings a sensuality and historical awareness to Pop art. His work is represented in numerous major collections including: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY; Indianapolis Museum of Art, IN; Kunsthaus Darmstadt, Germany; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA; Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY.

Mel Ramos

born July 24, 1935) is an American figurative painter, specializing most often in paintings of female nudes, whose work incorporates elements of realist and abstract art. 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.He is also a retired university art professor.Ramos attended Sacramento Junior College and San Jose State College. One of his earliest art teachers was Wayne Thiebaud, who is considered his mentor, and who remains a friend. Ramos received his B.A. and his M.A. from Sacramento State College, finishing his education in 1958.Ramos taught art at Elk Grove High School and Mira Loma High School in Sacramento from 1958 to 1966. After two brief college teaching assignments, he began a long career at California State University, East Bay in Hayward, California which lasted from 1966 to 1997, and where he is now Professor Emeritus. He has been Artist in Residence at Syracuse University and the University of Wisconsin.Ramos married Leta Ramos in 1955, and she was the model for many of his early nude paintings.

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