Mel Ramos

(American, 1935–2018)

lucky lulu blonde by mel ramos

Mel Ramos

Lucky Lulu Blonde, 1965

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pha- white goddess by mel ramos

Mel Ramos

Pha- White Goddess, 1963

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devil doll by mel ramos

Mel Ramos

Devil Doll, 1963–1964

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cave girl by mel ramos

Mel Ramos

Cave Girl, 1964

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plenti- grand odalisque by mel ramos

Mel Ramos

Plenti- Grand Odalisque, 1973

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rita ritz by mel ramos

Mel Ramos

Rita Ritz, 2008

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100 grand by mel ramos

Mel Ramos

100 Grand, 2012

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sky girl by mel ramos

Mel Ramos

Sky Girl, 2015

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señorita rio - queen of the spies by mel ramos

Mel Ramos

Señorita Rio - Queen of the Spies, 1963

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fussball fanny - the lost painting of 1965 #14 by mel ramos

Mel Ramos

Fussball Fanny - The Lost Painting of 1965 #14, 1997

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the transfiguration of galatea #3 by mel ramos

Mel Ramos

The Transfiguration of Galatea #3, 2000

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the drawing lesson #8 by mel ramos

Mel Ramos

The Drawing Lesson #8, 1998

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Biography

Timeline

1935
Born in Sacramento, USA
1957
B.A. Sacramento State College, Sacramento, USA
1958
M.A. Sacramento State College, Sacramento, USA
1986
National Endowment for the Visual Artists Fellowship Grant
United States/France Exchange Fellowship
Lives and works in Oakland, USA and Horta de San Juan, Spain

Exhibitions

2013 - 2014
Die Schöne und das Biest, Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig, Germany
2013
Pop Art Accrochage, Fluegel-Roncak Gallery, Nuremberg, Germany
Pinups & Portraits - IKON Ltd, Santa Monica, USA
2012
Mel Ramos: 50 Years of Superheroes, Nudes, and Other Pop Delights, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, USA (solo)
Museum Ritter, Waldenbuch, Germany
2011
Galerie Ernst Hilger Vienna, Austria
2010
50 Jahre Pop Art, Villa Stuck, Munich, Germany (solo)
2009
Marcel Strouk, Galerie Rive Gauche, Paris, France (solo)
2008
True Romance, Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, Germany
Posing, Kunsthalle Dermstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
2007
Prime Time - Idols and Icons, Vonderbank Artgalleries, Berlin, Germany
Shining Spirit: Westheimer Family Collection, Oklahoma CIty Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, USA
2006
Life as a Legend - Marilyn Monroe, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, USA
2005
Photorealism, Then and Now, Elaine Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, USA
Girls on film, Zwirner & Wirth, New York, USA

Public Collections

Kunsthaus Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Franklin House Collection, San Francisco, CA
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Indianapolis Museum of Art,Indiana, IN
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Literature

1994
Rosenblum, Robert. Mel Ramos - Pop Art Images, Benedikt Taschen Verlag, Cologne, Germany
1980
Ramos, Mel. Mel Ramos: Watercolors, Lancaster-Miller Publishers, Berkeley, CA
1975
Claridge, Elizabeth. The Girls of Mel Ramos, Playboy Press, Chicago, IL