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Label Text Flight is characteristic of Bosman's work in subject matter as well as style. Nearly always his theme is either overt violence, or as in this work, violence is strongly implied. Bosman has stated that many of his images derive from Chinese comic books, but they could just as easily stem from prime time television fare, or even the front page of the newspaper. He is often referred to as a Neo-Expressionist, alluding to the German Expressionist artists who were active in Dresden, Munich and Berlin during the first three decades of the 20th century. Bosman was born in Madras, India in 1944 and received his formal training in London, New York and Skowhegan, Maine. He has taught in New York and in Canada. Source: Bulletin, January-February, 1983.
Exhibition History"From Body to Being: Reflections on the Human Image," Des Moines Art Center, May 4, 1997
Published ReferencesDES MOINES ART CENTER: SELECTED PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER, Des Moines Art Center, 1985, ref. p.40, b/w ill. pl.20, p.40
DimensionsOverall: 72 × 42 in. (182.9 × 106.7 cm)
Accession Number 1982.7
Classificationspainting
SignedBosman 82 (verso l,l paint)
ProvenanceArtist. (Dart Gallery, Inc., Chicago); Des Moines Art Center [purchased from the previous, 1982]
Flight
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Richard Bosman
1981
Photo Credit: Richard Sanders, Des Moines
Richard Bosman
1982
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Richard Bosman
1989
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Richard Bosman
1981
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Richard Bosman
1987
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Richard Diebenkorn
1957
Photo Credit: Richard Sanders, Des Moines
Richard Diebenkorn
1974
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Richard Pettibone
1965
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Walter Wellington Quirt
1951