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STUDIO OF RICHARD HAAS

112–114 PRINCE STREET MURAL

New York, New York, USA

Richard Haas (b. 1936), Designer

Spring Green, Wisconsin, USA

1974

Richard Haas (b. 1936) is considered one of

the most prominent American muralists of the

twentieth century, acclaimed for his architec-

tural murals and use of the trompe l’oeil style.

Haas was born in Spring Green, Wisconsin,

and attended the University of Wisconsin–Mil-

waukee from 1954 to 1959, earning a bachelor

of arts degree in art education. In the years fol-

lowing his studies, he worked as a stonemason

apprentice at Taliesin, the home of Frank Lloyd

Wright (1867–1959; see page 54).

In 1968, he ...