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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 ...