Raymond Han



Raymond Han was an American painter who was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1931, and died in upstate New York in 2017. After study with Willson Young Stamper (1912–1988) at the Honolulu Museum of Art, Han moved to New York City and studied at the Art Students League of New York with Frank Mason (born 1921) and Robert Beverly Hale (1901–1985). Han lived and worked in upstate New York for the last period of his working life.

He was best known for his still lifes in the photorealism genre, but also incorporated the human figure as well as abstraction into his compositions. Han's work has been placed in the public collections of the Honolulu Museum of Art, the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute (Utica, New York), the Yager Museum of Art & Culture (Hartwick College, Oneonta, New York) and the Picker Art Gallery (Colgate University, Hamilton, New York), amongst others. Han was represented at various times throughout his career by the Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, Forum Gallery, and lastly and until his death by Jason McCoy Gallery, Madison Avenue, New York.

Work
Han's oeuvre spans over four decades. He is best known for his carefully composed floral and object still life paintings, but he also introduced figurative elements into his compositions, as well as working with a series of abstractions. His subjects are rendered with a sensitivity to detail and palette in combination with precise delineation of objects and spatial relationships, evoking a mood of calm that permeates his entire body of work, whether it be a figurative or abstract piece. Han's work often draws an aesthetic comparison to a variety of classic references, such as Renaissance frescoes and the works of Giorgio Morandi or Nicolas Poussin.

Solo exhibitions
2015

Fenimore Art Museum, NY

1997

Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY

1995

Academy of Arts, HI

1982

Munson Williams Proctor Institute, Utica, NY

Group shows
2015

New York State Historical Association, Cooperstown, NY

2003

Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY

1999

The Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA

1997

The Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, CT

Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA

1996

Everhardt Museum, Scranton, PA

1990

Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

1988

Collectors’ Gallery, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio TX

1987

The Bayly Art Museum, University of Virginia. Charlottesville, VA

1985

Penn Plaza, New York, NY