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Ray L. Burggraf (born 1938) is an artist, color theorist, and Emeritus Professor of Fine Arts at Florida State University.〔Orlando Sentinel, ''Judges Have Extensive Art Backgrounds'', March 6, 1988, (http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1988-03-06/features/0020280038_1_degree-in-fine-art-festival-fine-arts)〕 According to Roald Nasgaard, Burggraf's paintings exhibit "visual excitation...pulsating patterns, vibrating after-images, weird illusionistic spaces, multifocal opticality, executed with knife-edge precision...crisp and elegant and radiant with light." From a historical perspective, Burggraf's work is "nature evocative...reach() back to the modernist landscape tradition of the Impressionists and of Neo-impressionists like Seurat, who, in the late-nineteenth century immersed themselves in the color theories of Chevreul and Rood" (Roald Nasgaard; former Chief Curator, Art Gallery of Ontario, 2006).〔Nasgaard, Roald, ''Ray Burggraf: Retrospective'', Publisher: Florida State University Museum of Fine Art, Tallahassee, FL, January 1, 2006, ASIN: B005KDHE06〕 Using acrylic paint and wood—and sometimes Plexiglas and UV light—Burggraf frequently calls his paintings "color constructions",〔Broward College Alumni Network, ''Ray Burggraf - Wide Open Spaces: Paintings, Drawings, Color Constructions'', Accessed March 2013, (http://alumni.broward.edu/event/id/131299/Ray-Burggraf---Wide-Open-Spaces-Paintings-Drawings-Color-Constructions.htm#)〕〔Valdosta State University News, ''Artists of Railroad Square: Multi-media Invitational Exhibition'', February 8, 2012 (http://www.valdosta.edu/about/news/releases/2012/02/railroadsquare-020912.php)〕 and they have been exhibited in the United States, Sweden, and Korea.〔Tallahassee Democrat, ''Best Bets: From Creepy Art to Zombie-Prom'', Oct. 2011, (http://www.tallahassee.com/article/20111014/ENT/110140308/Best-bets-From-creepy-art-Zombie-Prom-)〕〔Tallahassee/Leon County Council on Arts & Culture, (http://www.cocanet.org/artistdirectory/painting-oilacrylic/10839217)〕〔2002 Flag Art Festival: Poetry of the Winds, FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan, Publisher: Department of World Cup Cultural Affairs, 2002; 295 pages (http://books.google.com/books/about/2002_Flag_Art_Festival.html?id=SnxNHQAACAAJ).〕〔SVAD News, ''SVAD Faculty, Art'', Pg. 3, Fall 2002, Accessed March 2013, (http://www.fsu.edu/~svad/SVADNews1.pdf)〕 In 1981, Burggraf became a founding member of the non-profit 621 Gallery in Tallahassee, FL, and served as its first President. In 2004, Burggraf collaborated with two other Florida State University faculty members in the creation of an exhibition called, ''A Mysterious Clarity''. The show debuted at the 621 Gallery,〔621 Gallery, Archive, 2004, ''A Mysterious Clarity'' (http://www.621gallery.org/exhibitionsevents/archive/2004.html) Accessed March 2013.〕 and by popular demand, evolved into a traveling exhibition. It has been viewed by the public in at least nine different museums and galleries, including the Brevard Art Museum of Melbourne, FL.〔Melbourne Arts and Entertainment News, ''Mysterious Clarity'', Accessed March 2013, (http://www.americantowns.com/fl/melbourne/news/mysterious-clarity-116961)〕〔Brevard Cultural Alliance, (http://www.artsbrevard.org/calendar.html?task=view&vmode=e&viewid=16&eid=4280)〕〔"Tampa Bay Times", ''Opposites Naturally Attract'', Jacobs, L., 2008 (http://www.tampabay.com/features/visualarts/opposites-naturally-attract/503784)〕〔Art Department at Sam Houston State University, 2006, (http://www.shsu.edu/~gallery/pastexhibition.html)〕 Ray Burggraf's work demonstrates an extreme attention to technique, and has brought the role of environmentally-focused artwork to the forefront of debate among scholars (as reviewed by Kang, J.'s 2010 doctoral dissertation).〔Kang, J., 2010 Dissertation, Florida State University, "How Four North Florida Artists Address Environmental Issues In Their Art with Implications for Art Education" (http://diginole.lib.fsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2752&context=etd)〕 == Life and career == Burggraf was born in Ohio in 1938. He obtained a BS at Ashland University in 1961; a BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1968; and an MFA from The University of California at Berkeley in 1970.〔http://rayburggraf.com/rayburggraf.com/Statement_Bio.html〕〔Bob Rauschenberg Gallery, ''Ray Burggraf: March 4 - April 9, 2011'', (http://www.rauschenberggallery.com/2011/03/ray-burggraf/)〕 In a statement published in 2010, Burggraf wrote that his observations regarding the industrialization of his hometown farming community served as the impetus for his drive to become an artist.〔Ray Burggraf Studio press, 2010, (http://rayburggraf.com/rayburggraf.com/Statement_Bio.html)〕 After graduating from Ashland University, he worked as a teacher between 1961 and 1965.〔 Eventually Burggraf decided to create and paint full-time, and quit his job in order to enroll in the Cleveland Institute of Art. As a student, Burggraf embraced traditional studio practice and was inspired by the German Bauhaus of the 1930s, as well as the Op Art movement of the 1960s. After graduation in 1968, Burggraf moved to CA and began graduate studies in the Fine Arts at the University of California at Berkeley.〔〔 Burggraf graduated from UC Berkeley in 1970, and immediately moved to Tallahassee, FL to join the faculty at Florida State University. While at FSU, he spent the next 37 years teaching, painting and sculpting. In 2007, Burggraf retired from teaching and turned his focus to studio work.〔 Today, Burggraf continues to paint and sculpt at the Ray Burggraf Studio, and teaches visiting college students in his capacity as Emeritus Professor of Fine Arts at FSU.〔〔FSU Department of Art, News and Opportunities, ''FSU Art Students Visit Ray Burggraf's Studio,''(http://news.art.fsu.edu/2012/09/fsu-art-students-visit-ray-burggrafs-studio/)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ray Burggraf」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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