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Artist Statement:
Artist ,Fashion Designer,
Painter, Educator
Ron Fritts has led a life
motivated by the creative
impulse. He was always making
things, drawing and having to
produce Art. Having won
several art awards during
public school years, he
attended: Carnegie Institute
to study fine art; Columbia
University where he received a
BFA in theater arts; The
Cooper Union in New York to
study painting; the U. of
Cincinnati where he received a
painting fellowship and was
awarded an MFA.
Since then artistic efforts
have been diverse. He was a
visual merchandising designer
in New York ; founded RF
Studios, Inc. for national
distribution of his art:
concurrently founded Ron
Fritts Soho, Inc and
maintained a Madison Ave
gallery for his art and
designs. A continuing creative
instinct led him into the
fashion world and the gallery
became the Fritts Collection
where his fashions were well
received along with his art.
The gallery lasted twenty
seven years along with two
other locations in Manhattan .
He discontinued national
distribution in order to focus
attention on fashion design
while developing his painting
in a studio in Pa. In addition
to these business ventures,
Ron was a professor at the
Fashion Institute of
Technology in New ...
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Age
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70
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| Gender |
Male
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| Status |
Married
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| Children |
1
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| Education |
Masters of Fine Arts |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
art,art,art and a little tinkering around the homestead |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Painting Other
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Renaissance - (1400 - 1600)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Whistler, Zorn, Sargant, Bongart
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| Favorite Work of Art |
current painting
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
LIFE with its many events and physical creations along with the great masters of Art. "The only answer is a creative answer."rf
My greatest inspirations come from those moments when I allow the creative impulse to dominate.CREATIVITY IS A POSITIVE FORCE AND DESPERATELY NEEDED. LET ME ACCOMPANY YOU AS YOU TRAVEL THROUGH LIFE'S EXPERIENCES. REMEMBER, THAT CHANGE IS A CRITICAL PART OF THE CREATIVE PROCESS. |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
The cretive impulse was stronger than any other and I was forever drawing, painting, designing. My right brain dominates. Space and light has always fascinated me in conjunction with our ability to put it down on paper so to speak. |
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| Your Personal Biography |
Bio
EDUCATION
University of Cincinnati/Cincinnati Art Academy, 1964-1966……MFA
Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa. 1954-1956
Columbia University, 1956-1958…………………………………..BFA
Cooper Union, 1961-1963……………………………..SCHOLARSHIP
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
TEACHING
FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECH., NYC. Assistant Professor – Display and Exhibit Design
Dept (Visual Merchandising)- 1967 - 2005
BUCKS COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Doylestown, Pa.Art Division, 1997 -2005
COCHISE COLLEGE, Benson AZ. Art division, Summer 2006 - present
Founder - 1968-1989
RF STUDIOS, INC., NYC. The design and manufacture of
clothing and art by Ron Fritts, nationally distributed by Raymor,
Richardsand Morgenthau and sold at The Fritts Collection
Founder - 1974-1992
THE FRITTS COLLECTION, RON FRITTS, INC., 698 MADISON
AVENUE, NYC. A gallery presenting art and clothing
designed by Ron Fritts.
Founder - 1993-1997
RON FRITTS SOHO, INC., NYC -1983-1993, 399 W.
BROADWAY CORP., NYC – retail operation for the sale of Ron
Fritts designer clothing, gifts, home furnishings, and
accessories. ART SHOWS AND MUSEUMS
Cincinnati Art Museum, Ohio, Permanent Collection
Ambassador Gallery, Soho, NYC, Gallery Representation
Claudine Rattier Gallery, Paris Group Showing
Ron Fritts, Inc., NYC
Solo Representation
Bianco Gallery, Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Group Representation
New Century Exhibition, NEW HOPE, Pa. Pennsylvania, Jurors Award
Doylestown Art League, Pennsylvania, Best of Show _____________________________________
Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac , AZ, 2007 juried exhibit, Award for Excellence
Prallsville Mill Exhibition, Stockton Pa. Best of Show, Jurors award
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The Tubac Center of the Arts, 2007, PEOPLES' CHOICE AWARD, Tubac Az
COLLECTIONS
Private collectors purchased primarily through the Madison Avenue
Gallery and at retail stores throughout the United States
COMMISSIONS
Extensive commissioned portraits and original art purchased
through the Madison Avenue Gallery, THE FRITTS COLLECTION
JUROR
Southeast Arizona Fine Art and Photography Show, Wilcox, AZ , April, 2007
Southeast Arizona Miniatures Show, Wilcox, AZ , Jan 2007
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