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Artist Richard Loving Copper Enamel Plaque Framed Art Tile Mid Century Modern Surreal Abstract 1950s 1960s

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Richard M Loving

Enamel on Copper
Painting

Framed Art Tile Panel
Wall Hanging Plaque

Signed Loving 

Surreal Abstract Art

Vintage, Mid Century

Circa 1950s - 1960s

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Signed Loving in lower right corner.

Enamel Artist Richard M. Loving

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The frame measures 
11 inches wide 
(side to side)
and 
11.25 inches height 
(top to bottom)

The enameled copper art tile 
is glued to a cut out square of 
heavy fiber-board which 
measures approximately
10.25 inches by 10.25 inches 
square.

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The sheet of enameled copper art plaque
is glued to a square of heavy fiber board.
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BELOW
An October 4, 1953 Chicago Tribune article
about artist Richard Loving and wife Frances
Brando Loving at the Marlon Brando Sr. family
farm, Penny Poke Farm near Mundelein, Illinois. 
CLICK PICS TO ENLARGE

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Brando Siblings Family Photo
MARCH 1948 New York City 

Marlon Brando's Apartment
Left to right: Mrs. Jocelyn Brando Hanmer 

seated in chair with her little son, 

her actor husband Don Hanmer, 

seated on floor Frances Brando Loving 

(Richard Loving's wife), 

actor Marlon Brando, 

artist Richard M. Loving 

holding baby Julie Loving.

Richard Maris Loving (b. January 26, 1924) began his enameling career in New York City as a newly wed in the late 1940s. He and his bride, Frances Brando (sister of actor Marlon Brando), lived in an apartment on 10th Ave. in Hell's Kitchen across the street from the men's jewelry shop of silversmith and aspiring actor-comedian Wally Cox (Marlon Brando's childhood buddy from Ilinois and life-long best friend). Wally Cox is most famous for the 1950s sit-com Mr. Peepers, as a regular on Hollywood Squares and the voice of the cartoon character Underdog).

Wally Cox hired Richard Loving to assist with daily production and fulfilling large orders, but later put Mr. Loving in charge of the shop as his bookings for live appearances at night clubs and theaters increased and left little time for his artistic work of designing and creating men's jewelry in silver and enamel. 

Dick Loving and Franny Brando met while both worked cutting silk screens at a New York wallpaper manufacturing company. They also both enrolled in an anatomy course at New York Medical College and spent evenings dissecting cadavers together during their courtship.

In the spring of 1953, the Lovings, with their 5-6 year old daughter Julie, moved to the Brando family farm near Mundelein, Illinois known as Penny Poke Farm. Franny's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marlon Brando Sr. had decided to move full time to their ranch in Nebraska and offered Penny Poke Farm to Fran and Dick.

Richard converted the barn and other out buildings from a dairy cow operation to a workshop with design area work spaces and built two kilns for firing enamel on copper art work. The family worked as a team in the designing of patterns, even young Julie participated and had her designs used for some of the enamel-on-copper works. They made jewelry items such earrings, cufflinks, pins/brooches, pendants/amutlets. They also made items such as ashtrays and cigarette boxes. The family also worked in silver, oil painting and ceramics.

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Artist Richard Maris Loving (American, born in Vienna 1924) learned and worked in enamel arts from approximately 1949 through the 1960s, switching exclusively to painting approximately 1970.

Richard Loving began his enamelling career working in Wally Cox's silver smith shop across the street from his and Fran's apartment in Hell's Kitchen in New York City.
From 1953 he worked from his own studio with two large kilns in rural Libertyville (Mundelein), Illinois at the Brando family farm known as Penny Poke Farm. Many of his works were exhibited in the Chicago area.
Four of his enamel panels were included in the 1959 Contemporary Enamelling exhibition at Museum of Contemporary Crafts in New York.
In 1961 (some sources state 1971) he began teaching drawing, painting and enameling at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

More comprehensive biographies and other of his works of art can be found at the links below:

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Richard Loving - The Enamel Arts Foundation - Collection
http://www.enamelarts.org/index.php?collection&action=view_artist&artist_id=31

RICHARDLOVING.COM
http://www.richardloving.com/HTM/resume.html

Art Institute of Chicago, Collections - Loving, Richard Maris
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/artist/Loving,+Richard+Maris
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