Raymond Han

Raymond Han is an American painter who was born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1931. 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 lives and works in upstate New York.
He is best known for his still lifes in the photorealism genre, but has also incorporated the human figure as well as abstraction into his compositions. Han has placed work 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. He is currently represented by Jason McCoy Gallery, Madison Avenue, New York.

Han's oeuvre spans over four decades. He is best known for his carefully composed floral and object still life paintings, while he also has introduced figurative elements into his compositions, as well as a series of late 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