Seymour Remenick (1923 – December 15, 1999) was a

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-based artist and teacher, mostly known for landscapes, but who also painted a variety of other subjects. Remenick studied at the

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in Philadelphia, 1940–1942; the Hans Hofmann School in New York City, 1946–1948; and the Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts (PAFA) in Philadelphia. He later taught at PAFA from 1977 to 1996. Remenick's work was exhibited at a number of venues, including the

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, the

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, the Philadelphia School of Painting, the Terenchin and the Davis Galleries. His paintings have also been auctioned at

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, New York. In 2010, the Lancaster Museum of Art held a posthumous exhibition of his works. His paintings were cataloged by the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Among the awards he received were a 1955 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant, the 1960 Altman Landscape Prize from the

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(NAD), and a 1960 Hallmark Purchase Award. NAD elected Remenick an associate member in 1980, and an academician in 1982. As a teacher at PAFA, he served as mentor to Giovanni Casadei, Robert Dye and others.

Education and personal life

Remenick was born in 1923 in

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, and died in 1999 in

. He married Diane K. Thommen (1931–2014) in 1950, and they had two children, Richard and Catherine.Diane K. Remenick
from Tributes.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Remenick, Seymour 20th-century American painters 20th-century American male artists 1923 births 1999 deaths Painters from Philadelphia National Academy of Design members Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts alumni Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts faculty