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Endpoint: Rip Matteson (Cartoonist & Painter)



created on: 25/09/2024
by: Lo55o (12811)
 
 

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Rip Matteson (born in 1920 in Oakland, California, USA - died in 2011, USA (aged ca. 91)) was a painter, cartoonist and teacher.

Rip Matteson devoted his life to the world of art as a teacher, cartoonist, artist, and promoter of fine art. He prepared for this calling with studies in art and education at San Jose State University, the California College of Arts and Crafts, and the University of California Berkeley where he earned a Doctorate degree. Later he studied at the Scuola di Belle Arte in Rome and Parsons School of Design in New York.

In the 1970s and 1980s Rip also became a successful commercial cartoonist. His works were frequently seen in The New Yorker, Saturday Review, Saturday Evening Post, Mother Jones, Playboy and many other publications.


He founded the art program of the Monterey Peninsula College and taught at Laney College in Oakland, California.
Matteson also served as the president of the Carmel Art Association Gallery where he showed his work his entire life.

During his career he was awarded numerous awards for his artistic endeavors including the Phelan Award for Achievement in Art, the El Cerrito Memorial Award, recognition as an artist by the Carmel Arts Festival, and an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from Blackburn College and afterward strengthened the art department at Laney College in Oakland. He was accepted by the Carmel Art Association in 1949 and served on its Board and was its President during the early 1960's.

He was survived by Rosary Matteson, Rip’s wife of over forty years.
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