About Raoul
Baltimore City
Raoul Middleman was born in Baltimore in 1935. He has a BA in Philosophy from Johns Hopkins University, and has attended Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Skowhegan, and The Brooklyn Museum Art School. He has been teaching Painting and Drawing at The Maryland Institute College of Art since 1961. His murals of the different aspects of horseracing, done with his class at The Maryland Institute, are on permanent display at The Pimlico Racetrack in Baltimore. He was President of the National… more
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Self Portraits
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Red CollarOil on Canvas, 20 x 16 inches, 2015
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Maroon Self PortraitOil on Canvas, 16 x 20 inches, 2014
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Studio Round MirrorOil on Board, 24 x 16 inches, 1996
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Self Portrait Jockey SilkOil on Canvas, 40 x 28 inches, 2003
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Self Portrait in FedoraOil on Canvas, 16 x 20 inches, 2013
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Studio Self PortraitOil on Canvas, 50 x 50 inches, 1983
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Self Portrait on Terre VerteOil on Canvas, 18 x 12 inches, 2013
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Self Portrait Against Studio CeilingOil on Canvas, 84 x 42 inches, 1990
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Self Portrait in Red ShirtOil on Paper, 40 x 30 inches, 1995
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Self GazeOil on Canvas, 20 x 16 inches, 2014
Watercolors
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The Canyon ClimbWatercolor on Paper, 18"x24", 2000
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Desert ViewWatercolor on Paper, 18"x24", 2002
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Dark EncroachmentWatercolor on Paper, 18"x24", 2001
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Capital ReefWatercolor on Paper, 18"x24", 2001
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JoshuaWatercolor on Paper, 18"x24", 2001
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Still SeaWatercolor on Paper, 18 x 24 in., 2014
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Breakwater High TideWatercolor on Paper, 18 x 24 inches, 2016
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Late AfternoonWatercolor on Paper, 18 x 24 inches, 2016
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Warren PointWatercolor on Paper, 18 x 24 inches, 2016
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Front BeachWatercolor on Paper, 18 x 24 inches, 2016
Portraits and Figures
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Grace HartiganOil on Canvas, 60 x 84 inches, 1995
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Uncle SidOil on Canvas, 72 x 72 inches, 1986
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Miss WalshOil on Canvas, 48 x 36 inches, 2016
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George EdelOil on Canvas, 40 x 70 inches, 1990
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Girl with GlovesOil on Canvas, 40 x 28 inches, 1995
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Open JacketOil on Canvas, 48 x 36 inches, 2016
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SammyOil on Canvas, 36 x 36 inches, 1992
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Abram BibiOil on Canvas, 54 x 54 inches, 1996
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MeghanOil on Canvas, 48 x 36 inches, 2016
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Strawberry BlondeOil on Canvas, 48 x 36 inches, 2012
Cityscapes
Most people think of landscape as honeybees and flowers and the circuitry of hurtling clouds in the midst of summer splendor. But the splintery wharfs and abandoned factories along the harbor have another kind of beauty, nature transforming all that funky detritus into icons of enchantment. In the spring of 2001, The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council invited me as Artist-in-Residence to the 92nd floor of The World Trade Center. The bank of windows overlooked downtown Wall Street to the bridges along the East River connecting to Brooklyn. I painted 21 paintings. Just a few months after my residency ended, the first insidious plane came through the very windows that provided my overlook.
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View from the World Trade CenterOil on Canvas, 60 x 36 inches, 2001
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View from the World Trade Center 2Oil on Canvas, 60 x 48 inches, 2001
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View from BrooklynOil on Paper, 30 x 40 inches, 1994
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The Yellow ShovelOil on Paper, 30 x 40 inches, 1994
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Port CovingtonOil on Canvas, 24 x 24 inches, 1994
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FairfieldOil on Paper, 30 x 40 inches, 1994
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FNCOil on Canvas, 30 x 40 inches, 1995
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Industrial YardOil on Paper, 30 x 40 inches, 1995
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Abandoned LotOil on Paper, 30 x 40 inches, 1994
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Eastside FogOil on Canvas, 48 x 48 inches, 2001
High Desert
The landscape of the West has always fascinated me since childhood, such as memories of the Saturday Western movies with Gene Autry and Hopalong Cassidy and later a two-year stint as a ranch-hand in Montana. The opportunity to paint the Southwest and all its monumental glory has allowed me to collate fantasy with observational verity.
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Between BluffsOil on Canvas, 30 x 40 inches, 2016
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Desert SlopeOil on Canvas, 24 x 30 inches, 2016,
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Canyon Edge 1Oil on Canvas, 30 x 40 inches, 2016
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Canyon Edge 2Oil on Canvas, 30 x 40 inches, 2016
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CanyonlandOil on Canvas, 30 x 40 inches, 2016
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Desert MorningOil on Canvas, 24 x 36 inches, 2016
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Desert TrailOil on Canvas, 30 x 40 inches, 2016
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Juniper SkyOil on Canvas, 24 x 36 inches, 2016
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Approaching StormOil on Canvas, 24 x 36 inches, 2016
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Canyon WallOil on Canvas, 30 x 40 inches, 2016
Pastels
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Susquehanna River Deer CreekPastel on Paper, 12 x 16 inches, 2007
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Brambled Detritus Deer CreekPastel on Paper, 12 x 16 inches, 2007
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River Island WinterPastel on Paper, 12 x 16 inches, 2007
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Susquehanna Long ViewPastel on Paper, 12 x 16 inches, 2002
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Railroad BridgePastel on Paper, 12 x 16 inches, 2007
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Autumn on the RiverPastel on Paper, 12 x 16 inches, 2007
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River InletPastel on Paper, 12 x 16 inches, 2001
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Gust of WindPastel on Paper, 12 x 16 inches, 2001
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Between EnbankmentsPastel on Paper, 12 x 16 inches, 2007
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River TrailPastel on Paper, 12 x 16 inches, 2007
Narratives
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Death of the Indian PrincessOil on Canvas, 80 x 84 inches, 1981
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The Prodigal SonOil on Canvas, 92 x 60 inches, 1987
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The Calummy of ApellesOil on Linen, 80 x 127 inches, 1983
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The FishmongerOil on Linen, 96 x 76 inches, 1983
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The Den of DennyOil on Canvas, 96 x 48 inches, 1986
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Sacred and Profane LoveOil on Canvas, 72 x 84 inches, 1980
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Sammy Ross's Big DaddyOil on Linen, 78 x 94 inches, 1991
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BacchusOil on Canvas, 96 x 60 inches, 1981
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Cowboy SammyOil on Linen, 82 x 82 inches, 1986
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The DreamerOil on Linen, 72 x 60 inches, 1986
Flowers and Fish
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Stargazer LiliesOil on Canvas, 24 x 18 inches, 2016
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Fish Lemon PotOil on canvas, 28 x 40 inches, 2010
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Fish Still LifeOil on Canvas, 39 x 28 inches, 2005
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Fish and PotOil on Paper, 40 x 30 inches, 1988
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Lilies and Fu DogOil on Canvas, 20 x 16 inches, 2016
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Fish MotleyOil on Canvas, 44 x 37 inches, 2004
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Flower SolsticeOil on Canvas, 16 x 12 inches, 2012
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Fan of FlowersOil on Canvas, 40 x 28 inches, 2006
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LiliesOil on Canvas, 28 x 40 inches, 1998
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Fish and Copper PotOil on Board, 24 x 24 inches, 2009
Nudes
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Persian MajaOil on canvas, 60 x 36 inches, 2013
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Seated NancyOil on Canvas, 50 x 40 inches, 1973
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GloriaOil on Paper, 30 x 22.5 inches, 1996
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NiaOil on Canvas, 38 x 38 inches, 2012
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Carol by the WindowOil on Canvas, 40 x 40 inches, 1977
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MoroccanOil on Canvas, 16 x 30 inches, 2014
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Studio NudeOil on Canvas, 72 x 80 inches, 1981
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MuseOil on Canvas, 36 x 83 inches, 2013
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MaryOil on Canvas, 48 x 30 inches, 2012
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Lulu in Mirror1995 50" x 50" oil/canvas
Landscapes and Seascapes
The painting of Nature is similar to the way a bird builds his nest, from the body out, the brushwork assembling the vision. Nestled in the center, the painting is only completed when it takes flight, looks back with hovering autonomy. The syntax of rock,wave and cloud establishes an anxious rapport between flux and permanence: the incessant roll of white caps against the stormy shore. The capricious shifts of weather and the relentless tidal flow give an urgency to the painterly process.
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Isle in the SandOil on Canvas, 22 x 28 inches, 2010
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Walpack WinterOil on Linen, 36 x 46 inches, 1980
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Munya's FarmOil on Canvas, 30 x 24 inches, 1990
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InletOil on Canvas, 22 x 30 inches, 2002
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Jetty BeachOil on Canvas, 22 x 48 inches, 2009
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PondOil on Canvas, 34 x 36 inches, 2003
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The Red MapleOil on Linen, 30 x 40 inches, 2006
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Coastal StormOil on Canvas, 36 x 36 inches, 2010
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DownpourOil on Canvas, 22 x 30 inches, 2002
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Above the SusquehannaOil on Canvas, 43 x 43 inches, 1990