Richard Sedlon
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Born | Philadelphia, United States | August 26, 1900
Died | February 9, 1992 Bedford, Ohio, United States | (aged 91)
Occupation | Painter, Lithographer |
Spouse(s) | Anne Nyerges |
Children | None |
Parent(s) | Vincent and Hortense Sedlon |
Richard Sedlon (1900–1992) was an American painter from Bedford, Ohio.
Life[]
Richard Carl Sedlon was born on August 26, 1900, in the bohemian section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The second son of Vincent and Hortense Sedlon, Richard found his artistic calling early in life and by eighteen was already a journeyman lithographer with Morgan Lithography in Cleveland, Ohio. Sedlon was also a professional artist who dabbled in carvings, oil paintings and sketches. He was locally renowned and lived in Bedford, Ohio in the Hezekiah Dunham House with his wife Anne Nyerges, until his death on 9 February 1992. He is buried in Bedford, Ohio.
Photo gallery[]
Young Richard and his father, Vincenc Sedloň
Young Richard, his parents, and his siblings (early 1900s)
And older Richard Sedlon at his home in Bedford, Ohio
Self-portrait of Richard
Condolence memo to Richard's family from the Ohio Senate
External links[]
- Richard Sedlon at Ancestry.com
- Bedford Historical Society, Bedford, Ohio
- Sample and sample of Richard Sedlon art.
- 1900 births
- 1992 deaths
- 20th-century American painters
- American male painters
- American lithographers
- 20th-century American printmakers
- American painter, 20th-century birth stubs