Linda Richichi was born in Montgomery, NY, Her educational background includes a Bachelor ’s Degree in Fine Art from SUNY, New Paltz and years of study with many modern masters including Arthur Sarnoff at the Boca Raton Museum of Art, Susan Goetz in NY, John Phillip Osborne at the Ridgewood Art Institute in NJ and classes at the Art Student’s League in NY.
Richichi has exhibited extensively in the northeast including the prestigious National Arts Club in New York City, the Karpeles Library Manuscript Museum in Newburgh, NY and the Museum of the Hudson Highlands in Cornwall, NY. Her work is in private and corporate collections internationally. She has been commissioned by Mercedes Benz Corporation and the Harness Racing Museum in Goshen, NY. Linda Richichi is a juried associate member of the Pastel Society of America (PSA), a member with Signature Status in the International Plein Air Painters (IPAP) and the New York Plein Air Painters (NYPAP), a founding member of the Portrait Society of America, and a charter member of the Landscape Artists International. In 2004 & 2005 Richichi taught “plein air” pastel painting in Tuscany, Italy and in Paris, France.
Richichi has exhibited extensively in the northeast including the prestigious National Arts Club in New York City, the Karpeles Library Manuscript Museum in Newburgh, NY and the Museum of the Hudson Highlands in Cornwall, NY. Her work is in private and corporate collections internationally. She has been commissioned by Mercedes Benz Corporation and the Harness Racing Museum in Goshen, NY. Linda Richichi is a juried associate member of the Pastel Society of America (PSA), a member with Signature Status in the International Plein Air Painters (IPAP) and the New York Plein Air Painters (NYPAP), a founding member of the Portrait Society of America, and a charter member of the Landscape Artists International. In 2004 & 2005 Richichi taught “plein air” pastel painting in Tuscany, Italy and in Paris, France.