Richard Haas

Richard John Haas is an American muralist who is best known for architectural murals and his use of the trompe-l'œil style. Haas has a 1959 B.S. from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and a 1964 M.F.A. from the University of Minnesota.

Haas's murals have been commissioned for interiors and exteriors of numerous public and private buildings in the United States. Haas created a three-sided mural on the Edison Brothers Stores building, St. Louis, Missouri, in 1984. Description: Keim silicate paint, 110,000 square feet (10,000 m2). A three-sided mural with eight obelisks at its corners, a painted sculpture of Peace on the west facade, and a painted equestrian statue of St. Louis on the south facade. The 13-story building is now a Sheraton Hotel and Edison Condominiums.

The only European mural by Richard Haas is in Munich, Germany, between Rumfordstrasse and Frauenstrasse. It is one of his earliest works, realized in 1978 on the occasion of his Munich exhibition.

Haas is ranked by the Artists Trade Union of Russia amongst the world-best artists of the last four centuries.

In addition to a unique and quaint downtown area, Homewood, Illinois, now boasts the largest collection of Richard Haas murals anywhere in the world. Haas was first invited to Homewood in the early 1980s. Since that time, he has finished 11 murals and was scheduled to complete the 12th mural in late spring 2013. The Village has a time-lapse video that shows one of his recent murals being created.

SOURCE - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Haas (Sept 2025)