R.B. Kitaj was an American artist known for his expressive, figurative works that playfully depict contemporary life, art historical references, and sexuality. Using an array of aesthetic styles he ...

Twenty years ago, I was sent to Los Angeles for a story on the American painter R.B. Kitaj (1932-2007). He had recently returned to the U.S., after more than three decades in England, over an artistic ...

R.B. Kitaj followed a strict regimen: Rise at 5, walk to the Westwood Coffee Bean at 6 to write and sketch, return home to paint, eat lunch, rest. Receive visitors for tea at 4, have dinner, retire ...

R.B. Kitaj, who died on Sunday at his Los Angeles home at 74, could be called the Zarathustra of contemporary art. With characteristics of a prophet and jester alike, he produced complex, compelling, ...

Preview: "American Screen Printing from the Jundt Collection" is on view through April 12 and "R.B. Kitaj Serigraphs: Mahler Becomes Politics, Beisbol, 1964-67" continues through April 26 in the Art ...

R.B. Kitaj lives in Westwood, in a house surrounded by white roses. He receives visitors only after 4 p.m., and when he opens the door promptly on the hour, the painter inspires the mild trepidation ...

The career of R.B. Kitaj, whose work is the subject of a very large exhibition at the Marlborough Gallery, is The career of R.B. Kitaj, whose work is the subject of a very large exhibition at the ...