About The Artist:
Piry Rame
Piry Rame was born in Czechoslovakia and came to the US when she was 16. She graduated Hunter College and took up painting after graduation. She then studied at the Art Students League and at Pratt Institute. She later studied under Leo Manso, Larry Rivers and Jerry Okimoto. Piry Rame started the cooperative gallery Pilades on Wooster Street in Soho and was a member of the Artist Students League in Great Neck where she maintained her studio. She...
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About The Medium:
Oil
Process of painting with pigments with a medium of drying oil as the binder. Commonly used drying oils include linseed oil, poppy seed oil, walnut oil, and safflower oil.