About Richard Sedlon
Lived 1900 – 1992 (aged 91). Richard Sedlon was an American lithographer and painter.
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.
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Who was Richard Sedlon?
American artist (1900-1992)
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Richard Sedlon was born on 26 August 1900 in Pennsylvania.
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Richard Sedlon died on 9 February 1992 in Bedford, Ohio.
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Richard Sedlon was a lithographer and painter.
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Richard Sedlon was American.
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