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| The Glassmans with President Shirley Raines |
Richard Glassman (BS, JD ’72) and Susan Lawless Glassman (BA ’75) donated this Rock
Demarco tiger painting to the U of M in fall 2010. It now hangs in the first floor
of the University Center. The Glassmans bought the painting at the 2008 Distinguished
Alumni Awards banquet where Demarco, a speed painter and performance artist, was the
guest entertainer. Demarco paints most pictures in about 10 minutes, keeping the audience
on edge the entire time. “No one could figure out what the painting was until he put
the eyes and whiskers on it,” Richard Glassman said. Demarco completed three paintings
– Albert Einstein, Elvis Presley and the tiger – at the event and auctioned them to
benefit the Alumni Association. Demarco, called the “world’s fastest speed painter,”
has toured the world with his speed paint show and raised more than $1 million for
various charities.
The Glassmans purchased the tiger painting for $7,700. U of M President Shirley Raines
is pleased the art is now a part of the U of M. “We’ve decorated this entire University
Center with tigers, and we like the fact that this one was given to us by alums of
the University,” Raines said. Glassman served as president of the Alumni Association
from 2002-04.
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