Confessions of a brush peddler
By: Jack Richeson ; edited by Maggie Price.
Contributors: State University College at Buffalo. Dept. of Art Conservation
Publisher: Price-Canright Studios
Published: 2007
Place of publication: [Albuquerque, N.M.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9780977990627
Subjects: Richeson, Jack.; Artists' materials industry -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History.; Artists' materials industry -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Personal narratives.; Chicago (Ill.) -- Biography.
Genres: Personal narratives.; Biography.
Other titles: Art Conservation Department Library
Description: Jack Richeson tells of his trials and triumphs growing up poor in Chicago and eventually working in the artists' materials industry and starting his own company, which recently added the Jack Richeson School of Art and Gallery.
Notes: Art Conservation Department Library.

Signed by the author.
Table of contents: value: The beginning; value: Special education in 1942; value: Experimenting with being legit; value: Some people are born smart, others are born lucky; value: The real world; value: The players, the manufacturers; value: Our small world; value: The competition; value: The business; value: The NAMTA dream; value: The army opens my eyes; value: How times change; value: Location, location, location!; value: Diversions and distractions; value: Bumps in the road; value: The grey fox; value: Spreading out; value: The vendetta plan stalls; value: Alone again!; value: The mighty Grumbacher; value: A new plan; value: A king falls in battle; value: New York, New York; value: Life becomes a nightmare; value: The headhunter; value: Moving to Morilla; value: Amsterdam and Italy; value: The new world; value: Starting over again; value: The Carte Fair and a new business; value: How to beat the French and stay alive; value: The king is dead, long live the king; value: Struggling with success.