Tag: Raoul Middleman

Preakness “Art of Racing” contest returns

by Press Release | Jan 11, 2023 | Breaking, Business, Maryland, MD Racing, Preakness weekend, Triple Crown Trail | 0 |

The Preakness “Art of Racing” contest will return this year, as 1/ST Racing, the Maryland Institute College of Art, and Park Heights team up.

Raoul Middleman, painted Pimlico murals, passes

by Frank Vespe | Nov 1, 2021 | Breaking, Business, Maryland, MD Business | 1 |

Renowned Baltimore artist Raoul Middleman, known to generations of racetrackers as the painter of Pimlico’s murals, passed away at 86.

At Pimlico “idiosyncratic” murals add “flavor of racing”

by Frank Vespe | May 17, 2019 | Breaking, Features, Maryland, MD Business, Triple Crown Trail | 0 |

A little-known series of murals in the Pimlico grandstand add a dash of energy, life — and art — to the old facility.