Richard Cletus Pionk (April 26, 1936 - June 5, 2007) was an American artist who worked in the media of pastels and oil painting and who lived, worked and taught in New York City, New York.
Pionk studied classical still-life painting by spending hours in museums.
He studied still-life painting in the Brooklyn Museum and other New York museums as well as the École du Louvre in Paris.