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Richard Frooman was born in Chicago on September 1, 1930.  He attended Wilson Junior College in Chicago and received his BFA degree from the Chicago Art Institute in 1952.  He was awarded an Anna Louis Raymond Traveling Fellowship from the art institute for traveling in Europe in 1953.

Frooman was an artist in Special Services in the Army Corps of Engineers from 1953 to 1955.  He has been a teacher in Hawaii, Michigan and Arizona.

Richard Frooman has had numerous one-man shows in major galleries throughout the United States.  His work has been shown in many museum group shows, including The National Academy of Design in New York, Honolulu Academy of Art, Chicago Art Institute, Detroit Institute of Art, Butler Museum of American Art in Ohio and San Diego Art Museum.

Frooman now lives in Mesa, Arizona.  He is represented nationally by Portraits, Inc., New York, NY.