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Bob Blue BIOGRAPHY
1924 Newton, Massachusetts - 2008 Rockport, Massachusetts. Known for: Land-and seascape painting, scientific illustrations.
The following is from Peter Kostoulakos, AOA, NEAA: Fine Art Consultant, www.pkart.com. Robert G. Blue 1924-2008. Robert G. Blue was born March 13, 1924 in Newton, MA and died on Friday, October 3,... Read full biography
The following is from Peter Kostoulakos, AOA, NEAA: Fine Art Consultant, www.pkart.com. Robert G. Blue 1924-2008. Robert G. Blue was born March 13, 1924 in Newton, MA and died on Friday, October 3, 2008 in Rockport, MA at the age of 84. Bob Blue painted a variety of subjects ranging from docks,... Read full biography
The following is from Peter Kostoulakos, AOA, NEAA: Fine Art Consultant, www.pkart.com. Robert G. Blue 1924-2008. Robert G. Blue was born March 13, 1924 in Newton, MA and died on Friday, October 3, 2008 in Rockport, MA at the age of 84. Bob Blue painted a variety of subjects ranging from docks, harbors, seascapes, and the mountains and villages of Vermont and Maine. He graduated from the Vesper George School of Art and, later in life, studied painting with Emile Gruppe (1896-1978). As a young... Read full biography
The following is from Peter Kostoulakos, AOA, NEAA: Fine Art Consultant, www.pkart.com. Robert G. Blue 1924-2008. Robert G. Blue was born March 13, 1924 in Newton, MA and died on Friday, October 3, 2008 in Rockport, MA at the age of 84. Bob Blue painted a variety of subjects ranging from docks, harbors, seascapes, and the mountains and villages of Vermont and Maine. He graduated from the Vesper George School of Art and, later in life, studied painting with Emile Gruppe (1896-1978). As a young man, Bob's career started in the commercial art field creating scientific illustrations for national magazines and journals — he did this for 42 years. During World War II, Bob worked at MIT's Draper Lab in Cambridge, MA. He was able to work alongside... Read full biography
The following is from Peter Kostoulakos, AOA, NEAA: Fine Art Consultant, www.pkart.com. Robert G. Blue 1924-2008. Robert G. Blue was born March 13, 1924 in Newton, MA and died on Friday, October 3, 2008 in Rockport, MA at the age of 84. Bob Blue painted a variety of subjects ranging from docks, harbors, seascapes, and the mountains and villages of Vermont and Maine. He graduated from the Vesper George School of Art and, later in life, studied painting with Emile Gruppe (1896-1978). As a young man, Bob's career started in the commercial art field creating scientific illustrations for national magazines and journals — he did this for 42 years. During World War II, Bob worked at MIT's Draper Lab in Cambridge, MA. He was able to work alongside Doc Edgerton and others who were pioneering in radar at that time. For 28 years Bob did illustr... Read full biography
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The following is from Peter Kostoulakos, AOA, NEAA: Fine Art Consultant, www.pkart.com
Robert G. Blue 1924-2008
Robert G. Blue was born March 13, 1924 in Newton, MA and died on Friday, October 3, 2008 in Rockport, MA at the age of 84. Bob Blue painted a variety of subjects ranging from docks, harbors, seascapes, and the mountains and villages of Vermont and Maine. He graduated from the Vesper George School of Art and, later in life, studied painting with Emile Gruppe (1896-1978). As a young man, Bob's career started in the commercial art field creating scientific illustrations for national magazines and journals — he did this for 42 years.
During World War II, Bob worked at MIT's Draper Lab in Cambridge, MA. He was able to work alongside Doc Edgerton and others who were pioneering in radar at that time. For 28 years Bob did illustrations for the publications department at Jackson & Moreland Engineers in Boston. He gained a top-secret clearance and did the first illustrations of the Nautilus submarine in 1968. Later, Bob joined GTE's government communications systems designing ads for technical journals such as the Army's Signal and Navy's Sea Power magazines. Throughout his ten years illustrating for GTE's trade shows, his full-color illustrations traveled around the world.
Emile Gruppe, a very close friend for over 30 years, introduced Bob to painting. He loved to paint "plein air" oils of Gloucester's waterfront. Bob became a well-known member of the Cape Ann arts community and had a close relationship with the Rockport Art Association.
Some of his numerous awards and memberships include the Frederick Mulhaupt Memorial Award and the Grumbacher Gold Medal, North Shore Artists Association; the John Loughlin Memorial and Great Gatsby Awards, Rockport Art Association; the Sagendorph Yankee Magazine Award, Copley Society; the Jessie B. McReynold Memorial Award, Salmagundi Club; the Varvara E. Pellington Memorial and Phillip Shumaker Memorial Awards, Hudson Valley Art Association; and the Academic Artists.
He was a member of the North Shore Artists Association, the Rockport Art Association, the Copley Society of Boston, and the Hudson Valley Art Association.
References: Davenport's Art Reference, 2006/2007 Edition, page 247; Boston Globe Online, October 4, 2008; Arlington Advocate Online, October 7, 2008; Rockport Art Association "Portfolio," Winter 2009; Artists of the Rockport Art Association, 2001, page 36; and Artists of the Rockport Art Association, 2006, page 12.
Peter Kostoulakos, AOA, NEAA — Fine Art Consultant