A painter known for delicate floral and fruit still life, Robert Kulicke was also a highly respected picture frame designer and jewelry maker, specializing in reviving the ancient art of cloisonné. "Widely knowledgeable in art history, he often supported himself and his businesses by buying and selling medieval art and Coptic textiles."

His signature picture frames were welded aluminum, wrap-around clear-Lucite plexiboxes and sectional frames that could be shipped and assembled. He also did reproductions of historical frames including for the Leonardi da Vinci portrait of Ginevra de' Benci in the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC and for Epiphany by Giotto in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in N...