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Born 1933 Newark, New Jersey. Known for: Modernist-leaning landscape, streets, still life.
Born in Newark, New Jersey, Robert Birmelin became a professor of fine arts at Queens College in New York, and is known for paintings that magnify through texture the realism of nature. He earned his... Read full biography
Born in Newark, New Jersey, Robert Birmelin became a professor of fine arts at Queens College in New York, and is known for paintings that magnify through texture the realism of nature. He earned his BA in 1956 and his MFA in 1960 from Yale School of Art and Architecture and also studied at Cooper... Read full biography
Born in Newark, New Jersey, Robert Birmelin became a professor of fine arts at Queens College in New York, and is known for paintings that magnify through texture the realism of nature. He earned his BA in 1956 and his MFA in 1960 from Yale School of Art and Architecture and also studied at Cooper Union and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. In 1960, he earned a Fulbright Scholarship, which took him to the Slade School of Art in London. He settled in New York City. Over the years,... Read full biography
Born in Newark, New Jersey, Robert Birmelin became a professor of fine arts at Queens College in New York, and is known for paintings that magnify through texture the realism of nature. He earned his BA in 1956 and his MFA in 1960 from Yale School of Art and Architecture and also studied at Cooper Union and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. In 1960, he earned a Fulbright Scholarship, which took him to the Slade School of Art in London. He settled in New York City. Over the years, he has had over fifty one-man exhibitions. His work is in 37 public collections including the Metropoliltan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Hirshhorn Museum and Brooklyn Museum. Source:. Peter Hastings Falk, Editor, Who Was Who in American Art.... Read full biography
Born in Newark, New Jersey, Robert Birmelin became a professor of fine arts at Queens College in New York, and is known for paintings that magnify through texture the realism of nature. He earned his BA in 1956 and his MFA in 1960 from Yale School of Art and Architecture and also studied at Cooper Union and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. In 1960, he earned a Fulbright Scholarship, which took him to the Slade School of Art in London. He settled in New York City. Over the years, he has had over fifty one-man exhibitions. His work is in 37 public collections including the Metropoliltan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Hirshhorn Museum and Brooklyn Museum. Source:. Peter Hastings Falk, Editor, Who Was Who in American Art. www.findlay.com
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Born in Newark, New Jersey, Robert Birmelin became a professor of fine arts at Queens College in New York, and is known for paintings that magnify through texture the realism of nature.
He earned his BA in 1956 and his MFA in 1960 from Yale School of Art and Architecture and also studied at Cooper Union and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. In 1960, he earned a Fulbright Scholarship, which took him to the Slade School of Art in London.
He settled in New York City. Over the years, he has had over fifty one-man exhibitions. His work is in 37 public collections including the Metropoliltan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Hirshhorn Museum and Brooklyn Museum.
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