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Robert Steven Koffler BIOGRAPHY
1938 - 2022. Known for: Painting.
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Robert Steven Koffler. American - (1938-2022). Robert Steven Koffler went to Syracuse University on a scholarship (9/56-12/59) earning a BFA with honors in Painting, minoring in Printmaking and... Read full biography
Robert Steven Koffler. American - (1938-2022). Robert Steven Koffler went to Syracuse University on a scholarship (9/56-12/59) earning a BFA with honors in Painting, minoring in Printmaking and Sculpture. His intention was to study with Ivan Mestrovic, of Rodin’s studio. Having been equally a... Read full biography
Robert Steven Koffler. American - (1938-2022). Robert Steven Koffler went to Syracuse University on a scholarship (9/56-12/59) earning a BFA with honors in Painting, minoring in Printmaking and Sculpture. His intention was to study with Ivan Mestrovic, of Rodin’s studio. Having been equally a painter and sculptor in terms of skills, Koffler chose the more active painting program when Mastrovic left for Notre Dame. In the Summer of 1959 Koffler worked with Reed Kay from Boston University while... Read full biography
Robert Steven Koffler. American - (1938-2022). Robert Steven Koffler went to Syracuse University on a scholarship (9/56-12/59) earning a BFA with honors in Painting, minoring in Printmaking and Sculpture. His intention was to study with Ivan Mestrovic, of Rodin’s studio. Having been equally a painter and sculptor in terms of skills, Koffler chose the more active painting program when Mastrovic left for Notre Dame. In the Summer of 1959 Koffler worked with Reed Kay from Boston University while at Skowhegan (summer) School. Skowhegan gave the young artist a chance to meet such people as Kenneth Callahan and Ben Shahn. He received a scholarship to study traditional underpainting with Kay. After gaining what he could from Kay, Koffler rented a... Read full biography
Robert Steven Koffler. American - (1938-2022). Robert Steven Koffler went to Syracuse University on a scholarship (9/56-12/59) earning a BFA with honors in Painting, minoring in Printmaking and Sculpture. His intention was to study with Ivan Mestrovic, of Rodin’s studio. Having been equally a painter and sculptor in terms of skills, Koffler chose the more active painting program when Mastrovic left for Notre Dame. In the Summer of 1959 Koffler worked with Reed Kay from Boston University while at Skowhegan (summer) School. Skowhegan gave the young artist a chance to meet such people as Kenneth Callahan and Ben Shahn. He received a scholarship to study traditional underpainting with Kay. After gaining what he could from Kay, Koffler rented a studio an began a teaching career as a substitute in the Philadelphia Public Schools for the period from 1960-63 after spending som... Read full biography
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Robert Steven Koffler
American - (1938-2022)
Robert Steven Koffler went to Syracuse University on a scholarship (9/56-12/59) earning a BFA with honors in Painting, minoring in Printmaking and Sculpture. His intention was to study with Ivan Mestrovic, of Rodin’s studio. Having been equally a painter and sculptor in terms of skills, Koffler chose the more active painting program when Mastrovic left for Notre Dame. In the Summer of 1959 Koffler worked with Reed Kay from Boston University while at Skowhegan (summer) School.
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