Tucker Bobst - Artist Info

About Tucker Bobst

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    Artist, innkeeper, bon vivant

    By Gayle Ronan Sims, Philadelphia Inquirer Staff Writer

    F. Tucker Bobst, 84, a critically acclaimed surrealist painter who with his partner of 60 years operated a boutique inn in West Philadelphia for visiting actors for 20 years, died of pancreatic cancer Jan. 23 in Chestertown, Md., where he had lived for three years.
    In the guestbook at the inn, on 42d Street near Spruce, was this 1975 entry from Douglas Fairbanks Jr.:

    To Dick and Tucker:

    I'd been looking forward to today for a long time - and everything, the food, the drink, the pictures, the talk, the good company, all exceeded my high expectations!
    When may I come again?
    Many t...

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