Robert Vickrey, Magic-Realist Painter, Dies at 84. By WILLIAM GRIMES. Published: April 20, 2011, The New York Times. Robert Vickrey, a painter whose often unnerving depictions of shadow-streaked... Read full biography
Robert Vickrey, Magic-Realist Painter, Dies at 84. By WILLIAM GRIMES. Published: April 20, 2011, The New York Times. Robert Vickrey, a painter whose often unnerving depictions of shadow-streaked streets populated by nuns, clowns or children at play made him a leading figure of the magic realism... Read full biography
Robert Vickrey, Magic-Realist Painter, Dies at 84. By WILLIAM GRIMES. Published: April 20, 2011, The New York Times. Robert Vickrey, a painter whose often unnerving depictions of shadow-streaked streets populated by nuns, clowns or children at play made him a leading figure of the magic realism school, died on Sunday at his home in Naples, Fla. He was 84. The death was confirmed by his son, Scott. Mr. Vickrey, who mastered the Renaissance technique of egg tempera painting as a student at Yale,... Read full biography
Robert Vickrey, Magic-Realist Painter, Dies at 84. By WILLIAM GRIMES. Published: April 20, 2011, The New York Times. Robert Vickrey, a painter whose often unnerving depictions of shadow-streaked streets populated by nuns, clowns or children at play made him a leading figure of the magic realism school, died on Sunday at his home in Naples, Fla. He was 84. The death was confirmed by his son, Scott. Mr. Vickrey, who mastered the Renaissance technique of egg tempera painting as a student at Yale, used his consummate skill to create, in his early work, hyper-real scenes suffused by an atmosphere of dread or impending disaster. He was an avant-garde filmmaker on the side, with a deep knowledge of expressionism and film noir, whose shadows,... Read full biography
Robert Vickrey, Magic-Realist Painter, Dies at 84. By WILLIAM GRIMES. Published: April 20, 2011, The New York Times. Robert Vickrey, a painter whose often unnerving depictions of shadow-streaked streets populated by nuns, clowns or children at play made him a leading figure of the magic realism school, died on Sunday at his home in Naples, Fla. He was 84. The death was confirmed by his son, Scott. Mr. Vickrey, who mastered the Renaissance technique of egg tempera painting as a student at Yale, used his consummate skill to create, in his early work, hyper-real scenes suffused by an atmosphere of dread or impending disaster. He was an avant-garde filmmaker on the side, with a deep knowledge of expressionism and film noir, whose shadows, angles and distortions he introduced into his paintings. In the 1950s and '60s Mr. Vickrey was a highly visible... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (55)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
Small Works, Holiday Exhibition: (Exhibition catalog)
2003
Editor, Gallery Exhibition
39 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The Art Students League of New York: A History (Students)
1999
Steiner, Raymond J
187 pages
American Watercolor Society 131st Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1998
Editors
59 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998
1997
Marquis Who's Who
1,515 pages
Selections From the Permanent Collection: Southern Alleghenies
1996
Strueber, Michael (Director)
118 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
Themes in American Painting Common Styles and Genres/A Reference
1993
Henkes, Robert
260 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings
622 pages
American Art/American Vision Paintings from a Century of Collecting (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Schall, Ellen (others)
164 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
538 pages
American Realist Painting 1945-1980
1989
Ward, John L
431 pages
Drawn from Tradition: American Drawings and Watercolors: From the Collection of Susan and Herbert Adler, Neuberger Museum (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Weber, Bruce
185 pages (color)
Modern American Realism The Sara Roby Foundation Collection (Exhibition catalog)
1987
Mecklenburg, Virginia
148 pages (color)
Man of the Year A Time Honored Tradition
1987
Voss, Frank S
64 pages (color)
Robert Vickrey (Exhibition catalog)
1986
Getlein, Frank/William Meek
80 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
Art, Design and the Modern Corporation (Exhibition catalog)
1985
Harris, Neil/Martina R Norelli
135 pages (color)
American Paintings from the first half of the 20th century (Exhibition catalog)
1985
Kilgore, Karen
80 pages (color)
American Artists: An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporary Americans
1985
Krantz, Les
347 pages (color)
National Portrait Gallery Collection Illustrated Checklist
1985
Smithsonian Institution
461 pages
Paintings and Sculpture In the Permanent Collection
1983
Bermingham, Peter/Daphne Deeds
273 pages (color)
Realism and Realities The Other Side of American Painting 1940-1960 (Exhibition catalog)
1982
Berman, Greta/Jeffrey Wechsler
195 pages (color)
Artists of America Second Annual (Exhibition catalog)
1982
Denver Rotary Club
143 pages (color)
Solitude Inner Visions in American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1982
Terra Museum of American Art
41 pages (color)
Artists of America First Annual Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Denver Rotary Club
141 pages (color)
The Art of Healing, Medicine and Science in American Art (Birmingham Museum of Art) (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Gerdts, William H
120 pages (color)
American Art in the Newark Museum Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
1981
Newark Museum
431 pages (color)
Of Time and Place American Figurative Art from the Corcoran Gallery (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Nygren, Edward/Julie R Myers
196 pages (color)
Catalogue of American Painting
1981
San Diego Museum of Art
240 pages (color)
Magic and Other Realism The Art of Illusion
1980
Munce, Howard et al
111 pages (color)
American Figure Painting 1950-198 (Exhibition catalog)
1980
Styron, Thomas W
115 pages (color)
American Paintings/Brooklyn Museum Complete Illustrated Listing of Works
1979
Brooklyn Museum
133 pages (color)
An American Bestiary
1979
Haverstock, Mary Sayre
248 pages (color)
Art Inc, American Paintings from Corporate Collections Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Alabama (Exhibition catalog)
1979
Kahan, Mitchell Douglas (Intro)
298 pages (color)
Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 2 (Painting and Graphics)
1979
Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel
736 pages
Robert Vickrey Artist at Work
1979
Vickrey, Robert
144 pages (color)
Collection of American Art Randolph-Macon Women's College
1977
Williams, Mary Frances
211 pages (color)
American Drawings & Watercolors from the Collection Susan and Herbert Adler (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Gerdts, William H; Jeffrey Hoffeld
82 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976
Jaques Cattell Press
756 pages
Watercolor U S A National Invatational Exhibit (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Weller, Allen S
90 pages
American Paintings in the High Museum of Art/Bicentenial Catalogue
1975
Chambers, Bruce W
127 pages (color)
Whitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection
1974
Baur, John I H
235 pages (color)
Things Seen
1974
Geske, Norman
115 pages (color)
Robert Vickrey A Retrospective (Exhibition catalog)
1973
Steadman, William E
96 pages (color)
The American Scene 1900-1970 An Exhibition of twentieth century painting (Exhibition catalog)
1970
Hope, Henry Radford (Essay)
119 pages
The American Sense of Reality (Exhibition catalog)
1969
Philbrook Art Center
56 pages
The Connecticut Artists Collection
1968
Mattatuck Historical Society
84 pages
An American Collection The Neuberger Collection
1968
Robbins, Daniel/David W Scott
463 pages (color)
Color A Complete Guide for Artists
1967
Fabri, Ralph
175 pages (color)
American Art of Our Century
1961
Goodrich, Lloyd/John I H Baur
309 pages (color)
The New Decade 35 American Painters and Sculptors (Exhibition catalog)