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Born 1947 Minneapolis, Minnesota. Known for: Portrait, child figure painting, often Indian.
Born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Bonita Roberts got early inspiration for her figural work from seeing a Degas painting at the Minneapolis Art Institute. She began her art career as a... Read full biography
Born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Bonita Roberts got early inspiration for her figural work from seeing a Degas painting at the Minneapolis Art Institute. She began her art career as a portrait painter in Minneapolis where, in the 1980s, her next door neighbor was artist Richard Schmid's... Read full biography
Born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Bonita Roberts got early inspiration for her figural work from seeing a Degas painting at the Minneapolis Art Institute. She began her art career as a portrait painter in Minneapolis where, in the 1980s, her next door neighbor was artist Richard Schmid's mother. Through her Bonita met Schmid who critiqued her work. She spent a year on the Fond du Lac Indian reservation near Lake Superior and became intrigued by the culture of the tribes. In 1993, she... Read full biography
Born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Bonita Roberts got early inspiration for her figural work from seeing a Degas painting at the Minneapolis Art Institute. She began her art career as a portrait painter in Minneapolis where, in the 1980s, her next door neighbor was artist Richard Schmid's mother. Through her Bonita met Schmid who critiqued her work. She spent a year on the Fond du Lac Indian reservation near Lake Superior and became intrigued by the culture of the tribes. In 1993, she gained her first major recognition when Stuart Johnson of Settler's West gallery in Tucson, Arizona accepted some of her work. Her studio, and also the place where she keeps her large doll collection, is in Battle Lake, Minnesota.... Read full biography
Born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Bonita Roberts got early inspiration for her figural work from seeing a Degas painting at the Minneapolis Art Institute. She began her art career as a portrait painter in Minneapolis where, in the 1980s, her next door neighbor was artist Richard Schmid's mother. Through her Bonita met Schmid who critiqued her work. She spent a year on the Fond du Lac Indian reservation near Lake Superior and became intrigued by the culture of the tribes. In 1993, she gained her first major recognition when Stuart Johnson of Settler's West gallery in Tucson, Arizona accepted some of her work. Her studio, and also the place where she keeps her large doll collection, is in Battle Lake, Minnesota.... Read full biography
Bonita Roberts - Artist Info
About Bonita Roberts: Keywords
Keywords (21)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Children, Child Figure, Genre, Portrait
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Indians, Native American Specialty
- •Indians, Native Americans
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Still Life
Art Association
- •Portrait Society of America, National Portrait Society
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Figure Specialty
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Western Rendezvous of Art
Exhibition of Museum
- •Masters of the American West, Autry Center
Exhibition of Special Group
- •Buffalo Bill Art Show
Exhibition of Special Venue, Art Parks
- •Prix de West Invitational