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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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Keywords (26)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Still Life
- •Street Scenes, Street Genre
- •Urban Landscape, Cityscape
Art School
- •Cooper Union Art School, Cooper School of Design, Student
- •Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Student
- •Slade School of Art, London, Student
- •Yale University School of Fine Art and Architecture, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Fulbright Grant, Fellowship
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •First National Bank of Chicago Collection
- •Sara Roby Foundation
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
Exhibition of Museum
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts