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1916 Atlanta, Georgia - 1987 Dayton, Ohio. Known for: Easel and mural painting, segregation themes.
The following is quoted from a 1998 article by Virginia Burroughs in the Dayton Voice: . Another local artist who worked with one of the WPA's most famous artists and who also had ties to the DAI's... Read full biography
The following is quoted from a 1998 article by Virginia Burroughs in the Dayton Voice: . Another local artist who worked with one of the WPA's most famous artists and who also had ties to the DAI's recent exhibition is the late Robert Neal. Neal, a well-known African-American Dayton painter until... Read full biography
The following is quoted from a 1998 article by Virginia Burroughs in the Dayton Voice: . Another local artist who worked with one of the WPA's most famous artists and who also had ties to the DAI's recent exhibition is the late Robert Neal. Neal, a well-known African-American Dayton painter until his death in 1989, did not live in Dayton when he was involved with the WPA. A native of Atlanta, he started painting under the guidance of the famous African-American muralist Hale Woodruff -... Read full biography
The following is quoted from a 1998 article by Virginia Burroughs in the Dayton Voice: . Another local artist who worked with one of the WPA's most famous artists and who also had ties to the DAI's recent exhibition is the late Robert Neal. Neal, a well-known African-American Dayton painter until his death in 1989, did not live in Dayton when he was involved with the WPA. A native of Atlanta, he started painting under the guidance of the famous African-American muralist Hale Woodruff - represented in the DAI exhibition - in Atlanta in the 1930's. "He began his studies when he was 15, and his lessons cost 50 cents a day," said Neal's widow, Alberta Smith Neal. "When he was about 18, Mr. Woodruff wanted him to enter a big show, but Bob... Read full biography
The following is quoted from a 1998 article by Virginia Burroughs in the Dayton Voice: . Another local artist who worked with one of the WPA's most famous artists and who also had ties to the DAI's recent exhibition is the late Robert Neal. Neal, a well-known African-American Dayton painter until his death in 1989, did not live in Dayton when he was involved with the WPA. A native of Atlanta, he started painting under the guidance of the famous African-American muralist Hale Woodruff - represented in the DAI exhibition - in Atlanta in the 1930's. "He began his studies when he was 15, and his lessons cost 50 cents a day," said Neal's widow, Alberta Smith Neal. "When he was about 18, Mr. Woodruff wanted him to enter a big show, but Bob didn't have the right clothes and couldn't afford to attend the opening. "Mr. Woodruff rented him a limousine and a tuxedo... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Subject
- •Social Commentary, Cultural Issues, Political, Racial Views
Art Teacher
- •Hale Woodruff
Added Description
- •WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Black, African-American and/or Caribbean
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
Exhibition of Special Group
- •American Negro Exposition, Chicago 1940