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1879 Harvard, Nebraska - 1931 New Hope, Pennsylvania. Known for: Landscape, genre, figure and coastal painting.
The following is from Brian Peterson, Senior Curator, James A Michener Art Museum, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He seeks information on the artist from persons who have paintings by the artist and can... Read full biography
The following is from Brian Peterson, Senior Curator, James A Michener Art Museum, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He seeks information on the artist from persons who have paintings by the artist and can be contacted at BPeterson@MichenerArtMuseum.org:. ROBERT SPENCER: A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY. Robert Spencer... Read full biography
The following is from Brian Peterson, Senior Curator, James A Michener Art Museum, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He seeks information on the artist from persons who have paintings by the artist and can be contacted at BPeterson@MichenerArtMuseum.org:. ROBERT SPENCER: A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY. Robert Spencer was born in 1879 in Nebraska, the son of a Swedenborgian minister. After studying medicine briefly, he decided to become an artist and moved to New York City, where he enrolled at the National... Read full biography
The following is from Brian Peterson, Senior Curator, James A Michener Art Museum, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He seeks information on the artist from persons who have paintings by the artist and can be contacted at BPeterson@MichenerArtMuseum.org:. ROBERT SPENCER: A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY. Robert Spencer was born in 1879 in Nebraska, the son of a Swedenborgian minister. After studying medicine briefly, he decided to become an artist and moved to New York City, where he enrolled at the National Academy of Design. Later he studied with William Merritt Chase and Robert Henri at the New York School of Art. He moved to New Hope, Bucks County in 1906, and studied privately with the well-known Bucks County painter Daniel Garber. It was at the home of... Read full biography
The following is from Brian Peterson, Senior Curator, James A Michener Art Museum, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He seeks information on the artist from persons who have paintings by the artist and can be contacted at BPeterson@MichenerArtMuseum.org:. ROBERT SPENCER: A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY. Robert Spencer was born in 1879 in Nebraska, the son of a Swedenborgian minister. After studying medicine briefly, he decided to become an artist and moved to New York City, where he enrolled at the National Academy of Design. Later he studied with William Merritt Chase and Robert Henri at the New York School of Art. He moved to New Hope, Bucks County in 1906, and studied privately with the well-known Bucks County painter Daniel Garber. It was at the home of painter William L. Lathrop that Spencer met his future wife, Margaret Fulton, herself an accomplished architect. For the next 25 yea... Read full biography
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Keywords (52)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstraction and Realism; Semi Abstract
- •Impressionism Before 1940
- •Realism/Semi Impressionism
Art Subject
- •Allegory, Metaphor, Parable
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Regionalism, Local Scene
- •Religion, Mysticism, Spirituality
- •Skyscape, Clouds and/or Storms
- •Snowscene, Winter Landscape
- •Social Realism
- •Townscape, Village Scenes
- •Urban Landscape, Cityscape
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Bucks County, Pennsylvania
- •New Hope, Pennslvania/Lambertville New Jersey
Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
- •National Arts Club, New York
- •Salmagundi Club, New York City
Art Teacher
- •Daniel Garber
- •Frank Vincent DuMond
- •Robert Henri
- •William Merritt Chase
Art School
- •National Academy of Design School, New York, Student
- •New York School of Art, Chase School, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Jennie Sesnan Gold Medal, The Pennsylvania Academy
- •Norman Wait Harris Bronze Medal, Chicago Art Institute
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
Art Collection
- •Chicago Union League Club
- •Pfeil Collection-Impressionists
Added Description
- •Figure Specialty
- •Genre Specialty
- •Snowscene Specialty
Artist Colony
- •New Hope, Pennsylvania
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •AskART Panama Pacific Expo
- •Panama Pacific Exhibition of 1915
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Boston Art Club-
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •Salmagundi Club, New York City-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts