Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts
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Po Box 2137
Little Rock, AR 72202
Po Box 2137
Little Rock, AR 72202
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Museums page for Robert Andrew Parker ((1927 - 2024)), known for Magazine, children's book illustration, etching. Showing 13 museum collections and exhibitions.
Robert Andrew Parker MUSEUMS
1927 Norfolk, Virginia - 2024. Known for: Magazine, children's book illustration, etching.
Born: 1927, Norfolk, Virginia, Robert Andrew Parker attended the school of the Art Institute of Chicago from 1948 until 1952 and worked during the following months at the Skowhegan School of Painting... Read full biography
Born: 1927, Norfolk, Virginia, Robert Andrew Parker attended the school of the Art Institute of Chicago from 1948 until 1952 and worked during the following months at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine and at Stanley William Hayter's Atelier 17 in New York. Since his first solo... Read full biography
Born: 1927, Norfolk, Virginia, Robert Andrew Parker attended the school of the Art Institute of Chicago from 1948 until 1952 and worked during the following months at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine and at Stanley William Hayter's Atelier 17 in New York. Since his first solo show in 1954, Parker has exhibited extensively, and his credits include set designs for opera and film as well as book illustrations. In his watercolors Parker combines areas of pure color with... Read full biography
Born: 1927, Norfolk, Virginia, Robert Andrew Parker attended the school of the Art Institute of Chicago from 1948 until 1952 and worked during the following months at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine and at Stanley William Hayter's Atelier 17 in New York. Since his first solo show in 1954, Parker has exhibited extensively, and his credits include set designs for opera and film as well as book illustrations. In his watercolors Parker combines areas of pure color with design conceived in terms of silhouette and shape. He takes his subject matter mostly from the natural world—dogs, trees, mountains, people, birds—and condenses and simplifies imagery with a swift, expressionistic technique. During his career Parker has... Read full biography
Born: 1927, Norfolk, Virginia, Robert Andrew Parker attended the school of the Art Institute of Chicago from 1948 until 1952 and worked during the following months at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine and at Stanley William Hayter's Atelier 17 in New York. Since his first solo show in 1954, Parker has exhibited extensively, and his credits include set designs for opera and film as well as book illustrations. In his watercolors Parker combines areas of pure color with design conceived in terms of silhouette and shape. He takes his subject matter mostly from the natural world—dogs, trees, mountains, people, birds—and condenses and simplifies imagery with a swift, expressionistic technique. During his career Parker has worked in locales as Arles and Saint-Remy in France and the Himalayas, where a 1981 walking tour provided the subjects for a seri... Read full biography
Robert Andrew Parker - Artist Info
About Robert Andrew Parker: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (13)
All MuseumsMelton Gallery, University of Central Oklahoma
Art and Design Building
100 N. University Dr.
Edmond, OK 73034Memorial Art Gallery
University of Rochester
500 University Avenue
Rochester, NY 14607-1415Neuberger Museum of Art
Suny, Purchase College
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577-1400Phoenix Art Museum
1625 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85004-1685Sara Roby Foundation Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)
G St. NW & 8th St. NW
Washington, DC 20004Smith College Museum of Art
20 Elm Street at Bedford Terrace
Northampton, MA 01063The Brooklyn Museum of Art
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11238-6052The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art
5401 Bay Shore Road
Sarasota, FL 34243The Newark Museum of Art
49 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102University of Michigan Museum of Art, UMMA
525 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1354University of Wyoming Art Museum
Centennial Complex
2111 Willett Drive
Laramie, WY 82071Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Ganesvoort Street
New York City, NY 10014