Edgewater, NJ
Details
- Dimensions
- 17.75ʺW × 2ʺD × 23.75ʺH
- Styles
- Impressionist
- Art Subjects
- Nude
- Frame Type
- Unframed
- Period
- Mid 20th Century
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Pastel
- Condition
- Good Condition, Unknown, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Brown
- Condition Notes
- Good. Great condition Good. Great condition less
- Description
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A pastel on paper of a nude study .
Housed in a hand carved gold leaf frame with some minor … more A pastel on paper of a nude study .
Housed in a hand carved gold leaf frame with some minor touchups.
Framed measurements 34.75 x 27.75 inches
Best known for large figural works, portraits, and still lifes in realist style with interplay of design elements, Robert Brackman created paintings that show the gamut of technical and imaginative skills. It is not credible to align him with any art movement because he was an artist who simply went his own way, pursuing his own vision.
From 1931, he had a long career teaching at the Art Students League in New York and was a life member of the League. He also taught at the American Art School in New York City, the Brooklyn Museum School, the Lyme Art Academy, and the Madison Art School in Connecticut.
As a portraitist, he painted notables including John D Rockefeller, Jr., Charles Lindburgh, and John Foster Dulles as well as portraits commissioned by the Air Force Academy and the State Department. He was so successful with his portrait painting that he had to choose amongst persons wanting to commission him and from 1940, limited his sitters to three or four a year.
He was born in Odessa, Russia, and came to the United States in 1908. He studied at The National Academy of Design from 1919 to 1921, and the Ferrer School in San Francisco. In New York, he also studied with Robert Henri and George Bellows at the National Academy of Design.
From 1934 to 1944, he had seven one-man exhibitions in New York City at Macbeth Gallery.
Source:
Michael David Zellman, "300 Years of American Art"
Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art" less
Edgewater, NJ
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