Robert William Wood Paintings
Robert William Wood (1889–1979) is often considered to be among America’s most prolific artists because of the extraordinary number of landscapes he painted of the country’s greatest natural treasures — scenes as diverse as the California coast, the Rocky Mountains and springtime in the Texas bluebonnets. The gifted painter worked for nearly 60 years, often completing one painting a day.
Today, Robert Wood paintings are very popular for those seeking to bring luminous landscapes into their homes.
Wood was born in Kent, England, and emigrated in 1910 to the United States, where he spent his whole career. He was fond of plein air painting, which refers to the practice of painting outdoors, and when Wood moved to California from Texas in 1941, the last of the painters associated with the California Plein-Air School were still exhibiting but the popularity of the movement was dwindling. Wood’s paintings contain a great deal of detail and delicacy, but toward the end of his career in the mid-1950s, the artist began painting in a more Impressionistic style, with looser, bolder brushstrokes.
The critically acclaimed art movements that arose during Wood’s lifetime — Abstract Expressionism and Pop art among them — were far removed from the kind of traditional art that Wood practiced, and he did not seek to promote himself. But despite the artist’s lack of critical success, Wood was immensely popular and became a household name. Millions of color reproductions of his paintings, which have been praised for their depictions of natural light and enchanting use of color, have been sold over the years and can be found in homes all over the United States.
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1960s Contemporary Robert William Wood Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1940s American Impressionist Robert William Wood Paintings
Oil, Canvas
1930s Other Art Style Robert William Wood Paintings
Oil
1970s American Impressionist Robert William Wood Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Early 2000s American Impressionist Robert William Wood Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Board
Early 2000s American Impressionist Robert William Wood Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Board
1980s American Impressionist Robert William Wood Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1950s Expressionist Robert William Wood Paintings
Oil
1950s American Impressionist Robert William Wood Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1950s Impressionist Robert William Wood Paintings
Oil
1960s American Impressionist Robert William Wood Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1990s American Impressionist Robert William Wood Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Early 2000s American Impressionist Robert William Wood Paintings
Oil, Canvas, Board
Early 2000s American Impressionist Robert William Wood Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Board
1940s American Impressionist Robert William Wood Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Early 2000s American Impressionist Robert William Wood Paintings
Oil, Canvas
1940s Impressionist Robert William Wood Paintings
Oil
1940s Impressionist Robert William Wood Paintings
Oil
1940s Impressionist Robert William Wood Paintings
Oil
1950s Impressionist Robert William Wood Paintings
Oil
1950s Impressionist Robert William Wood Paintings
Oil
1960s American Impressionist Robert William Wood Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1950s Impressionist Robert William Wood Paintings
Oil
1950s Impressionist Robert William Wood Paintings
Oil
1950s Post-Impressionist Robert William Wood Paintings
Oil, Fiberboard
1950s Impressionist Robert William Wood Paintings
Oil
1940s Impressionist Robert William Wood Paintings
Oil
1930s Other Art Style Robert William Wood Paintings
Oil
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- Is Robert Wood a famous painter?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Robert Wood is an American landscape painter who became very well-known in the 1950s when his color reproductions were sold by the millions. His paintings have been widely published and he was considered a household name in America during the 1950s to the 1970s. On 1stDibs, find a variety of original artwork from top artists.