Robert Inman
Soho #48
c.1990

About the Item

This artwork titled "Soho #48" c.1990 is mixed media, acrylic paint and collage on museum board paper by noted American artist Robert Inman, 1927-2016. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The artwork size is 27 x 19.75 inches, framed size is 33.15 x 27.15 inches. Custom framed in a light color wood frame, with off white matting. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: Robert Inman 1927-2016. Studied at the Chouinard Art Institute The first job started in1959 at Bob Clampett’s Snowball Productions, filling in for a few months for a staffer on vacation. Bob’s career in animation really took off, though, when longtime friend and former roommate, Corny Cole, who was working at UPA, told him of an opening in the background department. UPA paid better than Douglas and Inman spent the next five years there, working on The Mr. Magoo Show, The Dick Tracy Show, Gay Purr-ee , Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol and finally leaving in 1964 when production shut down after the completion of The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo. When I asked Bob what he thought of his tenure there, he replied, “UPA was the only animation studio I worked for that really let me be creative. They never held your hand and made being creative impossible. Corny’s recommendation had long term ramifications for Bob as he spent much of the rest of his career working with people he met while at UPA-Lee Orgel, who produced the animated series, The New Three Stooges at Cambria Studios; Abe Levitow at Chuck Jones’ MGM Visual Arts where Bob painted backgrounds for Tom & Jerry shorts, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Horton Hears a Who, The Phantom Tollbooth, Off to See the Wizard and The Pogo Special Birthday Special (for which he painted every single background despite being stricken with the Hong Kong flu); and fellow painter Gloria Wood, at Jay Ward, painting on George of the Jungle and Super Chicken. He briefly returned to UPA in 1970 to once again work with Abe Levitow on Uncle Sam Magoo (produced by Lee Orgel and scored by Walter Scharf , also veterans of Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol). The New Three Stooges at Cambria Studios; Abe Levitow at Chuck Jones’ MGM Visual Arts where Bob painted backgrounds for Tom & Jerry shorts, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Horton Hears a Who, The Phantom Tollbooth, He worked also for Hannah Barbera in many productions. Later in his career he devoted is time to painting ad graphic art becoming a very successful and recognized artist. The work of Robert Inman is held in private and corporate collections nationwide. The Art Gallery of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art has been representing his art over 20 years.

Creator:

Robert Inman (1927 - 2016, American)

Creation Year:

c.1990

Dimensions:

Height: 33.15 in (84.21 cm)Width: 27.15 in (68.97 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)

Medium:

Acrylic

Movement & Style:

Abstract Expressionist

Period:

Late 20th Century