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Robert Gilbert
A Laborer Resting

1930

$8,500
£6,431.87
€7,512.04
CA$12,080.43
A$12,169.42
CHF 7,098.68
MX$148,574.74
NOK 80,990.84
SEK 84,768.67
DKK 56,156.99

About the Item

A Laborer Resting, 1930, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower center, 36 x 30 inches, inscribed verso “July – 1930 / Title – A Laborer Resting / Artist – Robert Gilbert / Price - $250.00” A Laborer Resting is a rare Southern California urban scene from the Great Depression. At a time when California art was recognized primarily for watercolors and bucolic plein air paintings of rural scenes, Gilbert’s canvases went in a different direction. As Los Angeles Times art critic Arthur Millier noted, “Gilbert is heavy but he looks outside himself for local character. His gas stations and oil refineries are true to life and his portraits . . . are convincing.” Not satisfied with memetic depictions of his subject, Gilbert adopted a stylized approach to the laborer, so that his figure harmonizes neatly with the Cezanne-esque depiction of factories and warehouses in the background of a Southern California port. Robert Gilbert was a Southern California painter. A native of Santa Ana, Gilbert studied at Los Angeles’ Chouinard School of Art. He was a well-regarded member of the arts community during the 1930s, exhibiting with the Painters & Sculptors of Los Angeles, the Progressive Painters of Southern California, the California Watercolor Society and at the San Francisco Art Museum. Gilbert is listed in Eden Hughes’ Artists of California 1786 – 1940.
  • Creator:
    Robert Gilbert (1907 - 1988, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1930
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 36 in (91.44 cm)Width: 30 in (76.2 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
  • More Editions & Sizes:
    36 x 30 inchesPrice: $8,500
  • Medium:
    Canvas,Oil
  • Movement & Style:
    American Modern
  • Period:
    1930-1939
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Los Angeles, CA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1859216793262

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