Robert Gwathmey Prints and Multiples
American, 1903-1988
Robert Gwathmey became an artist known for his Social Realist depictions of life in the rural South. He was one of the first white artists to create dignified images of African-American people and did so in a style that was Modernist with many geometric forms and bold coloration. Although he lived intermittently in Pennsylvania and in the South, he spent most of his 45-year career in New York City, where his studio was at 1 West 68th Street. Frequently, he returned to the South, where he became concerned about the problems dividing blacks and whites.
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Artist: Robert Gwathmey
Migrant, Signed and Framed Screenprint by Robert Gwathmey
By Robert Gwathmey
Located in Long Island City, NY
Born in Richmond, Virginia, Robert Gwathmey became an artist known for his Social Realist depictions of life in the rural South. He was one of the first white artists to create digni...
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1970s American Modern Robert Gwathmey Prints and Multiples
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Screen
Vintage Lithograph Poster Robert Gwathmey Terry Dintenfass Gallery NYC
By Robert Gwathmey
Located in Surfside, FL
Robert Gwathmey (January 24, 1903 – September 21, 1988) was an American social realist painter. His wife was photographer Rosalie Gwathmey (September 15, 1908 – February 12, 2001) and his son was architect Charles Gwathmey (June 19, 1938 – August 3, 2009).
Robert was born to Robert Gwathmey Sr. (1866-1902) and Eva Mortimer Harrison (1868-1941). His half sisters were Kathrine and Ida Carrington. Robert Sr. was killed at work by an explosion and his wife was killed in a vehicular accident.
Gwathmey attended North Carolina State College in Raleigh, studying business from 1922-1923. He did not think this path would take him anywhere so he got a job on a freighter and later studied a year at the Maryland Institute of Design in Baltimore. The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia is where he completed his education of the arts; he spent four years there.
In 1929 and 1930, Gwathmey was the winner of the Cresson Traveling Scholarship, which allowed him the opportunity to study abroad in the summers. He traveled to Paris, Madrid, Barcelona, Genoa, Pisa, Florence, Venice, Vienna, Munich, and London.
Throughout his studies, Robert Gwathmey was influenced by many artists including Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Vincent van Gogh, and Rufino Tamayo from the European modernists, French satirist Honoré Daumier, realist painter Jean-François Millet along with Daumier and Degas.
Gwathmey is known for simplifying compositions and using symbolic abstraction to create his messages. His style is recognized by the color, shapes, and figures he uses in his artwork.
When asked about being a "social artist" this was his reply: "I'm a social being and I don't see how you can be an artist and be separate....Artists have eyes...You go home. You see things that are almost forgotten. It's always shocking."
After finishing school, Robert Gwathmey was a professor at several colleges: Temple University in Philadelphia (1930-1932), Beaver College in Glenside, PA (1930-1937), Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, PA (1939-1942), the Cooper Union School of Art, New York City (1942-1968), New School for Social Research, New York (1946-1949), and Boston University (1968-1969). He was an instructor to artists Faith Ringgold[8] and Alvin Carl Hollingsworth...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Robert Gwathmey Prints and Multiples
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MIGRANT
By Robert Gwathmey
Located in Portland, ME
Gwathmey, Robert (American 1903-1988). MIGRANT. Screenprint, 1978. An Artist's Proof aside from the edition of 100. Signed in pencil and inscribed "A/P.". 27 3/4 x 18 3/4 inches (ima...
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END OF THE DAY
By Robert Gwathmey
Located in Portland, ME
Gwathmey, Robert (American, 1903-1988). END OF THE DAY. Williams 4.
Screenprint in colors, 1944.
Edition size not known. Signed in ink, lower right, within the image.
12 1/4 x 14 ...
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