Robert Riggs Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Known for his scenes of prize-fighting and circus-genre, Robert Riggs had a highly successful career as an artist, especially in the ‘30s and ‘40s. His painting, The Brown Bomber, showed the boxing victory of Joe Louis over Max Schmeling. This is one of the paintings that earned Riggs election to the National Academy of Design in 1946. He was born in Decatur, Illinois, and as a young man ran away from home and joined the circus. He studied at the James Milliken University in Illinois and then trained at the Art Students League in New York, but his study was interrupted by Army service in the First World War. He attended the Académie Julian in Paris and then returned to the United States where he settled in Philadelphia and worked for N. W. Ayer & Sons, an advertising agency for whom he did numerous illustrations.
1930s American Modern Robert Riggs Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Watercolor
1950s American Realist Robert Riggs Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Graphite, Mixed Media
1930s Realist Robert Riggs Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Archival Paper, Charcoal
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Robert Riggs Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor, Sumi Ink, Color Pencil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Robert Riggs Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor, Sumi Ink, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Robert Riggs Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Robert Riggs Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Robert Riggs Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor, Sumi Ink, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Robert Riggs Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor, Sumi Ink, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
19th Century Realist Robert Riggs Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor, Board, Laid Paper
Mid-19th Century English School Robert Riggs Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Gouache, Paper, Watercolor
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Robert Riggs Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Robert Riggs Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor, Sumi Ink, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
1930s Modern Robert Riggs Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor, Pencil
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Robert Riggs Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Conté, Paper, Charcoal