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Figurative painting by Robert R. Bliss (1925-1981) of an idealized adolescent male model wearing a white briefs bathing suit. The painting is oil on a sheet of wood luan. The board is set within a slim frame made of oak, the lower corners of which are loose. The board and frame are similar wood tone so the effect is attractive and nearly seamless. Signed lower right and is faintly dated 1965.
Provenance: purchased at Childs Gallery, Boston, MA circa 1966, thence by descent.
Robert Ryel Bliss was born on October 30, 1925 in Newton, Massachusetts. He attended school at Bowdoin College, Maine, and was drafted into military service during World War II. At that time, he started to create his first figurative paintings, which were self-portraits.
After his discharge, Bliss studied painting at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and with Carolyn Wyeth in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.
He became a protégé of Andrew Wyeth who designated Bliss as one of the most promising artist of the year in a Look magazine article on up and coming artists from November 24, 1959. Wyeth said he (Bliss) "has a chance for bigness. While he is still searching, his work shows vitality, (and) is not just sterile technique."
In 1951, he became the Artist-In-Residence, teacher, and gallery director at Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, Massachusetts until 1963.
In 1964, he settled in Hull, Massachusetts, where he befriended and studied with the artist Samuel Rose (1941-2008). In the following years, he created most of his body of work, which he sold through local galleries and gift shops.
Later in life, he turned to colorful landscapes as well as psychedelic visionary paintings.
Robert Bliss died of a ruptured thoracic aneurysm on January 11, 1981.
Robert Bliss actively exhibited at Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College, Vose Galleries, Childs Gallery, and the Green Dolphin in Boston as well as exhibitions at the Provincetown Art Association
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- Date of Manufacture1965
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- DimensionsH 29 in. x W 23 in. x D .75 in.H 73.66 cm x W 58.42 cm x D 1.91 cm
- Seller LocationHingham, MA
- Reference NumberLU886617884371
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