Robert Vickrey

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Robert Vickrey
Born
Robert Remsen Vickrey

(1926-08-26)August 26, 1926
New York City, U.S.
DiedApril 17, 2011(2011-04-17) (aged 84)
Tempera painting
Notable workAdmiral Benbow, Early Snow
MovementSurrealism
Websiterobertvickrey.com

Robert Remsen Vickrey (August 26, 1926 – April 17, 2011)

egg tempera. His paintings are surreal
dreamlike visions of sunset shadows of bicycles, nuns in front of mural-painted brick walls, and children playing.

Early life

Vickrey was born in

Duchess of Windsor).[2] His parents later divorced and his mother remarried to Caleb van Heusen Whitbeck III,[2] in 1929,[3] with whom she had another son, Caleb Whitbeck.[1]

Vickrey graduated from the

Art Students League.[4] He returned to the Yale School of Fine Arts, receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1950.[1]

Career

He was one of the illustrators of

J.D. Salinger, from a 1961 Time cover, was hung at the National Gallery of Art following the writers death in 2010.[6] Other cover artists during this period included Boris Artzybasheff, James Ormsbee Chapin, Bernard Safran and Boris Chaliapin.[7]

His work with tempera has aligned him with fellow tempera artists Andrew Wyeth, Jared French and Paul Cadmus, who also "attempted to combine Surrealism with Realism, the amalgam being termed Magic Realism."[8]

In 1960, he exhibited his paintings at the Midtown Galleries at 17 East 57th Street.[9] In 1982, a retrospective exhibition of his work was held at the Museum of Art, Science and Industry in Bridgeport, Connecticut.[8]

In the 1970s, he wrote two books: New Techniques in Egg Tempera (1973), with Diane Cochrane, and Robert Vickrey: Artist at Work (1979).[1]

Legacy and honors

His works are in the collections of the

Whitney Museum of American Art, the Brooklyn Museum in New York, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and The Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro.[8]

Vickrey received the Gerard Manley Hopkins Award for Excellence in the Arts from Fairfield University and the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts in March 2009, where a retrospective exhibition of Vickrey's paintings from 1951-2007 was held at the Thomas J. Walsh Art Gallery. The award and exhibition coincided with the publication of "Robert Vickrey: The Magic of Realism," written by Dr. Philip Eliasoph, a Fairfield University professor of art history.[10]

Personal life

Vickrey was married to Marjorie, with whom he had two son and two daughters, Scott Vickrey, Elizabeth Nicole (

née Vickrey) McMartin, Wendy Caroline Vickrey, and Sean Vickrey. After Marjorie's death in 1997, he married Beverly Bowen Rumage.[1]

Vickrey died at his home in Naples, Florida, on April 17, 2011, at the age of 84.[1]

Gallery

  • Vickrey's 1957 Time cover.
    Vickrey's 1957 Time cover.
  • Vickrey's 1961 Time cover of J.D. Salinger.
    Vickrey's 1961
    J.D. Salinger
    .
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See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Grimes, William (20 April 2011). "Robert Vickrey, Painter of Magic Realism School, Dies at 84". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-1-55595-292-1
    . Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Mrs. Caroline McKim Vickery". Reno Gazette-Journal. 26 Mar 1929. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Robert Vickrey". americanart.si.edu. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  5. ISBN 978-0-8108-2478-2
    , retrieved 10 June 2017
  6. ^ Itzkoff, Dave (1 February 2010). "Portrait Gallery Hangs Painting of Salinger". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  7. ISBN 0-8230-3170-5
  8. ^ a b c Caldwell, John (13 June 1982). "Robert Vickery: Skirting the Edge". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  9. ^ Canaday, John (28 October 1960). "Exhibitions by Robert Vickrey and Jose de Rivera Demonstrate Craftsmanship" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  10. ^ Fairfield University recognizes artist Robert Vickrey's lifelong contribution in art with The Gerard Manley Hopkins Award
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