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Robert Fabe Watercolor Painting of Ship at Sea

December 10th 2023 @ 8:15pm EST
Winning Bid
$161

Item Details

Robert Fabe (Ohio/Illinois 1917 – 2004)
Untitled (two figures on boat)
Watercolor painting on paper
Signed to the lower
Artist information to verso

Robert Fabe grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he first studied painting with his father, an amateur painter. He went on to the Art Academy of Cincinnati where he studied under Herman Wessel, John E. Weis, and Meyer Abel. He received a scholarship to study at the Art Students League in New York, returning to Cincinnati in 1940 to open his own studio. After a brief stint in the Armed Services, serving in Europe, he returned to Cincinnati in 1945 where he taught at the Art Academy while maintaining his studio practice. In 1958 he joined the faculty of the University of Cincinnati of Design, Architecture, and Art, retiring in 1987. Fabe’s work was widely exhibited during his lifetime and resides in the permanent collections of the Cincinnati Art Museum, Miami University, University of Cincinnati, the Dayton Art Institute, and the Butler Art Institute.

Condition

- slight waving to sheet; minor abrasions to frame.

Dimensions

20.5" W x 14.5" H x 1.25" D

- measures frame; sight measures 13.5" W x 17.75" H.

  • Item not examined outside of mounting.

Item #

ITMGK74785

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