Robert George Gilberg Oil Painting "Curvilinear Abstract"

Item Details

Robert George Gilberg (American; 1911- 1970)
Curvilinear Abstract, ca. 1950
Oil painting on paper
Signed to the lower right

An oil painting on paper titled Curvilinear Abstract by listed artist Robert George Gilberg (American; 1911- 1970), circa 1950. This piece depicts an abstract work comprising interrelated and overlaid geometric and curvilinear elements, composed in a complementary palette of pastel primary colors. Signed to the lower right, unframed.

Born in Oakland, Robert George Gilberg studied at the Oakland Art Center in the 1930s. Following service in the Army during WWII, he settled in Nevada City, CA where he remained until shortly before his death in San Francisco. Gilbert exhibited widely and with success, including at the San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts, (1941, 1942, solo) and was the recipient of numerous medals, prizes and juried awards. Other exhibitions include: Army Art Exhibit (San Diego), 1945 (1st prize); California Watercolor Society, 1946-53; Calif. State Fair, 1957.

‘How in the world did he build such worlds?’ asked Wayne Thiebaud in his foreword to the catalog for Robert Gilberg’s 1971 Memorial exhibition. Thiebaud answered his own question, though only partially: ‘Good paintings insist on a curious magic of turning the simple into the grand.’

Condition

- one inch tear to center of lower margin, restored; loss of paper to upper left and right corners; wear to surface of painting; pinholes present to all four corners of paper; creasing to corners of paper; crack in paint to lower margin of paper.

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Item #

18DCC771-074