Robert Borgatta
| Robert Edward Borgatta | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Roberto Eduardo Biagio Borgatta y Ruiz January 11, 1921 Havana, Cuba |
| Died |
October 28, 2009 Miami Beach, Florida |
| Nationality | US Naturalized Citizen |
| Education | NYU, Yale |
| Known for | painter, sculptor |
| Notable work | Painting, Sculpture, Photography |
| Awards |
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| Website | robertoborgatta.net |
Roberto Eduardo Biagio Borgatta y Ruiz(1921-2009), known professionally as Robert Edward Borgatta was an American artist and foremost a nature painter whose style evolved from abstractions and later became more representational.
Education
Leonardo da Vinci School, (1930 - 1938)
New York University School of Architecture and Allied Arts. Bachelor of Fine Arts, magna cum laude, 1940
Yale University School of Art, MFA, 1942
Military Service
United States Army Rangers, Military Intelligence (1943-1946)
Early career
1929-1940—Abstractions
1929-1960—Portraits
1940-1960—Cityscapes
1929-1960—Representational works
1940-1960—Waterscapes
1940-1960—Landscapes
1950-1970—Abstractions
Mid to Later Works
1970-1980—Creation Series
1975-1985—Sculpture
1990-2000—Waterscapes
1980-1990—Wilderness Series
2000-2010—Flower Portraits
1990-2010—Photographs
One-Man Exhibitions
- Village Art Center, N.Y. 1953
- Wellons Gallery, N.Y. 1954
- City College, N.Y. 1958, 1964
- Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, N.Y. 1960
- Ringwood Museum, N.J. 1966, 1972
- Park College, Kansas City, MO. 1970
- Babcock Galleries, N.Y. 1964, 1968, 1970
- Southern Vermont Arts Center 1977
- Fine Arts Gallery, Harmon, N.Y. 1979
Select Group Exhibitions
- Weyhe Gallery, N.Y. 1945
- Roko Gallery, N.Y. 1950, 1979
- Associated Gallery of Art, Detroit, MI. 1955
- Riverside Museum 1956, 1958, 1960
- Schettini Gallery, Milan, Italy 1957
- New School, N.Y. 1958
- Glassboro College, N.J. 1961
- M.I.T., Cambridge, MA. 1962
- Corcoran Gallery, Washington 1966, 1968, 1970
- Whitney Museum 1954, 1966, 1968
- Museum of Modern Art (Penthouse) 1968
- Pennsylvania Academy 1957
- Loeb Center, N.Y.U. 1965, 1968
- Mansfield State College 1972
- Hudson River Museum 1972, 1974
- Bass Museum of Art, 1964
Collections
- Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA
- Ford Foundation
- Yale University Art Gallery
- Mansfield State College
- Standard Motors Products Corporation
- Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co.
- Miller Associates
- Globus Travel, US Headquarters, Colorado
- Pfizer corporate art collection
Grants and Awards
- Tiffany Fellowship 1942
- Emily Lowe Foundation 1957
- MacDowell Colony Fellowship 1972, 1973
- Silvermine Guild 1954, 1958
- Audubon Artist Annuals 1955, 1958, 1969
- American Watercolor Society 1961, 1962
- National Society Painters In Casein and Acrylic 1961, 1970