ARTIST: Robert Buhler (United Kingdom, Switzerland, 1916 - 1989)
TITLE: Portrait of Goethe
YEAR: circa 1980
MEDIUM: oil on board
CONDITION: Some damages to the right corners. Few minor paint losses. No visible inpaint under UV light.
ART SIZE: 22 x 14 inches / 55 x 35 cm
BOARD SIZE: 23 x 15 inches / 58 x 38 cm
SIGNATURE: lower right
PROVENANCE: Franklin Mint Collection
LOCATION: This lot is located at our Dania Beach, FL office.
CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online
AD: ART WANTED: Consign, Trade In, Cash Offer
SKU#: 154221
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BIOGRAPHY:
Robert Buhler RA (23 November 1916 - 20 June 1989) was a Swiss landscape and portrait artist who was born in England, where he mostly worked.Buhler painted London scenes and exhibited in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions from 1945 to 1948. While mostly a painter of places, he was also a portrait artist, his sitters including Francis Bacon, Barnett Freedman, John Minton, Ruskin Spear, Stephen Spender, and Edith Evans playing Volumnia in Coriolanus.Buhler exhibited at many galleries and taught at the Wimbledon School of Art, the Royal College of Art, the Chelsea School of Art and the Central School of Arts and Crafts. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy (ARA) on 24 April 1947.In 1948 Buhler joined the London Group. He lived in Chelsea and painted many cityscapes, typically using muted colours, often using upstairs windows as a view point. On 21 February 1956 he was promoted to a full Royal Academician, and in that capacity took part in the selection process for the Academy's Summer Exhibition. He took holidays in Brittany and painted scenes there. In 1982 Buhler won the Wollaston Award of the Royal Academy and in 1984 the Hunting Art Prize for his painting 'Vineyards, Neuchatel'.