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WORKS FROM THE ESTATE OF
 ROBERT KING (1915-2001)

The Bryan H. Roberts Gallery is the exclusive representative of the
Robert King estate

BIOGRAPHY: 

Robert King was born 1915 in Lima, Ohio.  He entered Ohio State in 1934 as an art student and graduated in 1939 with a B.F.A. degree.  In 1939 he traveled to Europe for additional study but returned to Ohio later that year as World War II began to dawn.  In 1941 he received his M.A. and in 1945, after two years of military service, began teaching art at The Ohio State University.  In the late 1940’s he made numerous travels throughout Ohio, capturing both rural and urban scenes primarily in pastel.  These works were done in a bold style distinctive to King, although hints of Charles Burchfield influence do arguably appear.

 In 1950, Robert King had his first major exhibition of pastels, held at the Columbus Museum of Art.  In the ensuing two decades, he would produce a remarkable body of work in a variety of media and styles. Some of his pieces from this time period clearly show an international influence, especially that of Picasso, Matisse, and Rouault.  Other works, however, have a classic Eames-era look.  In 1961, King undertook a prolonged study of Japanese calligraphy, which he felt would be beneficial in his pastel and charcoal works.  By 1970, however, he turned almost exclusively to the collage medium.   

In 1978, he retired from The Ohio State University as Professor Emeritus, an event marked by a exhibition of works by almost 80 of his former students.  King and his wife Ruth retired to a house in Delaware, Ohio that Ruth had designed and built in 1958.  He passed away in 2001, leaving behind a remarkable legacy of modern art uniquely his own.

	TWO BATHERS Pastel on paper 10" x 12" image size Framed size 20" x 22.5" $975 View work with frame
	TWO WOMEN Watercolor and ink on paper 13.5" x 10" image size Framed size 19.25" x 22.75" $850 View work with frame
	READING Pastel on paper 10.5" x 13.5" image size Framed size 18.75" x 22.75" $975 View work with frame
	"THE CLOWN" Collage on paper 17.75" x 27.25" image size Framed size 18.5" x 28" Original artist's label verso $1400 View work with frame
	SPANISH SCENE Pastel on paper 15.5" x 19" image size Framed size 26" x 29.5" $1400 View work with frame
	DELAWARE RACE TRACK Pastel on paper 12" x 18" image size Framed size 26" x 32" $1400 View work with frame
	Bathers Pastel on paper, c. 1958 16.25” x 11” image size Overall size 26.25” x 21” Signed lower left  $975 View work with frame
	Harbor Scene Pastel on paper 21” x 25.5”: image size Overall size 33.5” x 38.5” Signed lower right $1400  This work currently matted but unframed
	Abstraction Oil on canvas, 44” x 51” Overall size 46” x 52” Signed on reverse SOLD View work with frame
	Geometric Abstract Oil on canvas, 24” x 16” Overall size 27.5” x 19.5” Estate stamp verso $1100 View work with frame
	Trumpet Player Pastel on paper 21” x 25.5” image size Overall size 21” x 15.75” Signed upper left SOLD View work with frame
	Still Life with Fruit Pastel on paper 18" x 22" image size Framed size 30" x 34" $1600 View work with frame
	Industrial Landscape Pastel on paper 22" x 26.5" image size Framed size 35" x 39.5" $2200 View work with frame
	Girl Eating Watermelon Pastel and gouache on paper 34" x 28.5" image size Framed size 44" x 39" $3000 NOTE: Double-sided work View work with frame
	(American, 1915-2001) Industrial Rail Yard Pastel on paper 21.5" x 26" image size Framed size 33.75" x 38" $2400 View work with frame
	Horses and Riders Pastel on paper 19" x 23" image size Framed size 30" x 35.25" $1600 View work with frame
	Coal Yard Pastel and gouache on paper 20" x 31.5" image size Framed size 33" x 44" View work with frame
	Still Life Pastel on paper 17" x 22" image size Framed size 29" x 34" $1600 View work with frame
	Two Horses and Riders Pastel on paper 17" x 24" image size Framed size 26.25" x 32.5" $1600 View work with frame
	Still Life with Table Objects Oil on panel 13" x 21" image size Framed size 17.25" x 25.5" $1200 View work with frame
	OHIO STATE STADIUM Charcoal on paper 11" x 17" image size Framed size 23" x 29" $1200 View work with frame
	COSTUMED FIGURE Pastel on paper 16" x 19" image size Framed size 25" x 29" $1600   View work with frame
	OHIO TOWN Pastel on paper 21" x 27" image size Framed size 33" x 38.5"   $1800 View work with frame
	FIGURAL GROUP Watercolor, ink, and pastel on paper 19" x 25" image size Framed size 30.5" x 36.75" $1600 View work with frame
	FIGURES WITH UMBRELLA Charcoal on paper 13.25" x 10" image size Framed size 26" x 20"   $850 View work with frame