Robert Wright Mixed Media Folk Painting of a Church

Item Details

Robert Wright (Pennsylvania, 1943 – 2006)
Untitled (church)
Acrylic and oil paint on canvas
Initialed to the lower right

Provenance
From the collection of P.J. McArdle.

Born a seventh son of a seventh son, Robert Wright was deeply influenced by his Roman Catholic faith and local Pittsburgh neighborhoods. His paintings often highlight the South Side Pittsburgh slopes, religious motifs, faces and birds. He was a self-taught artist who exhibited at a few local Pittsburgh galleries and the Three Rivers Arts Festival. Diagnosed with schizophrenia, Wright never finished high school and eventually worked as a landscaper and a janitor at a daycare center. His mother, Catherine, fostered his artistic interests and he eventually found success with his work at a social service agency in Oakland.

Condition

- accretion and discoloration to surface; craquelure throughout, with splitting in thicker impasto.

Dimensions

Item #

ITMG274545