Robert Qualters 2016 Preliminary Mixed Media Painting for "Night"

Item Details

Robert Qualters (American, born 1934)
Night, 2016
Ink, gouache, paper cutouts and charcoal on paper
Initialed and dated ""R.Q. 16" to the lower right

A preliminary mixed media drawing for a limited edition print titled Night, by Pittsburgh artist Robert Qualters (born 1934). Part of a series that includes serigraphs Dawn and Afternoon, this work along with others in the series features different times of day and different weather conditions in local areas of Pittsburgh. Qualter’s explains that weather has always been an interest of his as it’s a reflection of the passage of time and a metaphor for ongoing life changes.

Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Robert Qualters is a painter, printmaker, and installation artist. He studied at Carnegie Tech, then obtained his B.F.A. from the California College of Arts and Crafts and his M.F.A. from Syracuse University. In 1985, the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts awarded him Artist of the Year, and in 2014, was the recipient of the Governor’s Award for Artist of the Year in Pennsylvania. Qualters is a former President of the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh and has had more than 30 solo exhibitions throughout his lifetime. In addition, he has completed over two-dozen public murals and site-specific installations. His work has been exhibited and collected by numerous institutions including the Carnegie Museum of Art, the Oakland California Museum of Art, the Westmoreland County Museum of Art, Concept Art Gallery, Carson Street Gallery, and Borelli Edwards, among others. Recently in 2014, a monograph by Vicky Clark titled Robert Qualters: Autobiographical Mythologies was published, chronicling the artist’s work and life up to his 80th birthday. To view the artist’s website, please see the link below.

Condition

- minor wear throughout the edges; small perforations to corners due to previous display.

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Item #

ITMG462421