Robert Wright Abstract Oil Painting on Board

Item Details

Robert Wright
Untitled
oil
Signed

Robert Wright (Pennsylvania, 1943-2006)
Untitled, n.d.
Oil on board
Signed to lower right
48’ W x 47.75’ H x .25’ D

A large abstract oil painting on board by self-taught American artist Robert Wright (1943-2006). This work features an abstracted face and an oversized eye embedded in a matrix of geometric shapes and textural patterns The composition is portrayed in the artist’s signature style exhibiting vibrant colors, thick white outlines, and large loose brushstrokes. The work is signed in paint to the lower right, and it remains unframed.

Influenced by his Roman Catholic faith and local Pittsburgh neighborhoods, Robert Wright’s paintings often highlight the South Side 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. Wright’s work was championed by collector of folk and outsider art, Pat McArdle.

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Condition

- to fair; general surface wear throughout composition; we to edges includes rubbing and fraying; faint scratches scattered throughout surface.

Dimensions

Item #

18DCC450-074