Carole Robb

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Carole Robb (1943) is a British artist and member of the National Academy of Design in New York City. She lives between New York City, Rome, Venice, and London.

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Early life and education

Robb was born in Port Glasgow, Scotland in 1943 and studied painting at the Glasgow School of Art (1961–65). She has said that the “Glasgow School of Art shaped my studio discipline; no effort without error, but it was the harsh Scottish weather that shaped the internal life of my imagination.” [1] She also studied at the University of Reading under Terry Frost, where she earned her Master of Fine Arts in 1979. That year she was awarded a British Arts Council award in painting from Greater London Arts Association and won the British Rome Prize in painting from the Royal Commission, London and spent 1979 to 1980 in Rome. [2] Following this she went to New York City on a Fulbright artist fellowship from 1980 to 1981. [3]

Art practice

Robb is a figurative painter, building on the hours of life drawing required at the Glasgow School of Art. [1] Her work engages with mythology, which she first encountered in school, where she studied Greek and Latin. [1] Film is also influential. The compositions in her series Showers with Heroes (2018) extend from her memories of films like Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita (1960) and Clint Eastwood's performance in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). [4]

Robb has exhibited with the Forum Gallery, New York (1982–1996); [5] the Robert Steele Gallery, New York (2006–2008); [6] the Denise Bibro Gallery, New York (2016–2018), [7] and with Tibaldi Arte Contemporanea, Rome (2020). [8]

her institutional exhibitions include Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, UK (1979); [9] National Theatre Gallery London; [10] and the South London Gallery (1983). [11]

Robb was elected a member of the National Academy of Design, New York in 2010. [12]

Awards and honors

Robb received a British Arts Council award in painting (GLAA) in 1979 [13] and a Fulbright Fellowship from the UK to the USA (1980–81). [14] She was awarded numerous artist residencies in the US from 1980 to 1987, including at the MacDowell Colony in New Hampshire (1981). [15]

Collections

Robb's paintings are included in a number of private and public collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, [16] New York; the National Academy Museum of Art, New York, NY; the Victoria & Albert Museum, London; [17] the Imperial War Museum, London; [18] and the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, London.

Teaching

Robb was visiting artist at various institutions and most recently at the New York Studio School from 1988 to 2004. [19] [20] She was Head of Atelier (Painting) there from 2005 to 2013. [21] [ citation needed ]

Robb is currently (2022) the Artistic Director of the Rome Art Program in Italy, which she established in 2009. [22]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Alumni Awards, Honours and Achievements" (PDF). Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  3. ↑ Buckman, David. "Carole Robb". Art UK. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  4. ↑ Maiorana, Milos Zahradka. "Carole Robb, Whispers in the Night Sussurri Notturni". Roma Today. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  5. ↑ Russell, John (24 January 1986). "Old Masters: Fine and Unfamiliar". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  6. ↑ "Robert Steele Gallery". NY Art Beat. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  7. ↑ "Carole Robb". Denise Bibro Fine Art. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  8. ↑ "Carole Robb – Whispers in the Night". Tibaldi Arte Contemporanea. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  9. ↑ "Carole Robb". Carol Robb: Pictures from a Greek Cinema. Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, UK. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  10. ↑ "Carole Robb Paintings". National Theatre Gallery, London, UK. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  11. ↑ "Carole Robb, Visitor Attendance Book". South London Gallery Archive. South London Gallery. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  12. ↑ "Carole Robb". National Academy of Design. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  13. ↑ "Faculty, Visual Arts at Chautauqua Institution" (PDF). Chautauqua Institution. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  14. ↑ Buckman, David. "Carole Robb". Art UK. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  15. ↑ "Visual Arts: Carole Robb". MacDowell. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  16. ↑ "Carole Robb, Achilles and Hector at the Wall: Death and Glory, 1986–87". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  17. ↑ "V&A Museum Collections". Victoria & Albert Museum. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  18. ↑ "Carole Robb, Death of Achilles". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  19. ↑ "New York Studio School Course Catalogue" (PDF). Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  20. ↑ Carole Robb: Recent Paintings. New York: Forum Gallery. 1996.
  21. ↑ "Art Scholarships in Rome, Italy". Florida State University, College of Fine Arts. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  22. ↑ "Our Mission". Rome Art Program. Retrieved 6 February 2022.

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