Robert Liberace

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Robert Liberace (born January 2, 1967, in Pomona, New York) is an American realist artist. He attended the George Washington University, from which he received both his bachelor of liberal arts and masters of fine arts degrees. [1] There he was also a recipient of a Morris Louis scholarship. [2] Among his teachers was the painter Frank Wright, who he credits with having instilled into him a love of the old masters. [3]

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Biography

Accomplished in both sculpture and painting, as a portraitist his commissioned subjects have included the 41st President of the United States George H.W Bush, ambassador Sol Linowitz, former United States National Portrait Gallery director Marc Pachter, [4] the National Symphony Orchestra cellist Steven Honigberg, the Shady Grove Adventist Hospital patron Farid Srour [5] and General Wallace M. Greene, the last of which resides in the Vermont State House. His sculptural commissions include the Our Lady of Vailankanni in marble, and the terracotta rendering of Mother Teresa for the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, in Washington, D.C. He has been proclaimed by the Art Renewal Center to be one of several score of current "accredited", "living masters". [6] In 2003 the National Portrait Society awarded him their grand prize. [7]

Liberace's work has been written about extensively by M. Stephen Dougherty, the executive editor of American Artist magazine. He teaches at Studio Incamminati in Philadelphia, which was founded and headed by the late renowned painter Nelson Shanks, [8] and the Art League in Alexandria, Virginia. He also holds painting and sculpture workshops in locations throughout the United States and abroad. Of his painting "The Fifth Circle" Liberace has said ..."fascination with the active human figure and my desire to capture the power and poetry that results from the detailed description of the body in dramatic poses. The painting also explores both the interesting visual effects of light and the narrative power that light embodies. Dante's Inferno provides the inspiration for this painting and the dark underworld he envisions creates a fiery backdrop for the action. The burning shoreline creates an apocalyptic atmosphere representing the darker realms of the human soul. The flames illuminate one side of the ferryman with a sharp searing light as he moves toward a contrasting cooler light shining in from the opposite side. This clear softer light evokes a desire of the soul to seek Paradise". [9]

Personal life

Robert Liberace resides in Vienna, Virginia, with his wife, the painter and illustrator Lina Liberace (nee Chesak). [10] Their two daughters Ava and Celia are also both visual artists . [11] He is distantly related to the famed pianist Liberace.

His mother is the poet Maire Liberace whose second book of verse "Lament in a Minor Key" was named "Book of the Year" by the Rockland County Library Associatoon for 2019. [12] [13]

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  2. ↑ "Artist Information for Robert Liberace". artrenewal.org. Retrieved 2013-08-26.
  3. ↑ "Americanartistarticle". Archived from the original on 2017-02-11. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  4. ↑ "PROFILE | Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery News Spring/Summer 2007" (PDF). 8 August 2007. Retrieved 2015-09-22.
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-06-16. Retrieved 2016-12-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ↑ "Art Renewal Center Museum Artist Information for Robert Liberace". artrenewal.org. Retrieved 2015-09-22.
  7. ↑ "Robert Liberace - The Art League - Alexandria, VA". theartleague.org. Retrieved 2015-09-22.
  8. ↑ "Instructor Rob Liberace". studioincamminati.org. Retrieved 2013-08-26.
  9. ↑ "5th Circle by Robert Liberace".
  10. ↑ https://principlearttalk.com/2020/12/22/the-liberace-family/
  11. ↑ https://www.theautumnsalon.com/sketches-of-sound
  12. ↑ "Maire is '˜Walking on Water' with launch of new book of poems". www.colerainetimes.co.uk.
  13. ↑ "Clachan Publishing". Clachan Publishing.
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