Robert Borgatta

Robert Edward Borgatta
Born Roberto Eduardo Biagio Borgatta y Ruiz
January 11, 1921
Havana, Cuba
Died October 28, 2009
Miami Beach, Florida
Nationality US Naturalized Citizen
Education NYU, Yale
Known for painter, sculptor
Notable work Painting, Sculpture, Photography
Awards
  • Tiffany Fellowship 1942
  • Emily Lowe Foundation 1957
  • MacDowell Colony Fellowship 1972, 1973
  • Silvermine Guild 1954, 1958
  • Audubon Artist Annuals 1955, 1958, 1969
  • American Watercolor Society 1961, 1962
  • National Society Painters In Casein and Acrylic 1961, 1970
Website robertoborgatta.net

Roberto Eduardo Biagio Borgatta y Ruiz (1921–2009), known professionally as Robert Edward Borgatta, was an American artist and foremost a nature painter whose style evolved from abstractions and later became more representational.

Education

Leonardo da Vinci School, (1930 - 1938)

New York University School of Architecture and Allied Arts. Bachelor of Fine Arts, magna cum laude, 1940

Yale University School of Art, MFA, 1942

Military service

United States Army Rangers, Military Intelligence (1943-1946)

Early career

1929-1940—Abstractions

1929-1960—Portraits

1940-1960—Cityscapes

1929-1960—Representational works

1940-1960—Waterscapes

1940-1960—Landscapes

1950-1970—Abstractions

Mid to later works

1970-1980—Creation Series

1975-1985—Sculpture

1990-2000—Waterscapes

1980-1990—Wilderness Series

2000-2010—Flower Portraits

1990-2010—Photographs

One-man exhibitions

  • Village Art Center, N.Y. 1953
  • Wellons Gallery, N.Y. 1954
  • City College, N.Y. 1958, 1964
  • Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, N.Y. 1960
  • Ringwood Museum, N.J. 1966, 1972
  • Park College, Kansas City, MO. 1970
  • Babcock Galleries, N.Y. 1964, 1968, 1970
  • Southern Vermont Arts Center 1977
  • Fine Arts Gallery, Harmon, N.Y. 1979

Select group exhibitions

  • Weyhe Gallery, N.Y. 1945
  • Roko Gallery, N.Y. 1950, 1979
  • Associated Gallery of Art, Detroit, MI. 1955
  • Riverside Museum 1956, 1958, 1960
  • Schettini Gallery, Milan, Italy 1957
  • New School, N.Y. 1958
  • Glassboro College, N.J. 1961
  • M.I.T., Cambridge, MA. 1962
  • Corcoran Gallery, Washington 1966, 1968, 1970
  • Whitney Museum 1954, 1966, 1968
  • Museum of Modern Art (Penthouse) 1968
  • Pennsylvania Academy 1957
  • Loeb Center, N.Y.U. 1965, 1968
  • Mansfield State College 1972
  • Hudson River Museum 1972, 1974
  • Bass Museum of Art, 1964

Collections

  • Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA
  • Ford Foundation
  • Yale University Art Gallery
  • Mansfield State College
  • Standard Motors Products Corporation
  • Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co.
  • Miller Associates
  • Globus Travel, US Headquarters, Colorado
  • Pfizer corporate art collection

Grants and awards

  • Tiffany Fellowship 1942
  • Emily Lowe Foundation 1957
  • MacDowell Colony Fellowship 1972, 1973
  • Silvermine Guild 1954, 1958
  • Audubon Artist Annuals 1955, 1958, 1969
  • American Watercolor Society 1961, 1962
  • National Society Painters In Casein and Acrylic 1961, 1970
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