Lina liberace biography
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Robert Liberace
American painter
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]
Biography
[edit]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 sculptu
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
Perhaps best known for the movement and draftsmanship of his figure work, Rob was inspired as a child by an old kopia of Hogarth’s Dynamic Figure Drawing. His interests in drawing blossomed. He pursued his dream and earned art scholarships from the Morris Louis Foundation, The National Academy of Arts and Letters, and The Knights of Columbus. These, along with a baseball scholarship, aided him in earning BFA and MFA degrees from George Washington University in Washington DC. He has since combined his fascination with anatomy, art history, and technique to produce work in a variety of disciplines including drawing, watercolor, painting, and sculpture.
Rob has been selected as a “Living Master” bygd the Art Renewal Center where he won the Grand Prize in their 2020 international competition with his painting “Spartan.” He received their “Collections Magazine” Award in 2017, and in 2016 his painting “5th Circle” took First Place in the Imaginative Realism ca
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Robert Liberace & Family
This page highlight’s the masterful work of Robert Liberace, his wife, Lina, and daughters, Celia & Ava.
Robert Liberace’s work is motivated by centuries of knowledge and skill exemplified by the great masters. He aims to combine his fascination with technique, anatomy, and art history to produce work in a variety of disciplines such as drawing, watercolor, sculpture, and painting. Liberace earned his B.F.A. and M.F.A. from George Washington University where he originally attended school on a baseball scholarship, and later with art scholarships from the National Society of Arts and Letters.
He is well known for the draftsmanship and movement of his figure work. The Art Renewal Center selected the artist as a “Living Master,” and he’s an honorary member of the American China Oil Painting Artists League. Liberace is a visiting instructor at The National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, where he demonstrates old masters’ techniques. He is v