Robert Ernst Marx

The people I draw, paint and sculpt personify the human condition. They are the people around us …every day.

I have favorite themes…I am troubled by the arrogance of power, the exclusivity of the institutions of church and state, abuse by and of both spouse and child, and our own and others’ personal fears and insecurities. We are also to some degree trapped by conventions we impose on ourselves. While painful to express, these themes desperately need expression, and I do visually.

I have created my own visual language, building on the insights of my artistic ancestors. For example, Picasso was the first to paint a dismembered human body to convey a sense of futilty. I also use symbols, such as manikins and masks, dangling limbs and puppet strings, as my “visual shorthand” for the forces which frustrate us all.

I work not only for myself, but to make a connection to you. I do so as elegantly as possible and with an ambiguity that invites you to join me with your interpretations. If I am a successful, my people will make eye contact with you and a dialogue will begin.

BORN
Northeim, Germany 1925, Moved to United States 1927

EDUCATION
M.F.A., Print Making, University of Illinois 1953
B.F.A., Painting, University of Illinois 1951

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, State University of New York 1990
Distinguished Professor, State University of New York 1989
Fulbright Lecturer, Delhi University, NEW DELHI, INDIA 1985
Professor, SUNY College at Brockport, BROCKPORT NY 1972
Associate Professor, SUNY College at Brockport, BROCKPORT NY1970
Director, Impressions Workshop, BOSTON MA 1969
Associate Professor, SUNY at Binghamton, BINGHAMTON NY 1966
Associate Professor, Syracuse University, SYRACUSE NY 1958
Director, Flint Institute of Art, FLINT MI 1957
Chairman, Art Department, Flint Junior College, FLINT MI 1956
Instructor, University of Wisconsin, MADISON WI 1953

GROUP AND ONE-MAN EXHIBITIONS
Mason Murer Fine Art, ATLANTA, GA 2010

Mason Murer Fine Art, ATLATNA, GA 2009

Alan Avery Art Co., ATLANTA GA (formerly Trinity Gallery) 2008
Davidson Galleries, SEATTLE WA 2007
Williams Gallery, ROCHESTER NY 2006
Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, ROCHESTER NY 2006
Trinity Gallery (with Robert Rauschenberg), ATLANTA GA 2006
Udinotti Gallery, SCOTTSDALE AZ 2005
Trinity Gallery (with Robert Rauschenberg), ATLANTA GA 2005
Davidson Galleries, SEATTLE WA 2004
Trinity Gallery, ATLANTA GA 2003
Davidson Galleries, SEATTLE WA 2002
Udinotti Gallery, SCOTTSDALE AZ 2001
Davidson Gallery, SEATTLE WA 2000
The Gallery at Gateway, ROCHESTER NY 1999
92nd Street YMHA, NEW YORK NY 1998
Udinotti Gallery, SCOTTSDALE AZ 1998

Davidson Galleries, SEATTLE WA 1998
Davidson Galleries, SEATTLE WA 1995
Lycoming College, WILLIAMSPORT PA 1995
Wells College, AURORA NY 1993
Davidson Galleries, SEATTLE WA 1993
Davidson Galleries, SEATTLE WA 1991
Gallery 500, ELKINS PARK PA 1991
Kansas State University (drawing exhibition), MANHATTAN KS 1991
Oxford Gallery, ROCHESTER NY 1990
Wilson Art Center (retrospective exhibition), ROCHESTER NY 1989
Davidson Galleries, SEATTLE WA 1989
Oxford Gallery, ROCHESTER NY 1988
Benton Gallery, SOUTHAMPTON NY 1988
Franz Bader Gallery, WASHINGTON DC 1987
Benton Gallery, SOUTHAMPTON NY 1987
Davidson Galleries, SEATTLE WA 1987
Franz Bader Gallery, WASHINGTON DC 1986
Zaner Gallery, ROCHESTER NY 1985
Franz Bader Gallery, WASHINGTON DC 1984
Guilford College, GREENSBORO NC 1984
Six 17 Gallery, KALAMAZOO MI 1983
Zaner Gallery, ROCHESTER NY 1983
U.S. Embassy Gallery, BELGRADE, YUGOSLAVIA; exhibition traveled to Art Gallery,
PRISTINA, KOSOVA; and Art Gallery, DUBROVNIK, CROATIA in 1984 1983
Franz Bader Gallery, WASHINGTON DC 1982
Hanover Gallery, SYRACUSE NY 1982
Bel Air Galleries, TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA 1982
Gallery 696, ROCHESTER NY 1981
Bel Air Galleries, TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA 1981
Davidson Galleries, SEATTLE WA 1980
Franz Bader Gallery, WASHINGTON DC 1980
Gallery 696, ROCHESTER NY 1979
Art Guild, HUTCHINSON KS 1979
Concordia College, MOOREHEAD MN 1979
Franz Bader Gallery, WASHINGTON DC 1978
Hanover Gallery, SYRACUSE NY 1978
Gilmore Art Center, KALAMAZOO MI 1977
Tower Park Gallery, PEORIA HEIGHTS IL 1977
Gallery 696, ROCHESTER, NY 1977
Franz Bader Gallery, WASHINGTON, DC 1976
Hanover Gallery, SYRACUSE, NY 1976
Davidson Galleries, SEATTLE, WA 1974

Optik Gallery, AMHERST, MA 1973
Schuman Gallery, ROCHESTER, NY 1973
University of Maine, ORONO, ME 1971
Schuman Gallery, ROCHESTER, NY 1971
Red Hedgehog Gallery, BINGHAMTON, NY 1971
Schuman Gallery, ROCHESTER, NY 1969
House of Artists Gallery, BRNO, CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1968
Ohio State University, COLUMBUS OH 1968
SUNY at Binghamton, BINGHAMTON NY 1967
SUNY College at Cortland, CORTLAND NY 1967
Gilmore Art Center, KALAMAZOO MI 1967
Fronta Gallery, PRAGUE, CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1967
USIA Gallery, PARIS, FRANCE 1967
Schuman Gallery, ROCHESTER NY 1966
Muggleton Gallery, AUBURN NY 1966
SUNY College at Oneonta, ONEONTA NY 1966
Elmira College, ELMIRA NY 1965
Fort Wayne Art Institute, FORT WAYNE IN 1965
Everson Museum (Juror’s Show), SYRACUSE NY 1965
Schuman Gallery, ROCHESTER NY 1964
Colgate University, HAMILTON NY 1964
Krasner Gallery, NEW YORK NY 1963
Illini Union, University of Illinois, URBANA IL 1963
Bard College, ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON NY 1963
Krasner Gallery, NEW YORK NY 1962
SUNY at Albany, ALBANY NY 1961
Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester (Juror’s Show) ROCHESTER NY 1961
Krasner Gallery, NEW YORK NY 1961–1963
SUNY College at Oneonta, ONEONTA NY 1960
Lowe Art Center, Syracuse University, SYRACUSE NY 1959
Northern Illinois State Teachers College, DEKALB IL 1957
Schermerhorn Gallery, BELOIT WI 1956–1960

REPRESENTED IN THE COLLECTIONS OF
Amherst College, Mead Art Museum, AMHERST MA
Asheville Art Museum, ASHEVILLE NC
Boise Art Museum, BOISE ID
Bowdoin College, Museum of Art, BRUNSWICK ME
Bradley University, PEORIA IL
Brooklyn Museum of Art, BROOKLYN NY
Brown University, Rare Books Library, PROVIDENCE RI
Bucknell University, LEWISBURG PA
Butler Institute of American Art, YOUNGSTOWN OH

Cazenovia College, CAZENOVIA NY
Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art, NASHVILLE TN
Cleveland Museum of Art, CLEVELAND OH
College of Idaho, CALDWELL ID
Columbus Museum of Art, COLUMBUS OH
Corcoran Gallery of Art, WASHINGTON DC
Cornell University, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, ITHACA NY
Dallas Museum of Art, DALLAS TX
Dartmouth College, Hood Museum of Art, HANOVER NH
Davidson College, DAVIDSON NC
Denison University, GRANVILLE OH
DePauw University, GREENCASTLE IN
Drake University, DES MOINES IA
Everson Museum of Art, SYRACUSE NY
Fine Arts Museum, ANCHORAGE AK
Fort Wayne Art Institute, FORT WAYNE IN
Fort Wayne Museum of Art, FORT WAYNE IN
Georgetown University, Lauinger Library Special Collections, WASHINGTON DC
Guilford College Art Gallery, GUILFORD NC
Harvard University Art Museums and Rare Books Library, CAMBRIDGE MA
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, WASHINGTON DC
Illinois State University, NORMAL IL
International Minerals & Chemical Co., BUFFALO NY
Joseph Hirschhorn Collection (paintings), WASHINGTON DC
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, KALAMAZOO MI
Kenyon College, GAMBIER OH
Library of Congress, WASHINGTON DC
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LOS ANGELES CA
Madison Art Center, MADISON WI
Metropolitan Museum of New York, NEW YORK NY
Milwaukee Art Institute, MILWAUKEE WI
Milwaukee Art Museum, MILWAUKEE WI
Minneapolis Institute of Art, MINNEAPOLIS MN
Monmouth College, MONMOUTH IL
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA
Munson-Williams-Proctor Art Institute, UTICA NY
Museum of Modern Art, NEW YORK NY
New York Public Library, NEW YORK CITY NY
North Truro Art Center, NORTH TRURO MA
Northwestern University, Rare Books Library, EVANSTON IL
Onondaga Community College Coulter Library, SYRACUSE NY
Ohio State University, COLUMBUS OH
Oxford University, Bodleian Library, OXFORD, GREAT BRITAIN

Pennsylvania State University, Palmer Museum of Art, COLLEGE PARK PA
Philadelphia Museum of Art, PHILADELPHIA PA
Philadelphia Public Library, PHILADELPHIA PA
Portland Art Museum, PORTLAND OR
Princeton University, Rare Books and Special Collections, PRINCETON NJ
Purdue University, WEST LAFAYETTE IN
Roberson Mesuem, BINGHAMTON NY
Rochester Institute of Technology, Wallace Library, ROCHESTER NY
Rockhurst College, KANSAS CITY MO
St. Lawrence University, Richard F. Brush Art Gallery, CANTON NY
Seattle Art Museum, SEATTLE WA
Seattle Public Library, SEATTLE WA
Smith College, Museum of Art, NORTHAMPTON MA
Smithsonian Institution Libraries, WASHINGTON DC
Southern Illinois University, CARBONDALE IL
SUNY at Binghamton, Bartle Library, BINGHAMTON NY
SUNY College at Brockport, BROCKPORT NY
SUNY College at Cortland, CORTLAND NY
Syracuse University, Rare Books Library, SYRACUSE NY
University of Alabama, UNIVERSITY AL
University of Arizona, TUCSON AZ
University of Chicago, Rare Books Library, CHICAGO IL
University of Massachusetts Fine Arts Center, AMHERST MA
University of Minnesota Library, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, MINNEAPOLIS MN
University of Nebraska, OMAHA NB
University of Northern Colorado, GREELY CO
University of Notre Dame, Snite Museum of Art, SOUTH BEND IN
University of Rochester, Memorial Art Gallery, ROCHESTER NY
University of Wisconsin, Rare Books Library, MADISON WI
USIA Libraries, EUROPE, ASIA, AFRICA, SOUTH AMERICA
Vassar College, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, POUGHKEEPSIE NY
Walla Walla College, COLLEGE PLACE WA
Washington University, ST. LOUIS MO
Whitney Museum of American Art, NEW YORK NY
Yale University, Beinecke and Sterling Memorial Libraries, NEW HAVEN CT