Robert Brackman (1898-1980), American
Oil on canvas (35" x 50")
Midsummer Morning
Price on Request

Robert Brackman (1898-1980)

Brackman  was born in Odessa, Russia, and came to the United States in 1908. He studied at The National Academy of Design from 1919 to 1921, and the Ferrer School in San Francisco. In New York, he also studied with Robert Henri and George Bellows at the National Academy of Design.

From 1931, he had a long career teaching at the Art Students League in New York and was a life member of the League. He also taught at the American Art School in New York City, the Brooklyn Museum School, the Lyme Art Academy, and the Madison Art School in Connecticut.

As a portraitist, he painted notables including John D Rockefeller, Jr., Charles Lindburgh, and John Foster Dulles as well as portraits commissioned by the Air Force Academy and the State Department. He was so successful with his portrait painting that he had to choose amongst persons wanting to commission him and from 1940, limited his sitters to three or four a year.
It is difficult to align him with any art movement because he was an artist who simply went his own way, pursuing his own vision.

Source: Michael David Zellman, "300 Years of American Art"Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art"