Robert Vickrey
1926 – 2011

Introduction

Robert Remsen Vickrey (August 26, 1926 – April 17, 2011) was a Massachusetts-based artist and author who specialized in the ancient medium of egg tempera. His paintings are surreal dreamlike visions of sunset shadows of bicycles, nuns in front of mural-painted brick walls, and children playing.

Wikidata identifier

Q7350612

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Introduction

Magic Realist painter in the egg tempera medium.

Country of birth

United States

Roles

Artist, painter

ULAN identifier

500021398

Names

Robert Remsen Vickrey

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