Robert Hartshorn

Art Brokerage: Robert Hartshorn American Artist: b1953. He is a fourth generation artist whose creative journey has followed the inspiration of his maternal grandfather, architect and artist Walter Antrim; "The act of painting is its own reward" was his first lesson, and the sale of an early "masterpiece" for $25 in 1960 made his grandmother his first patron. Early in his career, Rob wandered from medium to medium and subject to subject until he found a home in his late twenties in Classical Realism, an artistic movement that places a high value upon skill and beauty, combining elements of 19th-century neoclassicism and realism. His arts education was to research and experience firsthand the writings, works and techniques of great masters of the past; Vermeer for delicate colors, Bouguereau for luminous flesh, Raeburn for subtle expression. This adventure of discovery found him in museums, studios and private collections from New York to London to Beijing. In practice, there have been many contemporary mentors, masters and ateliers that have influenced Rob and shared their love of traditional technique with him. And now after five decades of painting, he has found his own path; six years ago he opened Hartshorn Studios, an art collaborative, devoted to portraiture and figure painting. He has found success in simply painting and continuing to share the techniques that others have shared with him. Listings wanted.