- Robert Lee Eskridge
Robert Lee Eskridge was an American genre painter, muralist and illustrator. He was born on Nov. 22, 1891 in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania. Eskridge moved with his family to Pasadena as a child. He studied at the
University of Southern California , Los Angeles College of Fine Arts, theArt Institute of Chicago , theChicago Academy of Fine Arts and with George Senseney andAndré Lhote in Paris. After traveling extensively in Spain and the South Seas, he lived in Chicago, New York, and Coronado Beach, CA (1917-32). He moved to Honolulu in 1932 and taught at the University of Hawaii. During the Great Depression he was aWorks Progress Administration muralist. His murals are in the Ala Moana Park Sports Pavilion in Honolulu and atPalmer House in Chicago.The
Honolulu Academy of Arts andThe Contemporary Museum, Honolulu are among the public collections holding works of Robert Lee Eskridge.elected works
References
* Forbes, David W., "Encounters with Paradise: Views of Hawaii and its People, 1778-1941", Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1992, 213-257.
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.