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Robert Remsen Vickrey

Robert Remsen Vickrey (1926 - 2011) was active/lived in Massachusetts, Florida, New York.  Robert Vickrey is known for Magic realist painting, figure.

Robert Vickrey, Magic-Realist Painter, Dies at 84
By WILLIAM GRIMES
Published: April 20, 2011, The New York Times

Robert Vickrey, a painter whose often unnerving depictions of shadow-streaked streets populated by nuns, clowns or children at play made him a leading figure of the magic realism school, died on Sunday at his home in Naples, Fla.  He was 84.

The death was confirmed by his son, Scott.

Mr. Vickrey, who mastered the Renaissance technique of egg tempera painting as a student at Yale, used his consummate skill to create, in his early work, hyper-real scenes suffused by an atmosphere of dread or impending disaster. He was an avant-garde filmmaker on the side, with a deep knowledge of expressionism and film noir, whose shadows, angles and distortions he introduced into his paintings.

In the 1950s and '60s Mr. Vickrey was a highly visible artist.  He was included in no fewer than nine of the Whitney Museum's annual exhibitions show   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 16857 characters.]  Artist bio

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