Stephen Cornelius Roberts (born 1952) is an American painter famous for painting eight-mural series in the Memorial Room of the Nebraska State Capitol.
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Life and career
Stephen Cornelius Roberts was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1952. Roberts's original focus was as a serious musician and went to California to pursue a record deal with a friend. In 1979 he turned his attention to art as his professional direction. Roberts graduated from the University of Nebraska in Omaha, with a Bachelor of Fine Art in painting (under painter Peter Hill) in 1976.
Roberts became a full-time artist in 1979. In 1981, with advice and encouragement from Ivan Karp, he traveled to New York City to search for galleries and was accepted into a small gallery at the time. In October 1990, Roberts was represented by Allan Stone Gallery in New York City (artist galleries such as Wayne Thiebaud, Richard Estes, and William Beckman). In February 1991, Allan Stone said of Roberts, "I see many paintings of figures, I think he [Roberts] is very talented and in addition to strong technical facilities, Roberts brings a theatrical sense of importance to his paintings as well as the elusive 'quality X' to success they.
Roberts main material is the human figure in the form of narration and portrait. The numbers in the paintings and drawings are usually life size or larger, some reaching 12 feet in height. Roberts's artworks have been exhibited throughout the country including TÃÆ'ªte-ÃÆ' â,¬ -TÃÆ'ªte: Portraits In Dialogue at Allan Stone Projects, New York, NY; The Body Revealed: 200 Years of the American Nude, New Britain's Art Museum, New Britain, CT; Perception Appearance: A Decade of Drawing Contemporary Images of America, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA and Disrobed at Allan Stone Projects, New York, NY.
Affect and process
Roberts's artistic influence comes largely from Greek and Roman Art as well as traditional European paintings from the Renaissance. It works primarily from photographic references, but it does not compile or project it. He spent a lot of time drawing a free hand in the process of doing his painting. Roberts painting process requires many thin layers of paint to achieve the desired effect and the work grows for months and sometimes years to complete. In his picture he also spent a lot of time layering. She usually uses pastel or conte with white highlights and does it like her paintings.
Nebraska State Capitol
In 1990, the Nebraska Capitol Mural Commission invited Roberts to participate in a mural competition for eight panels at the Nebraska State Capitol Memorial Chamber on the 14th floor. Roberts competed against Vincent Desiderio of New York, Sidney Goodman of Philadelphia, and Jerome Witkin of New York. The commission awarded Roberts an eight-mural project on February 20, 1991. The state of Nebraska dedicated a mural on Veteran Day, November 11, 1996, and Roberts completed research in 1997.
The entire process is documented within an hour of the Nebraska Telecommunications Education documentary entitled "Capitol Murals."
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Public Commission by Roberts
Nebraska State Capitol, Memorial Room
- Ideal International Law (1996)
- The Perils of Fire (1996)
- Ideal of Freedom (1996)
- The Scourge of Poverty (1996)
- Ideal Universal Peace (1996)
- The Scourge of Wague (1996)
- Ideal Self-Determination (1996)
- The Scourge of Famine (1996)
Norfolk Veterans' House, Norfolk, Nebraska
- House Veterans' Mural (2001)
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Othmer Hall
- Donald Othmer (2002)
University of Nebraska Health Center, Sorrell Center
- Doctor (2008)
References
External links
- http://www.stephencorneliusroberts.com
- https://mona.unk.edu/collection/robste1.shtml
- http://capitol.nebraska.gov/building/rooms/memorial-chamber/
- http://www.allanstoneprojects.com
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