Robert Hite (artist)

Robert Hite
Born 1956 (age 5859)
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Nationality American
Education Virginia Commonwealth University, Corcoran School of Art
Known for Visual art

Robert Hite (born 1956 in Richmond, Virginia) is an American visual artist. Hite lives and works in Esopus, New York. In April 2014, Hite was named as a Guggenheim Fellow for his work in fine arts.[1]

Education

Hite attended Virginia Commonwealth University (in Richmond, Virginia), and the Corcoran School of Art.[2] Hite worked as a studio assistant to Leon Berkowitz.

Work

Hite’s work, blending painting, sculpture, and photography, concentrates on narrative forms. His work is grounded in the rural landscape and iconography of his childhood in Virginia. His paintings have been compared to Eugène Delacroix and Albert Pinkham Ryder.[3] Since 2006, his work has been increasing in its use of mixed-media culminating in the show Imagined Histories. In this series, Hite takes photographs of model houses that he situates in natural settings.[4]

Exhibitions

References

  1. Boucher, Brian (Apr 10, 2014). "Guggenheim Foundation 2014 Fellows Include Mary Reid Kelley, La Toya Ruby Frazier". Art in America. Retrieved 2014-04-13.
  2. Willers, Karl Emil. "Robert Hite". Retrieved 2011-06-17.
  3. "Robert Hite: Life In the Abstract; A Small-Star Collection at Tartt". The Washington Post. December 14, 1991.
  4. "Current Exhibits: Robert Hite". Nassau County Museum of Art. Retrieved 2011-06-17.

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