Flood 1986 by Robert Jessup Oil on Linen Diptych Abstract Figures 144"

Description

Robert Jessup (Born 1952)
Robert Jessup is active/lives in Washington, Texas. Robert Jessup is known for abstract figurative painting, teaching.
Born in Moscow, Idaho, and raised in Seattle, Washington, Robert Jessup received his BFA from the University of Washington in 1975 and his MFA from the University of Iowa in 1979.

His work has been exhibited extensively since 1981 and is in numerous private and public collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the University of Virginia, the University of Texas, the Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Dallas Museum of Art.

He was a Professor Emeritus from the University of North Texas where he taught painting in the College of Visual Arts and Design from 1991 to 2018. His work is represented by the Conduit Gallery in Dallas, Texas.

In 2019, Jessup and his wife, Faith Scott Jessup, moved to Whidbey Island, Washington.

1952 Born in Moscow, Idaho

1958
Family moved to Seattle, WA

1970-1971
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

1971-1975
University of Washington, Seattle; BA in Art History, BFA in Painting

1976-1978
University of Iowa, Iowa City; MFA in Painting

1980-1981
Artist-in Residence Grant, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM

1981-1982
Lecturer, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

1982-1983
Assistant Professor, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA

1983-1986
Assistant Professor, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

1989-1990
Visiting Adj. Prof. Hartford Art School, Univ. of Hartford, Hartford, CT

1990-1991
Assistant Professor, Hartford Art School, Univ. of Hartford, Hartford, CT

1991-1996
Assistant Prof., School of Visual Arts, University of North Texas, Denton

1997- 2008
Associate Prof., School of Visual Art, University of North Texas, Denton

2009-2018
Professor, College of Visual Arts and Design, University of North Texas, Denton

2013-2014
Faculty Fellow, Institute for the Advancement of the Arts, University of North Texas, Professor Emeritus


Solo Exhibitions
2019Square, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX, Feb 23 to March 30

2018
Square, Denton Center for the Visual Arts, Denton , TX, Feb to May 2017

Condition

Very good overall, wear to bottom right side of left panel, see pictures

Dimensions

72" x 144"