23, 1920 through December 13, 2009. He was an only child and grew up
in Chicago. (Grew up in a country song) His dad was a side walk
inspector when he was young. He ended up attending The Chicago Art
Institute for two years, then went to Pennsylvania, and he played
football for two years. Then WWII started and he was drafted.(can't
hold us) He was in the Air Force and dropped bombs over Germany and
Belgium. (Fly) He got shrapnel in his leg while flying; he never got
it taken out. After the war he moved to Wisconsin and worked at the
paper mill as a water inspector. Robert and his dad built his house when he
first moved there, (dear mr president) but stayed at a hotel until it
was finished. There he met his future wife Marg. (Shower) When they
married he adopted her two children Jill, my grandma, and Jim;
together they had Jan and Bobby. After WWII he used art as a sort of
therapy to forget everything that he experienced. (Let it go) Much of
his art was landscapes, animals, older structures, and he did a few
portraits. He only did realism, and he did not take many requests. He
was most inspired by his instructors and family, (red solo cup) but
the majority of his paintings were happy and up beat, probably because
of his time served. (Amnesia) He was in a Brush and Pallet club for
many years too.(rather be) He did mainly oil painting but also did
water color, charcoal, and sketching. (My little pony) I'm not sure of
anyone he inspired except for me. When I was 9 he took me in his art
room and showed me his colors, pencils, and other utensils.(just give
me a reason) That's when I told myself I really wanted to excel in
art. Here is some of his art work (fall)
I really liked this project. I got to spend time with my grandma learning about my great-grandpa, and I got to know more about him. It was really cool digging deeper into his past. I really enjoyed this project!
(below is a link with all the music clips i used)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdemumF8kqA&list=UUcBrxz8h-FZSJIqrXQRUigg