Robert Beck b. 1950
New Hope, Pennsylvania / New York, New York
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EDUCATION
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1990 - 1992)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Salmagundi Club
Philadelphia Sketch Club
American Society of Marine Artists (Signature Member)
Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Board Member 1994 – 1995)
Artsbridge—Regional Artists, Bucks County, Pa / Hunterdon/Mercer, NJ (President 1994- 1996)
REPRESENTATION
Morpeth Contemporary, Hopewell, NJ
MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
James A Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, Pa.
Invitation: “The Work Of Art: Museum Collecting Unpacked” (2022”)
Solo Exhibition: “It’s Personal: The Art Of Robert Beck” (2021)
Invitation: “Local Theater Does Good” featuring Robert Beck’s 2012 Bucks County Playhouse series (2013)
Invitation: “The River Painters” (2008)
Invitation: 4-Person “Bucks County Invitational – Contemporary Painters” (1999)
Juried: “Bucks Biennial Juried Exhibition” (1992)
Maine Maritime Museum, Bath, ME
Solo Exhibition -“Robert Beck – Over East” (2016-17)
Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie, Trenton, NJ
Retrospective: Robert Beck Retrospective 1997–2007- “Loves Notions and Novelties” (2007)
Invitation: 40th Anniversary Invitational (2018)
Juried: Annual Exhibition (2000-2007, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2021)
Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, Pa.
Invitation: “Don’t Feed The Art: Woodmere’s Animal Menagerie” (2022)
Juried: Annual Exhibition (1996-1997, 1999-2000, 2002-2004, 2006, 2020 accepted/deferred 2021)
Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY
Juried: “The American Society of Marine Artists 19th Annual Exhibition” (2023)
The Minnesota Marine Art Museum, Winona, MN
Juried: “The American Society of Marine Artists 19th Annual Exhibition” (2024)
Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, Winchester, VA
Invitation: “Second Time Around” (2014)
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pa.
Invitation: “Fellowship Centennial – The Unbroken Line” (1997)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021-22 James A Michener Art Museum – “It’s Personal: The Art Of Robert Beck”
2021 Morpeth Contemporary - Robert Beck: Recent Work, Hopewell, NJ
2018 New Hope Arts, Legacy Artist “Robert Beck: – Archetype”, New Hope, Pa.
2016-17 Maine Maritime Museum, “Robert Beck – Over East”, Bath, ME
2012. National Arts Club, “Robert Beck – Iconic Manhattan”, New York, NY
2011 Rosenfeld Gallery, “Robert Beck – Philadelphia Heartbeat”, Philadelphia, Pa
2009 Pennswood Village Gallery, “Robert Beck On Hand”, Newtown, Pa.
2007 Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie – Robert Beck Retrospective 1997 – 2007
2007 Robert Schonhorn Arts Center, “Robert Beck: Through the Windows”, Peapack, NJ
2001-16 The Gallery of Robert Beck (18 shows)
1998 Washington Crossing Park Visitors Center, Special Exhibition of “Second Crossing,” Washington Crossing, PA
1998 - 2000 Rago Auctions, (annually for three years), Lambertville, NJ
1997 - 2000 Ruth Morpeth Gallery, (annually for four years), Hopewell, NJ
GROUP EXHIBITIONS - JURIED
2024 The American Society of Marine Artists, 19th Annual Exhibition,The Minnesota Marine Art Museum, Winona MN
2023 The American Society of Marine Artists, 19th Annual Exhibition, Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY
2022 The American Society of Marine Artists, Online International Exhibition of Contemporary Marine Art (American, Australian, Canadian, Royal Societies of Marine Art, L’Association Des Peinntries Officials De La Marine
2022 Phillips Mill, New Hope, Pa (24 times). Annual Juried Exhibition (1993, 1995-1999, 2003-2009, 2012-2022)
2021 Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie, Trenton, NJ (12 times) Annual Juried Exhibition (2000-2007, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2021)
2021 Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, Pa. Annual Juried Exhibition (1996-1997, 1999-2000, 2002-2004, 2006, 2020/2021)
2020 Salmagundi Club, New York, NY. Juried: Annual Membership Exhibition (2020, 2021)
2019 Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, Pa (10 times) Annual Juried Small Oil Paintings (2011-2020) Annual Juried The Art of the Flower (2021)
2008 Lambertville Historical Society, Lambertville, NJ (12 times) Annual Juried Exhibition (1997-2008)
2003 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Fellowship, Philadelphia, Pa (7 times) Juried Annual Exhibition (1995-1997, 1999, 2001-2003)
1992 James A Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, Pa. “Bucks Biennial” (1992)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS - INVITATIONAL
2022 Woodmere Art Museum, “Don’t Feed the Art, Woodmere’s Animal Menagerie,” Philadelphia, PA
2022 James A Michener Art Museum, “The Work of Art: Museum Collecting Unpacked,” Doylestown, PA
2020 New Hope Arts, Music To My Ears, New Hope PA
2018 Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie, 40th Anniversary Invitational, Trenton, NJ
2016 Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, 3-Person Exhibition “Close to Home”, Princeton, NJ
2014 Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, “Second Time Around”, Winchester VA
2014 Hicks Arts Center BCCC, 4-Person Exhibition “Cross Section”, Newtown, Pa
2013 James A Michener Art Museum, “Local Theater Does Good”, Doylestown, Pa
2011 New Hope Arts, “Continuum”, New Hope, Pa.
2011 New Hope Arts, 2-Person Exhibition “ASSISTS – Documenting Senegal”, New Hope, Pa
2010 Gratz Gallery, “Now and Then – Premier Contemporary Painters”, Doylestown, Pa
2008 James A Michener Art Museum, “The River Painters”, New Hope, Pa.
2008 The Gallery at Mercer County Community College, 3-Person Exhibition “A Light Within”, Trenton, NJ
2006 Stephen Friedman Gallery, “The Last Time They Met”, London, UK
2005 Phillips Mill “75th Anniversary Retrospective”, New Hope, Pa
2005 E.M. Adams Gallery, 2-Person Exhibition, New Hope, Pa
2004 Gallery of Fine Art, “The Artists of the Gallery of Fine Art”, Newtown, Pa
2004 Medical Arts Center, 4-Person Exhibition, “Drawn to Maine”, Doylestown, Pa
2002 Bernstein Gallery Princeton University, “After September 11”, Princeton, NJ
2002 Byers Choice/Central Bucks Chamber of Commerce 16th Annual Exhibition
2000 Gallery at Bristol Myers Squibb, “Up the River Now”, Princeton, NJ
1999 James A Michener Art Museum, 4-Person “Bucks County Invitational”, Doylestown, Pa
1997 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, “Fellowship Centennial – The Unbroken Line”
HONORS and AWARDS
2023 Phillips Mill Annual Juried Exhibition Award - (2023, 2020, 2018, 2012, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 1998, 1996, 1995)
2021 Trenton City Museum, Ellarslie Open, Lawrence Stein Memorial Award
2020 Elected Signature Member of the American Society of Marine Artists
2018 Honored Legacy Artist, New Hope Arts
2017 Honored Artist, Phillips Mill
2016 Philadelphia Sketch Club, Portrait Award – Annual Oil Painting Exhibition
2014 Philadelphia Sketch Club - Medal for Excellence and Contribution to the Arts
2011 Lambertville Historical Society Award - (2011, 2006, 2002, 2000, 1999)
2001 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Fellowship, Mary Butler Award
2000 Finalist, Fellowship in the Arts, Pew Foundation
1999 Woodmere Art Museum, Woodmere Prize – Annual Juried Exhibition
1999 James A Michener Purchase Prize, Prallsville/Artsbridge Juried Exhibition
1997 Woodmere Art Museum, Emerson Prize – Annual Juried Exhibition
1997 New Century Juried Exhibition (New Hope, Pa) – Bramhall Award
1996 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Fellowship, Mary Audubon Post Award
1996 New Century Juried Exhibition (New Hope, Pa) – Riverbank Arts Prize
1995 Bianco Gallery (Doylestown, Pa), Best in Show – Annual Juried Exhibition
1991 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Bergman Prize – Annual Student Exhibition
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
James A Michener Art Museum
Maine Maritime Museum
National Arts Club (N.Y., N.Y.)
Woodmere Museum
Penn Museum
Museum of the City of Trenton at Ellarslie
University of Pennsylvania
Delaware Valley University
DownEast Institute for Applied Research (University of Maine)
New Hope/Solebury School District (Bucks County, PA)
Grundy Museum (Bristol, Pa)
Philadelphia School District Board of Education
Campbell Soup Company
VIDEOGRAPHY
2022 State of the Arts program (NJ PBS, WNET 13, All Arts)—“Can I Paint Here: Artist Robert Beck”, Susan Wallner, PCK Media
2021 James A Michener Museum — It’s Personal: the Art Of Robert Beck 3 exhibition videos by Susan Wallner, PCK Media
2020 Philips Mill 91st Anniversary —Robert Beck Studio Tour,
2020 Phillips Mill Honored Artist Feature, Robert Beck-Artist Series Interview with Laura Womack
2016 Maine Maritime Museum, Robert Beck Over East exhibition video (Bob Krist).
2014 Museum of the Shenandoah Valley exhibition video Second Time Around exhibition video (Larry Carroll)
2014 James A Michener Museum and BCP exhibition video, Local Mill Makes Good exhibition video Susan Wallner, PCK Media
INSTRUCTOR: OIL PAINTING, LANDSCAPE, PORTRAIT
1999 - 2014 Robert Beck Gallery and Academy (Lambertville, N.J and Workshops - Belfast and Jonesport, ME)
2001 The Lawrenceville School (Lawrenceville, NJ)
1996 - 2000 The Flemington Art School (Flemington, NJ)
1997 - 2000 Artworks Trenton (Trenton, NJ)
2000 Curator: Artworks Representational Art Exhibit, Trenton, NJ
LECTURER/PANELIST
Temple University (2024)
Wiscasset Art Gallery (2023)Wiscasset Art Gallery (2023)
James A Michener Art Museum (2021, 1999, 2004, 2015 – WHYY at the Michener, 2021)
Delaware Valley University (2013 – 2023)
Bucks County Community College (2014)
Philadelphia Sketch Club (2011)
City Museum of Trenton at Ellarslie (2007, 2008)
Hunterdon Museum of Art (2005)
COLUMNIST
2023-24, Art New England Magazine -- feature “Going Solo: Painting Downeast,” 4-part bi-monthly series
2022 - present, West Side Rag -- regular contributor “West Side Canvas,” weekly image and essay, (NYC)
2005 - present, ICON Magazine – monthly image and essay “A Thousand Words,” monthly image and essay (Philadelphia, Delaware Valley)
RADIO HOST
2008 - 2010 WDVR FM - Host of “The River,” weekly interview program