Mid Century Young Blonde Girl Portrait Egg Tempera – Style of Thomas Hart Benton by Robert Collins

Gorgeous pointillist egg tempera portrait of young blonde girl by Robert Joseph Collins (American, 1922-2011), 1947. Signed “Collins” and dated “’47.” Unframed. Image, 15.75″L x 11.75″W.

This well-listed American abstract artist graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1954 and later became assistant professor of graphic arts at his Alma Mater. The recipient of numerous prizes and juried awards, he exhibited widely and with success, including at the San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts and the Minneapolis Museum of Fine Arts.

Robert Collins an American abstract artist, University of Minnesota in 1943 and was an assistant professor of graphic design 1953 and later professor of design. The recipient of numerous prizes and juried awards, he exhibited at the San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts de Young and the Minneapolis Museum of Fine Arts. Partial list of exhibitions: 1953 University of Minnesota, works since 1943, “The diners.” (Painting.) Awarded Artists’ Council Prize. San Francisco Museum of Art 18th Annual Watercolor Exhibition. September, 1954. “Avocado plant No. 2.” (Painting.) San Francisco Museum of Art 18th Annual Watercolor Exhibition. September, 1954. “Open pit iron mine.” (Painting.) Minneapolis Institute of Arts 39th Annual Local Artists Exhibition. November, 1954. “Frieze of pines.” (Painting.) Minnesota State Fair Exhibition. September, 1954. “Ornamental grouse.” (Painting.) Minnesota State Fair Exhibition. September, 1954. “Handball player.” (Drawing.) University of Minnesota Gallery Exhibition (invitational drawing). March, 1955. “Game in a white room.” (Drawing.) University of Minnesota Gallery Exhibition (invitational drawing). March, 1955. “Doll face.” (Painting.) The May Show, Sioux City, Iowa. May, 1955. One-man exhibition of drawings (21). Westgate Theater, Minneapolis. May, 1955.

“I would defeat my own purpose, here, if I continued to recount the complexities and intricacies of picture making, and of designing. No matter to what degree such involvements complicate the achievement of a coherent statement, the process remains essentially unchanged and fundamentally simple. One selects and puts together lines, shapes and colors.“ Robert Collins.