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The subject of Seated
Clown is a derelict elderly man posed in costume. Robert
Vickrey, best known for his depictions of balloons and painted
brick walls, is also known for his portraits of the young and the
elderly.
Vickrey received his B.A. from Yale University in 1947 and
enrolled at the Art Students League in New York City, where he
worked with Kenneth Hayes Miller and Reginald Marsh. Returning to
Yale for a B.F.A., Vickrey turned to egg tempera painting. He
learned the technique from Lewis York, a protégé of Daniel
Thompson, Jr., who translated Libro dell'Arte (The
Craftsman's Handbook) used in the "eggs and plaster" course at
the Yale School of Fine Art. In 1950 Vickrey worked with Josef
Albers, who arrived that year at Yale. Between 1952 and 1963,
Vickrey was represented nine times in the Whitney's annual
exhibition, and from 1957 to 1968, he had 78 works published as
Time magazine covers. Vickrey's paintings are represented in
over 70 American art museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of
Art, the National Museum of American Art, the Smithsonian
Institution, the National Academy of Design, the Brooklyn Museum,
the Butler Institute of American Art, the Chrysler Museum, and the
Corcoran Collection.
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