Robinson Murray (American, 1890-1984): Trotting Horses, 1970. Oil and mixed media with high impasto on canvas. Verso is marked with the title and date.
Robinson Murray was born in Quincy, MA and received a B.A. in art from Harvard University. He also studied art at the prestigious Vesper George School of Art in Boston. Murray worked as the art director for the McCann Erickson Advertising Company. The majority of his available paintings were done after his retirement in the years from 1960 -1980, using the abstract style for which he is now best known. Throughout his retirement years, he exhibited in many juried art shows including at the John F. Kennedy Building, Boston; at the Copley Society in Boston City Hall and many others throughout Massachusetts and New York. Posthumous exhibitions occurred at the Vero Beach Museum of Art in Vero Beach, FL. the Sparrow House Museum in Plymouth, MA and at the Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA to name a few.

29.5 x 39.5 inches framed.

Private collection, Boston.

Good condition considering age, small areas of paint loss, and occasional surface grime, but over all the painting is well preserved.

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