Robert Amft: Paintings for Particular People
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Robert Amft: Paintings for Particular People
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Robert Amft: Paintings for Particular PeopleOriginally broadcast March 6, 2005, on Hello Beautiful!
Robert Amft—Artist
Edward Lifson—Host, Hello Beautiful!
At 88 years old, Robert Amft is still creating art of all kinds. He’s been photographing, sculpting, and painting since the 1930s, when he was a student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. We visit Amft at his home studio.
| Robert Amft’s work is featured in two exhibitions: | |
| Robert Amft: Paintings for Particular People March 6–April 16, 2005 Hyde Park Art Center 5307 South Hyde Park Boulevard Chicago | Robert Amft: The Oxbow Paintings 1937–1939 March 18–April 10, 2005 1926 Exhibition Studies Space School of the Art Institute of Chicago 1926 North Halsted Street Chicago |