“Reclining Nude 2” Robert Gilberg 1950s Ink Brush Drawing on Japanese Rice Paper

Robert Gilberg (1911-1970)
“Reclining Nude 2”
c.1950s
Ink on Japanese rice paper with writing
21.75″x9.75 unframed
Signed in pencil lower right

Born in Oakland, CA on April 25, 1911. Gilberg studied at the Oakland Art Center in the 1930s. Following service in the Army during WWII, he settled in Nevada City, CA where he remained until shortly before his death in San Francisco at the Veteran’s Hospital on March 17, 1970. He painted landscapes of the Sierra and abstractions. Member: Nevada City AA. Exh: SF, 1941, 1942 (1st solos); Army Art Exhibit (San Diego), 1945 (1st prize); Calif. WC Society, 1946-53; Calif. State Fair, 1957. In: UC Davis.

Edan Hughes, “Artists in California, 1786-1940”