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Robert
E. Wright began his career in 1942 while still in high school.
During these years he worked as a freelance sign painter,
cameraman for a newspaper engraving shop and show card writer
for a grocery chain.
After
finishing high school he apprenticed with the Chevrolet Chart
& Art Dept. of Detroit. He then served as a department store
display artist preceding entry into the School of Illustration
and Design at Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester,
N.Y.
After
graduating from R.I.T., he worked as a staff artist with a
lithographic firm and following this as an art
director/illustrator for a commercial studio. As his reputation
spread he was able to begin a free-lance career, which lasted
until 1966. He then opened a full-service studio which grew to
be the largest in New York State outside of Buffalo and New York
City. Visit Bob Wright
Creative.
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The
studio's client base became nationwide. An audio/visual division
opened in Dallas, TX. A phototypesetting house as well as a film
processing service were opened in Rochester.
The
pressure of the studio kept him from his easel for twenty years.
He retired early and moved west to Sedona, AZ to pursue his love
of landscape painting.
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“It
has long been my belief that the primary purpose of Art, in any
of its various forms, is to enhance the quality of life. I
recall a quote from George Bernard Shaw that goes something like
this 'You use a mirror of glass to see your face, you use works
of art to see your soul'. If through art, or the foundation,
I am able to help one person get a glimpse of their soul I will
consider my lifetime of work a resounding success.”
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