Robert Spencer, Repairing the Bridge

Robert Spencer

American · 1879–1931 · Painter

Robert Carpenter Spencer was an American painter who received extensive recognition in his day. He was one of the Pennsylvania impressionists, but is better known for his… (Wikipedia)

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  1. Robert Spencer, A River Town, circa 1920, oil on canvasA River TownBonhams · $178,300≈ £132,006≈ €152,471Sign up to see
  2. Robert Spencer, The Two Mills, circa 1911, oil on canvasThe Two MillsBonhams · $157,875≈ £125,557≈ €147,588Sign up to see
  3. Robert Spencer, The Crossroads, 1909, oil on canvasThe CrossroadsBonhams · $27,500≈ £20,658≈ €23,488Sign up to see

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Robert Carpenter Spencer was an American painter who received extensive recognition in his day. He was one of the Pennsylvania impressionists, but is better known for his paintings of the mills and working people of the Delaware River region than for landscapes. His work is held in numerous public collections.

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Born 1879, HarvardDied 1931, New HopeOccupation PainterWikidata Q17557326 ↗ULAN 500008568 ↗Museum works 8

Also known as Robert Carpenter Spencer, Spencer

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

Robert Spencer, Repairing the Bridge
Repairing the Bridge1913
Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Robert Spencer, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Metropolitan Museum of Art
Robert Spencer, Across the Delaware
Across the Delaware1916
The Phillips Collection ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — The Phillips Collection
Robert Spencer, The Auction
The Auction1918
The Phillips Collection ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — The Phillips Collection
Robert Spencer, The Evangelist
The Evangelist1918
The Phillips Collection ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — The Phillips Collection
Robert Spencer, Mountebanks and Thieves
Mountebanks and Thieves
The Phillips Collection ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — The Phillips Collection
Robert Spencer, The Seed of Revolution
The Seed of Revolution
The Phillips Collection ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — The Phillips Collection
Robert Spencer, The River--March
The River--March1919
Reading Public Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Reading Public Museum
Robert Spencer, A Bit of New Hope, Pennsylvania
A Bit of New Hope, Pennsylvania1918
Princeton Art Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Princeton Art Museum

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), Smithsonian Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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