Robert Bonaparte (California, Oklahoma B. 1933) Abstract oil on canvas painting. Stamped verso. Provenance: Private Oklahoma collection. Bonaparte was born in 1933 and grew up in Oklahoma City where he was boyhood friends with Ed Ruscha. In an oral history interview conducted for the Archives of American Art, Ruscha mentions that he was first exposed to art-making by his friend “Bob” Bonaparte who lived two doors away. He recalled that Bonaparte was “able to draw very well” and that Bonaparte “drew cartoons and he introduced me to the first factor in my life with art, which was India ink”.
In 1959, Bonaparte and other young Oklahoma artists including Ruscha, Joe Goode, Jerry McMillan, and Mason Williams moved to Los Angeles in order to get involved with the burgeoning art scene there. In addition to his paintings, Bonaparte has had work published by Hamilton Press in Los Angeles. The Press was founded by Tamarind Master Printer Ed Hamilton and Ed Ruscha.
In 2007, Bonaparte exhibited an installation of 21 oil paintings in a group show at the Untitled Gallery in Oklahoma City along with works by Ed Ruscha, Joe Goode, Jerry McMillan, Mason Williams and Lee Mullican.
Size: 50 x 60 in.
Unframed.
Condition
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