Artist

Robert Roberg

born Spokane, WA 1943
Media - portrait_image_113646.jpg - 90344
Originally photographed by Chuck Rosenak. Image is courtesy of the Chuck and Jan Rosenak research material, 1990-1999, in the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Born
Spokane, Washington, United States
Active in
  • Florida, United States
Biography

Roberg has preached his evangelistic message from Tennessee to Florida. He has used his paintings to illustrate his sermons. Despite the naive quality of his paintings, Roberg is widely traveled and a well-read, published poet, who earned a bachelor's degree in English in the late 1960s.

Tom Patterson Contemporary Folk Art: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum (New York and Washington, D.C.: Watson-Guptill Publications, in cooperation with the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2001)

Works by this artist (18 items)

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Winston Vargas, Child in Washington Heights, New York, 1970, printed 2016, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, and through the Frank K. Ribelin Endowment, 2017.9.5, © 1970, Winston Vargas
Child in Washington Heights, New York
Artist
Date1970, printed 2016
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Winston Vargas, Robert Kennedy’s Campaign Office, New York, 1968, printed 2016, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, and through the Frank K. Ribelin Endowment, 2017.9.18, © 1968, Winston Vargas
Robert Kennedy’s Campaign Office, New York
Artist
Date1968, printed 2016
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Winston Vargas, Baseball Practice, George Washington High School, New York, 1960, printed 2016, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, and through the Frank K. Ribelin Endowment, 2017.9.4, © 1960, Winston Vargas
Baseball Practice, George Washington High School, New York
Artist
Date1960, printed 2016
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Winston Vargas, Domino Players, Washington Heights, New York, 1970, printed 2016, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, and through the Frank K. Ribelin Endowment, 2017.9.3, © 1970, Winston Vargas
Domino Players, Washington Heights, New York
Artist
Date1970, printed 2016
gelatin silver print
Not on view