Robert F. Gates
Robert Gates (b. 1906 Detroit, MI; d. 1982, Alexandria, VA) studied at the Detroit School of Arts and Crafts, and for a time at the Art Students League in New York City before moving to Washington, DC in 1930. While living in DC, he continued taking classes, this time at the Phillips Gallery Art School, where he eventually became assistant director of the program under C. Law Watkins. He also worked on commissions for the U.S. Treasury Department under the New Deal , completing post office murals in Bethesda and Oakland Maryland, as well as Lewisberg, West Virginia. During the war he served in a civilian capacity within the Office of Naval Intelligence, working on projects involving camouflage and cartography. After the war, he was hired onto the faculty of American University in 1946, becoming chair in 1954.
Prior to becoming a founding member of the Jefferson Place Gallery, he exhibited at Franz Bader Gallery, and was included in several Area Annuals, hosted by the Corcoran. He remained a member of the gallery until it closed in 1974, the year before he retired from American University.
Solo Exhibitions
1958—Recent Paintings, Nov. 4—22
1960—April 19—May 7
1962—The River and the Sea, April 10—29
1964—Feb. 25—March 14
1967—Recent Paintings, Sept 25—Oct. 14
1972—Paintings, Feb. 15—March 4
1973—Paintings and Drawings, Nov. 6—24
Group Exhibitions
1957—First Group Show, Oct. 10—Nov. 9
1957—Christmas Show, Dec. 9—Jan4, 1958
1958—The Group +2, May 20—June 17
1958—12 Washington Artists, University of Kentucky, Oct. 19—Nov. 16
1958—Christmas Show, Nov. 25—Dec. 31
1959—Member’s Show, April 21—May 2
1959—Approaches to Contemporary Painting, Sept. 22—Oct. 10
1960—End of Year Review, May 17—June 11
1960—Art from America’s Cities, Sept 20—Oct. 15
1960—Christmas Show, Dec. 13—Jan 7, 1961
1961—Winter ’61, Twentieth Century Gallery, Williamsburg, VA, Jan 9—Feb. 17
1961—Review and Preview, May 22—June 4
1961—The Year Ahead, Oct. 3—Nov. 4
1961—Paper Show, Dec. 5—Jan. 5, 1962
1962—Group Show, Oct. 2—20
1965—Grand Opening, Jan. 25—Feb. 13
1967—Group Show, Jan. 2—21
1968—Jefferson Place Ten Years, July 16–Aug. 7
1973—New Work, Sept. 6—22
Jefferson Place Gallery Catalog, 1959 [ #7 ]
Collection of Michael K. Haynie [#240]
Collection of Michael K. Haynie [#239]
Collection of Michael K. Haynie [#238]
Collection of Michael K. Haynie [#237]
Collection of Michael K. Haynie [#236]
Collection of Michael K. Haynie [#234]
Courtesy of Michael L. Brabanski [ #111 ]
Jefferson Place Gallery Catalog, 1959 [ #138 ]
Collection of Michael K. Haynie [#235]
Collection of Michael K. Haynie [#242]
Courtesy American University [ #27 ]
Collection of Michael K. Haynie [#241]