Robert McIntosh (American, born 1916)

Timeline

1916

Born in Vallejo, California

1932–1933

First public exhibitions of original drawings at Haggin Museum in Stockton, California

1934

Life drawing and painting at California School of Fine Arts, San Francisco, California

1934–1937

Received first Scholarship, awarded at Art Center School, Los Angeles, California. Studied under Stanley Reckless and Barse Miller.

1937

Began portrait commissions through agent Ernst Von Harringa. Due to the Depression, most people were unable to afford such luxuries, so McIntosh began work at Disney Studios painting backgrounds (oil on glass in classic realistic style) for Pinocchio, Fantasia and numerous other films.

1937

Exhibitions at the San Francisco Museum of Art, Oakland Museum of Art, and Crocker Museum of Art in Sacramento, California

1942

Drafted and assigned to Jack Warner's first Motion Picture Unit for the Air Force at Hal Roach Studios

1948

Purchase prize and first prize watercolor, Los Angeles County Museum Art

1940–1950

Beginning of experimentations in Cubism and Expressionism. Annual exhibitions at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

1960–1969

Ventures into Abstraction and Collage

1960–2007

Continuing work in all mediums, Realism to Abstractions and impressions of his travels throughout the world

2007

Robert McIntosh introduced to Trigg Ison through a mutual friend. Trigg Ison Fine Art is now the exclusive representative of the original art of Robert McIntosh.