![]() Hale was born into a prominent family in Boston, one notable family member was his cousin, Buckminister Fuller. He also taught at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art for many years. But what he is perhaps most known for is his teachings in artistic anatomy at the Art Students League of New York for over 40 years. He wrote the popular book “Drawing Lessons from the Great Masters” from as well as translated the classic anatomy text “Artistic Anatomy” by Dr. One such voice is Robert Beverly Hale (1901-1985) who among other things was an abstract painter, published poet (verse and fiction published in The New Yorker and Mademoiselle magazines) In 1949 he became curator for contemporary American art at the Metropolitan Museum. As I get the time I want to continue to help in the effort keep alive older but still important voices for younger generations of painters who wish guidance from the past to better maneuver the future. Too often we see many legendary masters of the past century fall into obscurity due to perceived irrelevance from art schools and the larger art community. ![]() Robert Beverly Hale reciting the initial lines of Arthur O’Shaughnessy’s initial lines from Ode from his book Music and Moonlight (1874)
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