April 5-28, 2025
Robert Schlegel
A SENSE OF PLACE
Artworks From the Studio & New Publication (1972-2017)
This exhibition of artworks by Robert Schlegel (1947-2021), highlights the most prevalent and reoccurring subjects the late artist worked with throughout his career. Including representations of ongoing themes like houses, granaries, cows and structures set into landscapes.
“Corn Cribs,” 8.25” h x 13.5 w,” watercolor, 1987
“Sellwood” 14”h x 10”w, acrylic on panel, 1978
Untitled House | Ink on Paper | 10.25"h x 13.25"w, circa 1970s
House Study with Grasses, 10”h x 7”w, painting on paper
Four Square Aqua, acrylic on canvas, 58x40 in.
Greenville House, 7.5” h x 8” w, painting on panel, circa 2012-13
Greenville, Orange Dormer, 9”h x 8.75”w, painting on mat board, 2012
“Dormer with Black,” 8” x 8”, mixed media on panel, 2012
“Two Dormer,” 20” h x 16” w, acrylic on panel, 2008
“Two Houses,” 12” x 12”, mixed media on panel, 2015
“Whitehall,” 14”h x 11”w, acrylic on panel, 2012
🔴 “Boat,” 12”h x 10.75”w, painting on panel, circa 2016
“Green Roof #2,” 36” x 36” oil on canvas, 2010
“Houses, Nelscott,” 20”h x 16”w, painting on panel, 2011
“Rhein,” 14”h x 10”w, mixed media on paper, 2016
“Shed,” 11”h x 14”w, oil on panel, 2010
“Shed with Red Roof,” 12” x 12”, oil on panel, 2010
Steel Bridge, 15”h x 12”w, painting on paper circa 2000’s
(Tug) “Boat,” 14”h x 11”w, acrylic on panel, 2017
“Biggs,” 14”h x 9.5”w, oil on panel, circa 2000’s
“Boiler,” 14”h x 11”w, acrylic on panel, 2013
Granary in Autumn Landscape, 8”h x 10”w, oil on paper
Granary with Blue Sky, 9.5”h x 6”w, painting on paper
“Mixer,” 14”h x 11”w, acrylic & collage on panel, circa 2015
“South of Plummer,” 14”h x 11”w, oil on panel, 2004
“Sunrise,” 7.5h x 12.5”w, acrylic on paper, 2003
🔴 “Cow with Black White #2,” 12.5”h x 10”w, painting on paper
Cow with Ochre, 2012, painting on paper. 14"h x 10" w
Cow in Field, 11”h x 15”w, watercolor, circa 1990’s
Cow Study on Graph Paper, 8.5”h x 11”w, mixed media on paper, 2011
“Cow 2117,” 10”h x 7.5”w, acrylic on panel, 2011
“Alder,” 10”h x 6”w, painting on panel
Autumn Landscape, 5”h x 10”w, watercolor, circa 1990’s
“Bitterroot,” 16”h x 20”w, oil on panel, 2005
“Field Wyeth,” 11”h x 14”w, oil on panel, 2005
🔴 Field with Trees, 10”h x 12”w, painting on paper, 2012
🔴 “Finley Refuge 2,” 10”h x 14”w, oil on paper, 2012
🔴 “Indian Beach,” 8”h x 10”w, acrylic on panel, 2012
Single Tree Study, 14.5”h x 11.5”w painting on paper
Three Trees, 11”h x 6.75”w, painting on paper
Moody Figure on Stool, 15”h x 11.5”w, acrylic on paper, circa 2009
“Standing Man”, 10”h x 6”w, painting study on paper
“Woman Sitting” , 24”h x 18”w, oil on canvas circa 2009
NEW PUBLICATION, 96 pages, $35
Robert Schlegel's paintings, drawings, collages, and prints reflect the moody environment of the Northwest landscape and countryside. His warm palette of deep oranges and reds is balanced with rich earth tones in regionalist compositions that reflect rural life, small towns and natural forms like valleys, hills, birds and farmlands. He was particularly drawn to the interaction of shape and contrasting line found in places where man-made structures juxtaposed the landscape. In this, Schlegel’s artwork is defined by expressive interpretations of these familiar subjects that capture the immediacy of light and provide a sense of place.
Contemporary realists, like William Beckman, Robert Bechtle, Wolf Kahn and Russell Chatham, were inspirations to Schlegel’s style. He worked both in the studio and Plein Air to create images that possess a tension residing between representational and abstract. In his most recent works, Schlegel turned to figurative subjects as an expression of our shared humanity.
Robert Schlegel became a full-time painter after receiving a Masters in Education from Portland State University and completing 32 years in the education field. During his lifetime, the artist received abundant recognition through various juried competitions and regional gallery exhibitions, including a purchase award by Oregon State University and awards for the west coast annual exhibit Expressions West at the Coos Art Museum in Coos Bay, OR. His work is part of the Portland Visual Chronicle collection as well as many prominent University Library collections around the country.
The beloved Oregon artist made a big impact on the regional art community and is well missed by all of his collectors, friends and art appreciators.