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R. B. Sprague Information

R. B. (Roger) Sprague (September 12, 1937 – July 28, 2010) was an American Contemporary Realist artist.

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Biography

Sprague was born in Buffalo, New York, and raised in south Arkansas, graduating from El Dorado High School. He attended Oklahoma University and graduated with a BA in Fine Arts, with majors in botany, architecture, and finally, in painting. Sprague resided in New York City and worked as booking agent and shipboard companion for United States Lines. He lived for a year on Swan's Island, Maine, where his father's family started life in the U.S. His conviction to make art his life and his living came to fruition in 1975 when he moved to New Mexico, working briefly in Bosque Farms in a plant nursery, then moving to a one room arrangement in Santa Fe in 1979 where he dedicated his life to his art.[1]

In 2010, Patricia Rovzar Gallery said:

"R.B. Sprague is driven by his never-ending exploration of scale and light. Painting in oil on linen the majority of Sprague's work focuses on interior spaces and the relationships of the objects he places within those spaces. He defines his compositions with common objects like tables and chairs but always leaves ample room for the viewer to create their own interpretation.[2]

In 1987, R.B. Sprague said in Southwest Art:

"I paint what I see, and what attracts me is light and the geometry it illuminates. When I see light on a surface at a particular moment. I think it will follow me for the rest of my life.”[3]

Exhibitions

Selected major collections

References

  1. ^ http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/santafenewmexican/obituary.aspx?n=rb-sprague&pid=144367781
  2. ^ http://www.rovzargallery.com/main/sprague1.html
  3. ^ http://www.southwestart.com/articles-interviews/feature-articles/interiors

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Name Sprague, R. B.
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Date of birth September 12, 1937
Place of birth Buffalo, New York
Date of death July 28, 2010
Place of death Santa Fe, NM

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