American muralist, portrait painter, art teacher, and writer on art. Robert was the youngest son of a prominent, wealthy, Rhode Island family. His parents were William Gammell, Jr. and Bessie Gardner Bowen Gammell. They had five children, three daughters, and two sons. Robert desired to become a priest, but his father forced him to study medicine. Instead, he studied at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School and the Academie Julian in Paris. He studied with some of the most skillful painters at the turn of the century. He was a past president of the Guild of Boston Artists and a member of the American Society of Mural Painters. Just before he died he had an interview with a reporter. He referred to himself as a "fossil." Robert is known as a Classical Realist whose subject focus upon mythological, biblical, surreal figural works, portraiture, and landscapes. Robert is credited for having handed down centuries of artistic tradition that was taught by Tarbell and Benson to generations of students who have become successful in their own right. Robert has a significant place in the history of American art. He became a bridge. He spanned the chasm of modern art allowing the accumulated knowledge of classical art to pass over to the current generation.
Served in Battery A, 101st Field Artillery, 26th Division, US Army in WWI
American muralist, portrait painter, art teacher, and writer on art. Robert was the youngest son of a prominent, wealthy, Rhode Island family. His parents were William Gammell, Jr. and Bessie Gardner Bowen Gammell. They had five children, three daughters, and two sons. Robert desired to become a priest, but his father forced him to study medicine. Instead, he studied at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School and the Academie Julian in Paris. He studied with some of the most skillful painters at the turn of the century. He was a past president of the Guild of Boston Artists and a member of the American Society of Mural Painters. Just before he died he had an interview with a reporter. He referred to himself as a "fossil." Robert is known as a Classical Realist whose subject focus upon mythological, biblical, surreal figural works, portraiture, and landscapes. Robert is credited for having handed down centuries of artistic tradition that was taught by Tarbell and Benson to generations of students who have become successful in their own right. Robert has a significant place in the history of American art. He became a bridge. He spanned the chasm of modern art allowing the accumulated knowledge of classical art to pass over to the current generation.
Served in Battery A, 101st Field Artillery, 26th Division, US Army in WWI
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