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ROBERT BLISS Kneeling Male Athlete.
Oil on masonite, 1964. 635x485 mm; 25x19 inches. Signed in oil, lower right recto.
Robert Bliss (1925--1981) worked in Newton, Massachusetts where his main subjects were young male models. Self-classifed as a "Magic Realist," Bliss studied art at Bowdoin College in Maine and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Avidly collected by Malcolm Forbes, his work was recognized by art magazines of the day and exhibited at Childs Gallery, Boston.
