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Robert Merrell Gage

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Robert Merrell Gage (1892 - 1981) was active/lived in California, Kansas.  Robert Gage is known for Sculptor-public, figure sketches.

Born in Topeka, KS on Dec. 26, 1892. Gage worked on ranches in the Midwest before settling on an art career. Initially, he studied in NYC at the ASL, the Robert Henri School, and the Beaux Arts Institute of Design. He was apprenticed to Gutzon Borglum from 1914-16 and again during 1921-23 when he assisted in the designs for the Stone Mountain Georgia project. After serving in the medical corps in WWI, Gage taught sculpture at Washburn College (Topeka) and the Kansas City Art Institute before moving to Los Angeles in 1923. He and his family lived in a shack on Huntington Palisades before settling into a home in Santa Monica Canyon. Gage exhibited locally, fulfilled many sculpture commissions, and taught at Chouinard Art School (1928-30) and at USC (1925-58). He died in Laguna Beach, CA on Oct. 30, 1981. Member: Painters & Sculptors of LA (pres., 1927-29); NSS. Exh: Kansas City Art Inst., 1921 (gold medal); Calif. Art Club, 1924-38; Friday Morning Club (LA), 1926; USC, 1928; Pa

Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
Interview with the artist or his/her family; 100 Years of Calif. Sculpture cat.; American Art Annual 1925-33; Who's Who in American Art 1936-62; Southern California Artists (Nancy Moure); Contemporary American Sculpture; American Artist, June 1963.

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   Publications  Book References:  16
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16 Book References for Robert Merrell Gage
Year Author Title Pages Color
2006 Craig, Susan (Compiler) Biographical Directory of Kansas Artists Active Before 1945 0 No
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Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2003 Clemmer, David Serenading the Light: Painters of the Desert Southwest (Collection of Billy Schenck) 120 Yes
2002 Hughes, Edan Milton Artists in California: 1786-1940 (Two Volumes)
Available For Sale.		 1249 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1989 Hughes, Edan Milton Artists in California, 1786-1940 637 No
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1985 Perine, Robert Chouinard: An Art Vision Betrayed: A History of the Chouinard Art Institute 260 Yes
1984 Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall Southern California Art Publication 3, Dictionary 291 No
1984 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present 656 No
1982 Opitz, Glenn Dictionary of American Artists 372 No
1981 McCall, Dewitt Clinton III California Artists 1935-1956 212 Yes
1975 Editor, Smithsonian Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection 0 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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