Robert Riggs Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Known for his scenes of prize-fighting and circus-genre, Robert Riggs had a highly successful career as an artist, especially in the ‘30s and ‘40s. His painting, The Brown Bomber, showed the boxing victory of Joe Louis over Max Schmeling. This is one of the paintings that earned Riggs election to the National Academy of Design in 1946. He was born in Decatur, Illinois, and as a young man ran away from home and joined the circus. He studied at the James Milliken University in Illinois and then trained at the Art Students League in New York, but his study was interrupted by Army service in the First World War. He attended the Académie Julian in Paris and then returned to the United States where he settled in Philadelphia and worked for N. W. Ayer Sons, an advertising agency for whom he did numerous illustrations.
1930s American Modern Robert Riggs Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
Late 19th Century Robert Riggs Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
1930s American Modern Robert Riggs Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil
1940s Modern Robert Riggs Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
1910s Realist Robert Riggs Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Paper
1930s American Modern Robert Riggs Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Charcoal
Early 20th Century Modern Robert Riggs Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Ink
Mid-19th Century English School Robert Riggs Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
1930s Modern Robert Riggs Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil, Watercolor
1930s American Modern Robert Riggs Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Charcoal
19th Century Realist Robert Riggs Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Board, Laid Paper
Mid-20th Century Modern Robert Riggs Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
1960s American Modern Robert Riggs Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Illustration Board

