Robert Bruce Tague

American, 1912 - 1984


Robert Bruce Tague was born in 1912 in Chicago. He earned his undergraduate degree in architecture at Chicago's Armour Institute of Technology in 1930 and accepted a post-graduate scholarship on the condition that he could produce his thesis under the direction of George Fred Keck, one of the few architects then designing in the International Style vocabulary. Subsequently he worked for Keck off and on for twenty years while teaching at the new Bauhaus in Chicago, known as the Institute of Design. Tague was an associate of Crombie Taylor's in restoring the landmark Auditorium Theater in Chicago, and was later a partner of Tristan Meinecke. Tague was an advocate of contemporary design throughout his career. He died in 1985 in Chicago.

Source: Art Institute of Chicago

  • Untitled (Landscape), 1938
    Watercolor on paper
    14 1/2 x 19 inches

    Signed and dated Tague 1938, lower right

    $1,800

    #21685
  • Untitled (Landscape), 1937
    Watercolor on paper
    15 x 22 inches

    Signed and dated Tague ‘37, lower right

    $1,500

    #21684
  • Untitled (Chicago), ca. 1940
    Watercolor on paper
    15 x 11 inches

    Provenance: Estate of the artist

    $1,200

    #21683
  • Untitled (Monroe Harbor, Chicago), ca. 1940
    Watercolor on paper
    11 x 15 inches

    Provenance: Estate of the artist

    $850

    #21682
  • Untitled (City Rooftops), 1941
    Watercolor on paper
    15 1/4 x 22 inches

    Signed and dated Tague 1941, lower right

    $1,500

    #21686
  • Untitled (Ice Skating, Lincoln Park), ca. 1940s
    Watercolor on paper
    14 x 20 inches

    Provenance: Estate of the artist

    $1,600

    #21687

Robert Bruce Tague was born in 1912 in Chicago. He earned his undergraduate degree in architecture at Chicago's Armour Institute of Technology in 1930 and accepted a post-graduate scholarship on the condition that he could produce his thesis under the direction of George Fred Keck, one of the few architects then designing in the International Style vocabulary. Subsequently he worked for Keck off and on for twenty years while teaching at the new Bauhaus in Chicago, known as the Institute of Design. Tague was an associate of Crombie Taylor's in restoring the landmark Auditorium Theater in Chicago, and was later a partner of Tristan Meinecke. Tague was an advocate of contemporary design throughout his career. He died in 1985 in Chicago.

Source: Art Institute of Chicago

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