Robert Geppert

American, 1925 - 2018

Robert Geppert was born in Wilmette, IL in 1925. His father owned the Denoyer-Geppert Company that made maps and globes. As a teenager, he was diagnosed with schizophrenia, yet managed to graduate from the Institute of Design in Chicago, IL with a degree in architecture. He also studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. He worked briefly as a draftsman and continued his work as a fine artist. In 2018, he died in Wilmette, IL at the age of 92.

  • Untitled (Abstraction), ca. 1947
    Ink on paper
    24 x 18 inches

    Estate of the artist.

    #14445
  • Lincoln Park (Chicago), 1947
    Watercolor on paper
    11 1/2 x 18 1/4 inches

    Titled and dated lower left

    #14439
  • Untitled (Abstraction, Institute of Design), ca. 1947
    Monoprint and collage on paper
    11 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches
    #14453

Robert Geppert was born in Wilmette, IL in 1925. His father owned the Denoyer-Geppert Company that made maps and globes. As a teenager, he was diagnosed with schizophrenia, yet managed to graduate from the Institute of Design in Chicago, IL with a degree in architecture. He also studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. He worked briefly as a draftsman and continued his work as a fine artist. In 2018, he died in Wilmette, IL at the age of 92.

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