Robert Geppert

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Lincoln Park (Chicago), 1947

Watercolor on paper

11 1/2 x 18 1/4 inches

Titled and dated lower left

#14439

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.