Robert Natkin

Robert Natkin (November 7, 1930 – April 20, 2010) was an American born abstract painter whose work is associated with Abstract expressionism, Color field painting, and Lyrical Abstraction.

He was born in Chicago, and from the early 1950s he created paintings which are represented in the permanent collections of major museums as well as in corporate and private collections. His work has been exhibited in leading galleries in the U.S., Europe and Japan. His work was written about extensively by critic Peter Fuller.

He lived with his wife, painter Judith Dolnick, in Connecticut. Robert "Bob" Natkin enjoyed painting as well as singing gospel according to the Akron Art Institute, Akron, Ohio.

Selected collections

The Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York

The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

The Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida

The Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York

The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio

Centre Pompidou, Paris, France

The Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio

Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts

The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina

Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island

Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

The Museum of Modern Art, New York City

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia

New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut

Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City

San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts