August Artist of the Month
Meet Robert Savage
Dr. Savage is a retired surgeon, assistant clinical professor at Harvard Medical School and Past President of the New England Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons. He is a life-long art lover and started a second career in 2016 as a local art historian, collector and now artist. He is eternally grateful to WSA for all the support and friendship he has received in these new art adventures. He is particularly proud to have been involved in 2023 writing of a 36-page booklet on the amazing 90 Year History of the WSA and celebrating its anniversary with a lecture on the topic at the Wellesley Free Library in conjunction with the Wellesley Historical Society.
Basically self-taught Bob is inspired by the Cape Cod folk art tradition of the Cahoons and Elizabeth Mumford, and the soulful Provincetown and Truro paintings of Anne Packard and Edward Hopper. His work concentrates on iconic scenes of New England, especially the Cape and Islands. During his process he enjoys using different geometric shapes and color experimentation. His latest project is transforming classic, early works by the Provincetown Printers into what he refers to as “white line” acrylics.
He formerly curated two art blogs on Facebook: the Wellesley Collection Art Review and Friends of the Rockport Art Association and Museum. He has published over one hundred brief biographies on AskArt.com and consulted for the Massachusetts Horticultural Society on art acquisitions.
His personal collection has been featured in the American Fine Art Magazine, and he is a frequent art history contributor to the Wellesley-Weston Magazine, where his career transition from physician to artist was featured in the 2022 summer edition. He is an exhibiting member and was a board member of the Wellesley Society of Artists. His current writings and lectures focus on women artists of the early twentieth century.
Exhibitions:
Rockport Art Association Museum
Annual Grassroots: Emerging Artists Exhibition, July 2021, July 2022, August 2023, June 2024
Contributing Members Exhibition 2022
Osterville Village Library, Osterville, MA, Cape Cod
3rd Annual Plein Air Exhibit, July 2021
4th Plein Air Exhibit July 2022
5th Plein Air Exhibit, July 15,2023,6th Annual Exhibit July 20,2024
- Wellesley Society of Artists-Annual Winter Exhibition 2021, Spring and Sunflowers for Peace Exhibitions in 2022; Fall into Art, Weston Library September 2022; Annual Wellesley Free Library (WFL) Show Nov.2022(Award-Honorable Mention). All You Need is Love Exhibition WFL,Feb 2023 ;Spring into Nature, Broadmoor/Audubon Wildlife Sanctuary 2023,2024;WSA90 Years of Art(WFL)June-Sept 2023(People’s Choice Award), Natick Morse Institute Library, MA July-Aug. 2023;Annual WSA Library Exhibition Nov 2023;WSA Weston Library Show Feb 2024;WSA Natick Center For the Arts April 2024
- Provincetown Art Association and Museum-Annual Members 12×12 Exhibition and Benefit Auction. August-Sept 2022, August-Sept. 2023 & 2024 and Members Open Small Works Exhibition Nov.2022-Jan.2023, Members Open Exhibition March-May 2024
- Zullo Gallery-New Visions/New Artists, Medfield MA, 5/6-6/18/2023
- North Shore Art Association-Emerging Artists Exhibition, Oct-Nov 2023
- Wellesley COA Inaugural Art Exhibition, Dec 2023, 2nd Exhibition Jan.2024
Contact:-wellesleycollection@yahoo.com