Robert Savage – WSA Exhibiting Member

Dr. Robert Savage is a retired surgeon and assistant clinical professor at Harvard Medical School. 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 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 working with different geometric shapes and color experimentation. His latest project is transforming classic,early 20^th century works by the Provincetown Printers into what he refers to as “white line” acrylic paintings.

He currently curates 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 has 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 their 2022 summer edition. He is an exhibiting member of the Wellesley Society of Artists and in 2022 became a board member.  His current writings and lectures focus on outstanding, but largely forgotten, women artists of the early twentieth century. 

Exhibitions:

• Rockport Art Association and Museum: Annual Grassroots: Emerging Artists Exhibit, July 2021 and July 2022. Contributing Members Exhibition 2022
• Osterville Village Library, Osterville, MA: 3^rd Annual Plein Air Exhibit, July 2021, 4^th  Annual Plein Air Exhibit in July of 2022
• 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 Show November 2022.
• Provincetown Art Association and Museum-Annual Members’ 12×12 Exhibition and Benefit Auction.August-Sept 2022 and Members Open Small Works Exhibition Nov.2022-Jan.2023