Robert Savage

Wellesley, MA

 

 

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 an artist and local art historian.

Self-taught, Bob is inspired by the Cape Cod folk art tradition 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 curates an art blog on Facebook: Friends of the Rockport Art Association and Museum with >5,000 members.He has published over 100 brief biographies on AskArt.com and consulted for the Massachusetts Horticultural Society on art acquisitions and with the Wellesley Historical Society.

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. 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, June 2025; 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,2024; July 2025

  • Wellesley Society of Artists- Spring and Sunflowers for Peace Exhibitions in 2022; Fall into Art, Weston Library September 2022,2024,2025; Annual Wellesley Free Library (WFL) Show 2021, Nov.2022(Award-Honorable Mention). All You Need is Love Exhibition WFL, Feb 2023,Nov2023,Nov2024,Nov.2025 ;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;WSA Weston Library Show Feb 2024,Oct 2025;Natick Center for the Arts April 2024,WSA .”Artist of the Month” August 2024,2025 Wellesley Historical Society
  • Provincetown Art Association and Museum-Annual Members 12×12 Exhibition /Benefit Auction.2022,2023,2024,2025 and Members Open Small Works Exhibition Nov.2022-Jan.2023, Members Open Exhibition March-May 2024, March-May 2025,Nov 2025-Jan 2026
  • Zullo Gallery-New Visions/New Artists, Medfield MA,5/6-6/18/2023
  • North Shore Art Association-Emerging Artists Exhibition, Oct-Nov 2023, July-Sept 2025(Blink Award For Excellence in any Medium)

 

Contact Info:

Robert Savage

wellesleycollection@yahoo.com

Instagram @thewellesleycollection