PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Professional History
BORN
1951 Asheville, North Carolina
EDUCATION
1973 Yale University, New Haven, CT, Bachelor of Arts
1975 Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA and Rome, Italy, Masters of Fine Art
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015 Stone Roberts: Street Scenes, Still Lifes, and Figures, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
2014 Stone Roberts, Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, NY
2012 Stone Roberts: New York City Paintings, Museum of the City of New York,
New York, NY
2009 Three Recent Paintings, Leigh Morse Fine Art, New York, NY
2009 Recent Paintings and Works on Paper, Leigh Morse Fine Art, New York, NY
2007/08 Home Is Where One Starts: The Paintings and Drawings of Stone Roberts, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC
2006 Stone Roberts, The Room, Stonington, CT
2004 Stone Roberts: Eight Paintings, Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, NY
1998 Stone Roberts: Recent Paintings, Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, NY
1993 Stone Roberts: Recent Paintings, Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, NY
1989 Recent Paintings, Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York, NY
Centennial Exhibition, Walker Art Center, Woodberry Forest School,
Woodberry Forest, VA
1986 Recent Paintings, Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016-17 Truth & Vision: 21st Century Realism, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
2016 Behind the Easel: The Unique Voices of 20 Contemporary Representational Painters, Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE
2015 Home is Where the Art Is, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, NY
2013 Duets: Art in Conversation, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, NY
2012 Summer Selections, Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, NY
2010 Limners to Facebook: Portraiture from the 19th to the 21st Century, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC
2009 Looking Forward: New Works and New Directions for the Permanent Collection, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC
2008 The Figure: American Realists 1980-2008, The Kalamazoo Museum of Art, Kalamazoo, MI
2007 Flowers, Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York, NY
Portraits, Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York, NY
2006 Living Painters, Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York, NY
The Figure in American Painting and Drawing 1985-2005. Ogunquit Museum of American Art. Ogunquit, ME.
2005 Lives/Still Lives, Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York, NY
2004 Art and Remembrance: Celebrating the Life of Marilyn Schneider Ruthenburg, Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science, Evansville, IN
2000 Art in America: 2000. 2000-2001, Slovic Republic
1999 Self Images, Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA
Western North Carolina Collects, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC
1998 Still Sixteen, Still Life, Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA
1996 Private Worlds: 200 Years of American Still Life Painting, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
1994 Flowers, Babcock Galleries, New York, NY
The Figure, Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York, NY
1991 Contemporary Still Life Painting, Coe Kerr Gallery, New York, NY
Exquisite Paintings, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL
New Horizons in American Realism, The Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI
American Narrative Painting and Sculpture: The 1980's (From the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art), Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY
1989 Centennial Exhibition, Walker Art Center, Woodberry Forest School, Woodberry Forest, VA
1988 A New Generation of the 1980's: American Painters and Sculptors, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Works on Paper, Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York
1987 A Just Temper Between Propensities, New Still Life and Landscape Paintings, Bayly Art Museum, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
1986 N.Y.C.: New York, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
1985 Contemporary American Still Life, One Penn Plaza, New York, NY
1984 Recent American Still Life Painting, Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York, NY
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC
Sydney and Walda Besthoff
Biltmore Estate, Asheville, NC
Mrs. Robert Carroll
Mr. and Mrs. Willam Cecil
Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, NY
Evansville Museum of Arts and Sciences, Evansville, IN
Jerald Dillon Fessenden
Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI
Ms. Barbara Goldsmith
Mrs. Paul Gottlieb
Mr. and Mrs. Graham Gund
Mr. and Mrs. Arie L. Kopelman
Alex S. Jones
William Louis-Dreyfus
Mr. and Mrs. James C. Marlas
J.D. McClatchy and Chip Kidd
Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Menschel
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Mrs. Stephen Paine
Mr. and Mrs. W.J.W.J. van Roijen
Mrs. Julius Rosenwald II
Mark Singer
Carl Spielvogel and Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel
Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa
Stephens Inc., Little Rock, Arkansas
Woodberry Forest School, Woodberry Forest, VA
Wellington Management Company, Boston, MA
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick D. Wolfe
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Connoisseur (April 2011): pp. 65-71, illus.
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Burlingham, Michael J. “Stone Roberts: Intriguing Narratives.” American Artist (Winter
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Aston-Wash, Barbara. “Stories on Canvas. Beauty of Stone Roberts’ work is in the details.” Knoxville News-Sentinel (March 7, 1999): pp E1, E3.
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Henry, Gerrit. “Exquisite Paintings: A Paradigm for the Twenty-first Century?” in
Exquisite Paintings, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, Florida. (exhibition catalogue) (1991)
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Lieberman, William S. American Narrative Painting and Sculpture: The 1980's.
Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, New York, exhibition catalogue.
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Brenson, Michael. "Stone Roberts.” review, The New York Times (November 3 1989), pp C30, 1.
A New Generation of the 1980's: American Painters and Sculptors. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1988.
Cooper, James F. "Stone Roberts: A Young Realist Finds Himself Through His Art." New York City Tribune (October 9, 1987).
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