biography of Robert A GABRIEL (1931)

Birth place: Cleveland, OH

Addresses: Pittsburgh, PA; Lakewood, OH

Profession: Sculptor

Studied: Cleveland IA; Skowhegan School Painting & Sculpture.

Exhibited: CMA, 1953-55; PAFA, 1954; Western Penn. Sculpture Exhib., 1955 & 1956; CI, 1962 (solo) & Carnegie-Mellon Uni.v, Pittsburgh, 1968 (solo); Mainstreams 1969, Marietta, OH. Awards: prize, Wichita, KS, 1953; Mary Page traveling scholarship, Cleveland IA, 1954.

Member: Pittsburgh AA (pres., 1966-67); Pittsburgh Soc. Sculptors (pres., 1959-61).

Work: Commissions: design, Pittsburgh Hilton Hotel; sculpture, Allegheny Ludlum Steel Co.; design for Peter Muller-Munk, gvt. project in Ankara, Turkey, 1957-58.

Comments: Teaching: assoc. professor design, Carnegie Inst. Technology; art instructor, Allegheny College, 1954.

Sources: WW73; Falk, Exh. Record Series.