biography of Robert Byron TABOR (1882-1972)

Birth place: Independence, IA

Addresses: Independence, IA; Olathe, KS

Profession: Mural painter, portrait painter, illustrator

Studied: Cedar Rapids under Leon Zeman; mostly self-taught

Exhibited: Iowa Art Salon, 1934 (prize); Nat. Exh. American Art, NY, 1936; American Federation Arts Traveling Exhibition; Iowa State Col.; Cedar Rapids Art Assoc.; Little Gallery; MoMA, 1934; CGA, 1934; AFA; Colorado Springs FA Center, 1940, 1941; Ogunquit Art Center, 1951; Joslyn Art Mus., 1953, 1954; Waterloo (Iowa) AA, 1954 (solo); Innes Gal., Wichita, 1955 (solo); Kansas City AA, 1957; Cedar Rapids, 1957 (solo); Independence, IA, 1958 (solo).

Member: Nat. A. Gld., Chicago; Ozark A. Gld.; NSMP.

Work: White House, Wash., DC; Lane Ins. Co.; Independence (IA) Public Library; murals, hotels in Des Moines, Independence, Estherville, IA; WPA mural, USPO, Independence, IA.

Sources: WW59; WW47; Ness & Orwig, Iowa Artists of the First Hundred Years, 204.