Mixed media on paper, framed. Featuring portrait. Signed RL on the lower left corner. 28.5 x 20 cm (11 x 7.87 inches). Framed size: 42 x 34.5 cm (16.5 x 13.6 inches). PROVENANCE: Southern Ontario estate

Robert Loughlin (1949-2011) was born in Alameda, California, on a Naval base. At an early age, Loughlin became interested in culture and spent many hours of his childhood listening to the family's FM radio. He left school after the sixth grade in order to take care of his brothers and sisters. During the late 1960s, Robert had already established a love for design and for being a free-thinker. He lived in a Geodesic Dome in Canyon, California, and was part of the Berkeley Riots. In 1980, Robert relocated to Miami Beach, Florida, and opened a design store. It was during this period that Robert began painting. In the early 80s, Robert moved to New York City and became part of the burgeoning art and social scene. Robert opened the Executive Gallery on E. 10th Street and Arch Connelly served as gallery director. Robert developed a reputation and became someone whom high society turned to in order to uniquely decorate a home with haute design. Clients of Robert included Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Robert Mapplethorpe. It was also during this time that Robert began showing his artwork and was noticed by the New York art world. His work is widespread throughout New York City. His signature icon, the squared-jaw man with a smoke called the "brute", has appeared all over the city on signs, doors and walls. Robert would incorporate his grittiness into his art. He ransacked antique stores, thrift shops, flea markets, galleries and estate sales and emerged with treasures that he used as his canvas. Nothing was sacred: furniture, wood, metal, plastic, glass, textiles, vintage advertising boxes, even someone else’s paintings. Unfortunately, Robert left this world too soon when was struck and killed by a car near his home on Tuesday, September 27th 2011, in North Bergen, New Jersey. He was 62 years old. Today, Loughlin's collectors include some of the biggest names in the New York and Hollywood social scene, encompassing the design, fashion and art world. Such significant collectors have included the late floral designer and event planner Robert Isabell, movie director Joel Schumacher, clothing designer Helmut Lang, the fashion house Jack Spade, artist Donald Baechler and interior designer Thomas Jayne. Recently, some of his furniture pieces were purchased by Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA

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