Born in New York in 1926, Vickrey spent most of his early
career in the city after getting a BFA from the Yale School of Fine Arts. He studied and pursued
the ancient technique of egg tempera painting and for many years has been generally accepted as the
single artist who has done the most for the medium in an era of abstraction – including writing
two books on the subject many years ago.
Vickrey until this year had never been without representation
by a major New York gallery – a record setting fifty years. We have shown his work since 1970 and
have represented him since 1981, displaying solo shows annually ever since. Nearly 25 museums have
borrowed shows from our gallery as well. He has had more than 30 other museum shows and over 40
gallery shows. He is represented in more than 75 museum collections and has over 40 of his portraits
(of 80) which were used on the cover of TIME from 1957 to 1968, in the permanent collection of the
Nat’l Portrait Gallery.
A book is being published in September, 2002, by Ursuline
College in Pepper Pike, OH to coincide with a retrospective at the Wasmer Gallery at the college.
The book, written by Donald Miller and Robert Vickrey documents 51 years of his use of the St.
Vincent nuns as a subject in his work. The 100 page book will sell for $50. and is available
through the college or our gallery
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Lacey's Sparkler egg tempera on gesso panel
32" x 24" 2009
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