Ink

Minimal geometric drawing with red accents. The work is signed and dated by the artist. the piece is framed in a black frame with a white matte.

Robert Preusser was born in Houston, Texas. He began taking art lessons as a child, studying under artist Ola McNeil Davidson. By his teenage years, his work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally. He moved to Chicago to study at the Institute of Design. During World War II, Preusser painted camouflage with the Army’s 84th Engineer Camouflage Battalion. He moved to California after the war to complete his formal education at the Los Angeles Art Center School. After relocating to Texas, Preusser joined the faculty of the Museum School (now Glassell School) of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. He was a founding member of the Contemporary Arts Association (now Contemporary Arts Museum) and served as co-director. He designed sets for Houston’s Texas Stage, taught at the University of Houston, and was Associate Curator of Education at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. In He left Houston to teach at M.I.T, where he remained for thirty one years.

H 9 in x W 11 in.