Robert H. Whitmore

Robert Whitmore was born in Dayton,Ohio on February 22,1890.He studiedat the Chicago Art Institute and taught at Hull House in Chicago from 1912 to 1917.He studied at the Cincinnati Art Academy in 1919.In the summers of 1920 through 1923 he traveled New England in his Model T camper,painting as he went, working in his Dayton studio and teaching at the Dayton Art Institute during the winters.In 1924 he moved to Yellow Springs.He began teaching at Antioch College in 1925,retiring in 1955.He also showed his work locally and nationally from 1915 through 1955.His creative work continued until his passing in 1979. (Source: The Glen Helen Newsletter (Winter 2003), , Accessed August 19, 2004)