Robert Andrew Parker

Graduated from Art Institute of Chicago 1952

Worked at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine and at Stanley William Hayter's Atelier 17 in New York.

Began working as a commercial illustrator in 1954, traveled all over the world doing commissions for various publications. Also became a master printmaker

Parker has his first solo show in 1954, and has since exhibited extensively. He has done set designs for opera and film as well as book illustrations.

Retrospective at the South Pasadena Museum of Art in 2013