Robert Broderson Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Robert Broderson Art Value Price Guide

Apr. 02, 2026
ROBERT BRODERSON, (American 1920 - 1992). Noh Figure with Hands, 1962-64, Oil on canvas., artwork: 17 x 24 inches (excluding frame)
Est: $200 - $300
ROBERT BRODERSON American, 1920 - 1992 Oil on canvas. (for restoration). Signed and dated lower left. The painting centers on a figure donning a pale, mask-like face reminiscent of Japanese Noh theater, characterized by a somber expression and framed by long, ink-black hair. To the left, there is a series of hand studies Framed.
Sloans & Kenyon
Sep. 16, 2025
ROBERT BRODERSON (1920-1992) COMING AGE O/C
Est: $600 - $800
Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture label from The University of Illinois on verso giving artist, title as "Coming Age", and date as 1961. Signature lower right. Dimensions: (Frame) H 67" x W 52.25" (Canvas) H 56.25" x W 51.25" Condition: Shows minor scratches on the lower surface and the top of the frame.
Westport Auction
Jul. 22, 2025
ROBERT BRODERSON (1920-1992) BOY AND BIRD O/C
Est: $800 - $1,200
Oversized slightly abstracted painting of a boy holding a bird. Label on verso giving artist, title as "Boy and Bird", and dated 1962. Viviano Gallery label from 1965 on backside stapled to stretcher. Signed Broderson left center of canvas. Dimensions: (Frame) H 79" x W 42.25" (Canvas) H 77.5" x W 40.75" Condition: Frame with few losses. Minor craquelure on the canvas and a couple of small spots of chipped paint.
Westport Auction
Jul. 22, 2025
ROBERT BRODERSON (1920-1992) COMING AGE O/C
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture label from The University of Illinois on verso giving artist, title as "Coming Age", and date as 1961. Signature lower right. Dimensions: (Frame) H 67" x W 52.25" (Canvas) H 56.25" x W 51.25" Condition: Shows minor scratches on the lower surface and the top of the frame.
Westport Auction
Mar. 09, 2024
Robert Broderson NC Artist Ink and Watercolor on Paper
Est: $100 - $10,000
20th Century; Original, frame 30” x 22.5”, artwork 19.5” x 12.5”, original painting on paper, two smiling boys with strange signatures and block letters in background, artist signed lower right. Professionally framed and matted, displayed under glass, overall excellent condition. Please view photos. Provenance: KEP Collection
Mebane Antique Auction
Jan. 28, 2024
Robert Broderson, Profile of Woman in Contemplation
Est: $250 - $350
Robert Broderson (1920-1992 North Carolina, Connecticut) profile of woman in contemplation, red chalk on paper, signed lower left, "Broderson". Framed and matted under glass in painted moulded frame with jointed corners. Sight size: 22 3/4" H x 16 1/4" W. Framed: 31 3/8" H x 24 1/2" W.
Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals
Jan. 07, 2024
Robert Broderson (NC,CT,1920-1992) oil painting vintage
Est: $625 - $800
ARTIST: Robert M Broderson (North Carolina, Connecticut, 1920 - 1992) NAME: Mother and Children MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 22 x 12 inches / 55 x 30 cm FRAME SIZE: 23 x 13 inches / 58 x 33 cm SIGNATURE: lower right CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 123000 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Robert Broderson was born in West Haven, Connecticut on July 6, 1920 and died in Independence, Virginia on March 12, 1992. He was a painter for forty-five years from the time he entered Duke University after WWII, to his last years in his studio in Independence overlooking the New River.Broderson served in the Air Force from 1942 to 1945, traveling to Africa, Sicily, England and France. In 1947, with the help of the G.I. Bill, Broderson enrolled as a twenty-seven-year-old freshman at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. In his sophomore year at Duke, Broderson began the work in painting that would be his life.After he graduated from Duke, he received an M.F.A. from State University of Iowa. He then returned to Duke where he taught classes in drawing and painting for twelve years. He was an Associate Professor of Art when he left Duke after receiving a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1964. Broderson also taught at North Carolina State University in Raleigh from 1967 to 1968 and at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine during the summer of 1967. After the 1960's, Broderson gave up teaching and devoted his life to painting.Highlights of Broderson's career include the Guggenheim and Ford Foundation Grants and the induction into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He had shows at the Whitney, the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan, and he was represented by the Catherine Viviano Gallery, which also represented the German Expressionist, Max Beckmann, and other great American Abstract Expressionists.As a painter, Broderson worked mainly with oils; however, in his later years he began experimenting with acrylics. Broderson's work began in black and white. The black was oil, India ink, pastel, or pen; the white was painted, left bare, or scratched off with a penknife. Broderson studied shades of black and white, brown, and gray for decades, and off and on through experiments with color. In his later years, he moved into strikingly discordant colors of oil pastel. In between is a vast body of work, which testifies to the fertility of his creative imagination.Broderson was a figurative painter, concerned with human and other figures. He sometimes invented new creatures in his work; often, a menagerie of people and the animals seemed to pose the perennial questions: where do we come from, where do we go?He studied all the varieties of human experience and expression. The people in his paintings, as he said, were not real people. He worked on many canvases at once and never hesitated to rework what seemed finished. He hated dating his work or titling, and often covered an entire wall with sheets randomly cut from a roll and worked on them all at once. He peopled whole worlds. He painted nearly every day for forty-five years.2006 will be remembered as a watershed year in the rediscovery of Robert Broderson, who died in 1993. Two retrospective exhibitions were held: The City of Raleigh Arts Commission and the other at the Greenville Museum of Art in Greenville, North Carolina.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Oct. 08, 2023
Robert Broderson (NC,CT,1920-1992) oil painting vintage
Est: $675 - $850
ARTIST: Robert M Broderson (North Carolina, Connecticut, 1920 - 1992) NAME: Mother and Children MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 22 x 12 inches / 55 x 30 cm FRAME SIZE: 23 x 13 inches / 58 x 33 cm SIGNATURE: lower right CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 123000 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Robert Broderson was born in West Haven, Connecticut on July 6, 1920 and died in Independence, Virginia on March 12, 1992. He was a painter for forty-five years from the time he entered Duke University after WWII, to his last years in his studio in Independence overlooking the New River.Broderson served in the Air Force from 1942 to 1945, traveling to Africa, Sicily, England and France. In 1947, with the help of the G.I. Bill, Broderson enrolled as a twenty-seven-year-old freshman at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. In his sophomore year at Duke, Broderson began the work in painting that would be his life.After he graduated from Duke, he received an M.F.A. from State University of Iowa. He then returned to Duke where he taught classes in drawing and painting for twelve years. He was an Associate Professor of Art when he left Duke after receiving a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1964. Broderson also taught at North Carolina State University in Raleigh from 1967 to 1968 and at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine during the summer of 1967. After the 1960's, Broderson gave up teaching and devoted his life to painting.Highlights of Broderson's career include the Guggenheim and Ford Foundation Grants and the induction into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He had shows at the Whitney, the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan, and he was represented by the Catherine Viviano Gallery, which also represented the German Expressionist, Max Beckmann, and other great American Abstract Expressionists.As a painter, Broderson worked mainly with oils; however, in his later years he began experimenting with acrylics. Broderson's work began in black and white. The black was oil, India ink, pastel, or pen; the white was painted, left bare, or scratched off with a penknife. Broderson studied shades of black and white, brown, and gray for decades, and off and on through experiments with color. In his later years, he moved into strikingly discordant colors of oil pastel. In between is a vast body of work, which testifies to the fertility of his creative imagination.Broderson was a figurative painter, concerned with human and other figures. He sometimes invented new creatures in his work; often, a menagerie of people and the animals seemed to pose the perennial questions: where do we come from, where do we go?He studied all the varieties of human experience and expression. The people in his paintings, as he said, were not real people. He worked on many canvases at once and never hesitated to rework what seemed finished. He hated dating his work or titling, and often covered an entire wall with sheets randomly cut from a roll and worked on them all at once. He peopled whole worlds. He painted nearly every day for forty-five years.2006 will be remembered as a watershed year in the rediscovery of Robert Broderson, who died in 1993. Two retrospective exhibitions were held: The City of Raleigh Arts Commission and the other at the Greenville Museum of Art in Greenville, North Carolina.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Oct. 07, 2023
Robert Broderson, Profile of Woman in Contemplation
Est: $300 - $400
Robert Broderson (1920-1992 North Carolina, Connecticut) profile of woman in contemplation, red chalk on paper, signed lower left, "Broderson". Framed and matted under glass in painted moulded frame with jointed corners. Sight size: 22 3/4" H x 16 1/4" W. Framed: 31 3/8" H x 24 1/2" W.
Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals
Oct. 07, 2023
Robert Broderson, Child Seated At Table, Exhibited Oil Painting
Est: $600 - $800
Robert Broderson (1920-1992 North Carolina, Connecticut) "Child Seated At Table" in contemplation, oil on canvas, signed lower right, "Broderson". Framed in painted moulded frame with jointed corners with brass artist plaque. Canvas size: 38" H x 34" W. Framed: 49" H x 45" W. Exhibition labels attached verso include "The North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC", and "11th Southeastern Annual Exhibition 1956".
Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals
Jul. 02, 2023
Robert Broderson (NC,CT,1920-1992) oil painting vintage
Est: $700 - $900
ARTIST: Robert M Broderson (North Carolina, Connecticut, 1920 - 1992) NAME: Mother and Children MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 22 x 12 inches / 55 x 30 cm FRAME SIZE: 23 x 13 inches / 58 x 33 cm SIGNATURE: lower right CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 123000 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Robert Broderson was born in West Haven, Connecticut on July 6, 1920 and died in Independence, Virginia on March 12, 1992. He was a painter for forty-five years from the time he entered Duke University after WWII, to his last years in his studio in Independence overlooking the New River.Broderson served in the Air Force from 1942 to 1945, traveling to Africa, Sicily, England and France. In 1947, with the help of the G.I. Bill, Broderson enrolled as a twenty-seven-year-old freshman at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. In his sophomore year at Duke, Broderson began the work in painting that would be his life.After he graduated from Duke, he received an M.F.A. from State University of Iowa. He then returned to Duke where he taught classes in drawing and painting for twelve years. He was an Associate Professor of Art when he left Duke after receiving a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1964. Broderson also taught at North Carolina State University in Raleigh from 1967 to 1968 and at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine during the summer of 1967. After the 1960's, Broderson gave up teaching and devoted his life to painting.Highlights of Broderson's career include the Guggenheim and Ford Foundation Grants and the induction into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He had shows at the Whitney, the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan, and he was represented by the Catherine Viviano Gallery, which also represented the German Expressionist, Max Beckmann, and other great American Abstract Expressionists.As a painter, Broderson worked mainly with oils; however, in his later years he began experimenting with acrylics. Broderson's work began in black and white. The black was oil, India ink, pastel, or pen; the white was painted, left bare, or scratched off with a penknife. Broderson studied shades of black and white, brown, and gray for decades, and off and on through experiments with color. In his later years, he moved into strikingly discordant colors of oil pastel. In between is a vast body of work, which testifies to the fertility of his creative imagination.Broderson was a figurative painter, concerned with human and other figures. He sometimes invented new creatures in his work; often, a menagerie of people and the animals seemed to pose the perennial questions: where do we come from, where do we go?He studied all the varieties of human experience and expression. The people in his paintings, as he said, were not real people. He worked on many canvases at once and never hesitated to rework what seemed finished. He hated dating his work or titling, and often covered an entire wall with sheets randomly cut from a roll and worked on them all at once. He peopled whole worlds. He painted nearly every day for forty-five years.2006 will be remembered as a watershed year in the rediscovery of Robert Broderson, who died in 1993. Two retrospective exhibitions were held: The City of Raleigh Arts Commission and the other at the Greenville Museum of Art in Greenville, North Carolina.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Apr. 09, 2023
Robert Broderson (NC,CT,1920-1992) oil painting vintage
Est: $700 - $900
ARTIST: Robert M Broderson (North Carolina, Connecticut, 1920 - 1992) NAME: Mother and Children MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 22 x 12 inches / 55 x 30 cm FRAME SIZE: 23 x 13 inches / 58 x 33 cm SIGNATURE: lower right CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 123000 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Robert Broderson was born in West Haven, Connecticut on July 6, 1920 and died in Independence, Virginia on March 12, 1992. He was a painter for forty-five years from the time he entered Duke University after WWII, to his last years in his studio in Independence overlooking the New River.Broderson served in the Air Force from 1942 to 1945, traveling to Africa, Sicily, England and France. In 1947, with the help of the G.I. Bill, Broderson enrolled as a twenty-seven-year-old freshman at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. In his sophomore year at Duke, Broderson began the work in painting that would be his life.After he graduated from Duke, he received an M.F.A. from State University of Iowa. He then returned to Duke where he taught classes in drawing and painting for twelve years. He was an Associate Professor of Art when he left Duke after receiving a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1964. Broderson also taught at North Carolina State University in Raleigh from 1967 to 1968 and at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine during the summer of 1967. After the 1960's, Broderson gave up teaching and devoted his life to painting.Highlights of Broderson's career include the Guggenheim and Ford Foundation Grants and the induction into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He had shows at the Whitney, the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan, and he was represented by the Catherine Viviano Gallery, which also represented the German Expressionist, Max Beckmann, and other great American Abstract Expressionists.As a painter, Broderson worked mainly with oils; however, in his later years he began experimenting with acrylics. Broderson's work began in black and white. The black was oil, India ink, pastel, or pen; the white was painted, left bare, or scratched off with a penknife. Broderson studied shades of black and white, brown, and gray for decades, and off and on through experiments with color. In his later years, he moved into strikingly discordant colors of oil pastel. In between is a vast body of work, which testifies to the fertility of his creative imagination.Broderson was a figurative painter, concerned with human and other figures. He sometimes invented new creatures in his work; often, a menagerie of people and the animals seemed to pose the perennial questions: where do we come from, where do we go?He studied all the varieties of human experience and expression. The people in his paintings, as he said, were not real people. He worked on many canvases at once and never hesitated to rework what seemed finished. He hated dating his work or titling, and often covered an entire wall with sheets randomly cut from a roll and worked on them all at once. He peopled whole worlds. He painted nearly every day for forty-five years.2006 will be remembered as a watershed year in the rediscovery of Robert Broderson, who died in 1993. Two retrospective exhibitions were held: The City of Raleigh Arts Commission and the other at the Greenville Museum of Art in Greenville, North Carolina.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Jan. 02, 2023
Robert Broderson (NC,CT,1920-1992) oil painting vintage
Est: $700 - $900
ARTIST: Robert M Broderson (North Carolina, Connecticut, 1920 - 1992) NAME: Mother and Children MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 22 x 12 inches / 55 x 30 cm FRAME SIZE: 23 x 13 inches / 58 x 33 cm SIGNATURE: lower right CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 123000 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Robert Broderson was born in West Haven, Connecticut on July 6, 1920 and died in Independence, Virginia on March 12, 1992. He was a painter for forty-five years from the time he entered Duke University after WWII, to his last years in his studio in Independence overlooking the New River.Broderson served in the Air Force from 1942 to 1945, traveling to Africa, Sicily, England and France. In 1947, with the help of the G.I. Bill, Broderson enrolled as a twenty-seven-year-old freshman at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. In his sophomore year at Duke, Broderson began the work in painting that would be his life.After he graduated from Duke, he received an M.F.A. from State University of Iowa. He then returned to Duke where he taught classes in drawing and painting for twelve years. He was an Associate Professor of Art when he left Duke after receiving a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1964. Broderson also taught at North Carolina State University in Raleigh from 1967 to 1968 and at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine during the summer of 1967. After the 1960's, Broderson gave up teaching and devoted his life to painting.Highlights of Broderson's career include the Guggenheim and Ford Foundation Grants and the induction into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He had shows at the Whitney, the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan, and he was represented by the Catherine Viviano Gallery, which also represented the German Expressionist, Max Beckmann, and other great American Abstract Expressionists.As a painter, Broderson worked mainly with oils; however, in his later years he began experimenting with acrylics. Broderson's work began in black and white. The black was oil, India ink, pastel, or pen; the white was painted, left bare, or scratched off with a penknife. Broderson studied shades of black and white, brown, and gray for decades, and off and on through experiments with color. In his later years, he moved into strikingly discordant colors of oil pastel. In between is a vast body of work, which testifies to the fertility of his creative imagination.Broderson was a figurative painter, concerned with human and other figures. He sometimes invented new creatures in his work; often, a menagerie of people and the animals seemed to pose the perennial questions: where do we come from, where do we go?He studied all the varieties of human experience and expression. The people in his paintings, as he said, were not real people. He worked on many canvases at once and never hesitated to rework what seemed finished. He hated dating his work or titling, and often covered an entire wall with sheets randomly cut from a roll and worked on them all at once. He peopled whole worlds. He painted nearly every day for forty-five years.2006 will be remembered as a watershed year in the rediscovery of Robert Broderson, who died in 1993. Two retrospective exhibitions were held: The City of Raleigh Arts Commission and the other at the Greenville Museum of Art in Greenville, North Carolina.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Oct. 13, 2022
Two Robert Broderson Figural Paintings
Est: $600 - $900
(North Carolina/Connecticut, 1920-1992) Catherine and Friend (no. 15), signed lower right "Broderson" and signed and titled verso, 20 x 24 in.; Untitled, signed upper right "Broaderson", oil on canvas, 24 x 20-1/4 in., both circa 1975; original lattice type frames, largest 24-3/4 x 21 in. Note: Lot is accompanied by two gallery brochures. . Provenance: Private Collection
Brunk Auctions
Sep. 11, 2022
Robert Broderson (NC,CT,1920-1992) oil painting
Est: $425 - $550
ARTIST: Robert M Broderson (North Carolina, Connecticut, 1920 - 1992) NAME: Abstract Composition MEDIUM: oil on paper CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 12 x 8 inches / 30 x 20 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: upper left CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 120865 US Shipping $42 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Robert Broderson was born in West Haven, Connecticut on July 6, 1920 and died in Independence, Virginia on March 12, 1992. He was a painter for forty-five years from the time he entered Duke University after WWII, to his last years in his studio in Independence overlooking the New River.Broderson served in the Air Force from 1942 to 1945, traveling to Africa, Sicily, England and France. In 1947, with the help of the G.I. Bill, Broderson enrolled as a twenty-seven-year-old freshman at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. In his sophomore year at Duke, Broderson began the work in painting that would be his life.After he graduated from Duke, he received an M.F.A. from State University of Iowa. He then returned to Duke where he taught classes in drawing and painting for twelve years. He was an Associate Professor of Art when he left Duke after receiving a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1964. Broderson also taught at North Carolina State University in Raleigh from 1967 to 1968 and at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine during the summer of 1967. After the 1960's, Broderson gave up teaching and devoted his life to painting.Highlights of Broderson's career include the Guggenheim and Ford Foundation Grants and the induction into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He had shows at the Whitney, the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan, and he was represented by the Catherine Viviano Gallery, which also represented the German Expressionist, Max Beckmann, and other great American Abstract Expressionists.As a painter, Broderson worked mainly with oils; however, in his later years he began experimenting with acrylics. Broderson's work began in black and white. The black was oil, India ink, pastel, or pen; the white was painted, left bare, or scratched off with a penknife. Broderson studied shades of black and white, brown, and gray for decades, and off and on through experiments with color. In his later years, he moved into strikingly discordant colors of oil pastel. In between is a vast body of work, which testifies to the fertility of his creative imagination.Broderson was a figurative painter, concerned with human and other figures. He sometimes invented new creatures in his work; often, a menagerie of people and the animals seemed to pose the perennial questions: where do we come from, where do we go? He studied all the varieties of human experience and expression. The people in his paintings, as he said, were not real people. He worked on many canvases at once and never hesitated to rework what seemed finished. He hated dating his work or titling, and often covered an entire wall with sheets randomly cut from a roll and worked on them all at once. He peopled whole worlds. He painted nearly every day for forty-five years.2006 will be remembered as a watershed year in the rediscovery of Robert Broderson, who died in 1993. Two retrospective exhibitions were held: The City of Raleigh Arts Commission and the other at the Greenville Museum of Art in Greenville, North Carolina.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Jun. 12, 2022
Robert Broderson (NC,CT,1920-1992) oil painting
Est: $425 - $550
ARTIST: Robert M Broderson (North Carolina, Connecticut, 1920 - 1992) NAME: Abstract Composition MEDIUM: oil on paper CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 12 x 8 inches / 30 x 20 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: upper left CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 120865 US Shipping $42 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Robert Broderson was born in West Haven, Connecticut on July 6, 1920 and died in Independence, Virginia on March 12, 1992. He was a painter for forty-five years from the time he entered Duke University after WWII, to his last years in his studio in Independence overlooking the New River.Broderson served in the Air Force from 1942 to 1945, traveling to Africa, Sicily, England and France. In 1947, with the help of the G.I. Bill, Broderson enrolled as a twenty-seven-year-old freshman at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. In his sophomore year at Duke, Broderson began the work in painting that would be his life.After he graduated from Duke, he received an M.F.A. from State University of Iowa. He then returned to Duke where he taught classes in drawing and painting for twelve years. He was an Associate Professor of Art when he left Duke after receiving a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1964. Broderson also taught at North Carolina State University in Raleigh from 1967 to 1968 and at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine during the summer of 1967. After the 1960's, Broderson gave up teaching and devoted his life to painting.Highlights of Broderson's career include the Guggenheim and Ford Foundation Grants and the induction into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He had shows at the Whitney, the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan, and he was represented by the Catherine Viviano Gallery, which also represented the German Expressionist, Max Beckmann, and other great American Abstract Expressionists.As a painter, Broderson worked mainly with oils; however, in his later years he began experimenting with acrylics. Broderson's work began in black and white. The black was oil, India ink, pastel, or pen; the white was painted, left bare, or scratched off with a penknife. Broderson studied shades of black and white, brown, and gray for decades, and off and on through experiments with color. In his later years, he moved into strikingly discordant colors of oil pastel. In between is a vast body of work, which testifies to the fertility of his creative imagination.Broderson was a figurative painter, concerned with human and other figures. He sometimes invented new creatures in his work; often, a menagerie of people and the animals seemed to pose the perennial questions: where do we come from, where do we go? He studied all the varieties of human experience and expression. The people in his paintings, as he said, were not real people. He worked on many canvases at once and never hesitated to rework what seemed finished. He hated dating his work or titling, and often covered an entire wall with sheets randomly cut from a roll and worked on them all at once. He peopled whole worlds. He painted nearly every day for forty-five years.2006 will be remembered as a watershed year in the rediscovery of Robert Broderson, who died in 1993. Two retrospective exhibitions were held: The City of Raleigh Arts Commission and the other at the Greenville Museum of Art in Greenville, North Carolina.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Jun. 04, 2022
Robert Broderson, North Carolina, Connecticut (1920 - 1992), Harlequins, ink wash on paper, 21"H x 17 1/2"W
Est: $300 - $400
Robert Broderson North Carolina, Connecticut, (1920 - 1992) Harlequins ink wash on paper signed upper right. EX Catherine Viviano Gallery, NYC Biography from the Archives of askART: Biography from Boca Raton Museum of Art Robert Broderson was born July 6, 1920 in West Haven, Connecticut. He died in Independence, Virginia on March 12, 1992. He began painting as an older student attending Duke University on the G.I. Bill after World War II. After he graduated from Duke in 1950, he continued painting and studied printmaking with Mauricio Lasansky at the State University of Iowa, where he received an M.F.A. in 1952. Broderson then returned to Duke where he taught classes in drawing and painting for twelve years and became an Associate Professor of Art. He left Duke in 1964 after receiving a Guggenheim Fellowship*. Broderson also taught at North Carolina State in Raleigh in 1967-68, and at the Skowhegan School* of Painting and Sculpture in Maine during the summer of 1967. After the 1960s, Broderson gave up teaching and devoted himself full-time to painting. Broderson was a figurative painter, concerned with human and other figures. His subjects, as he said, "always tend more toward the imaginative than the real." The people in his paintings are not real people; the landscapes do not exist in nature. By The Boca Raton Museum of Art
Ripley Auctions
Jun. 10, 2021
Robert Broderson
Est: $800 - $1,200
(North Carolina/Connecticut, 1920-1992) Woman with Blue Bonnet, signed lower left "Broderson", oil on canvas, 24 x 20 in.; wood frame with linen liner, 30 x 25-1/2 in.
Brunk Auctions
Apr. 20, 2021
Robert M. Broderson (American 1920 - 1992) Clown, 17-1/2 x 14 sight size. framed size 25-1/2 x 22-1/2 inches
Est: $300 - $500
Robert M. Broderson (American 1920 - 1992) Clown, 17-1/2 x 14 sight size. framed size 25-1/2 x 22-1/2 inches
Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions
Jan. 08, 2020
Robert M. Broderson (American, 1920 -1993) Child of the Fields, Circa 1960
Est: $500 - $700
Robert M. Broderson (American, 1920 -1993) Child of the Fields, Circa 1960 oil on canvas signed (lower right) 53 x 43 inches. Deaccessioned from the Boca Raton Museum of Art to benefit the Acquisitions Fund
Hindman
Jan. 12, 2019
TWO WORKS BY ROBERT BRODERSON (AMERICAN, 1920-1992).
Est: $250 - $450
TWO WORKS BY ROBERT BRODERSON (AMERICAN, 1920-1992). Portraits, signed. One in pastel on paper with dedication on back, 11.75"h. 7.25"w., and one in ink on wallpaper "Imprisoner", 19.5"h. 8.5"w. Unframed.
Garth's Auctioneers & Appraisers
Jul. 15, 2018
Robert M. Broderson (American/Virginia, 1920)
Est: $200 - $400
Robert M. Broderson (American/Virginia, 1920-1992), "Woman Scolding Man", watercolor on paper, signed lower left, titled en verso, 14 in. x 12 in., matted Provenance: Liberty Gallery, Royal Street, New Orleans.
Neal Auction Company
Mar. 03, 2018
Robert Broderson (NC/CT, 1920-1992), Woman with Hat
Est: $400 - $800
oil on canvas, signed at lower right, presented in a gilt frame with wide linen liner and gilt filet. DOA 28.75 x 24 in. From the Collection of David Henderson, Spartanburg, SC Additional high-resolution photos are available at LelandLittle.com
Leland Little Auctions
Mar. 03, 2018
Robert Broderson (NC, 1920-1992), Metamorphosis (Girl Holding Cat)
Est: $400 - $800
oil on canvas, signed at lower right, circa 1970s, inscribed on the top stretcher, presented in a later frame. SS 23.5 x 15.5 in.; DOA 28.25 x 20 in. Broderson graduated from Duke University in 1950. He taught for at Duke and North Carolina State University for several years during the 1960s, before leaving teaching to devote himself fully to painting. His work may be found at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, as well as the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh. Exhibited: Scent of the Pine, You Know How I Feel: North Carolina Art from the Jonathan P. Alcott Collection, Longwood Center for the Visual Arts, Farmville, Virginia, June 20 - October 18, 2014 (illustrated in the accompanying catalogue). This exhibition traveled to the North Carolina Museum of History, Raleigh, NC, September 10 - December 4, 2016. From the Collection of Mr. Jonathan P. Alcott, Raleigh, NC Additional high-resolution photos are available at LelandLittle.com
Leland Little Auctions
Jan. 06, 2018
3pc ROBERT BRODERSON OIL PAINTINGS ON PAPER
Est: $100 - $150
3 Robert Broderson (American,1920-1992) oil paintings on paper depicting various figures. Two signed lower right. One signed upper right. Two measure 12" (30.5cm) x 9" (23cm). One measures 11 1/2" (29cm) x 10" (26.5cm). Each frame measures 14 1/4" (36cm) x 11 1/4" (28.5cm).
Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery
Jul. 14, 2017
2 UNFRAMED ROBERT BRODERSON (AMERICAN, 1920-1992) MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER, MOTHER AND CHILD AND CHILDREN PORTRAITS, BOTH SIGNED, SIZE 1...
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2 UNFRAMED ROBERT BRODERSON (AMERICAN, 1920-1992) MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER, MOTHER AND CHILD AND CHILDREN PORTRAITS, BOTH SIGNED, SIZE 18" X 12" TO 22.5" X 16"
Apple Tree Auction Center
Jul. 14, 2017
3 UNFRAMED ROBERT BRODERSON (AMERICAN, 1920-1992) INK ON PAPER, FAMILY PORTRAIT, LANDSCAPE AND GESTURE DRAWING ALL SIGNED, SIZE 17.7...
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3 UNFRAMED ROBERT BRODERSON (AMERICAN, 1920-1992) INK ON PAPER, FAMILY PORTRAIT, LANDSCAPE AND GESTURE DRAWING ALL SIGNED, SIZE 17.75" X 24" TO 30" X 22.5"
Apple Tree Auction Center
Jul. 14, 2017
3 UNFRAMED ROBERT BRODERSON (AMERICAN, 1920-1992) SILKSCREEN, MIXED MEDIAN ON PAPER AND OIL ON CANVAS, "HEAD BEING HELD", "PUPPETEER...
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3 UNFRAMED ROBERT BRODERSON (AMERICAN, 1920-1992) SILKSCREEN, MIXED MEDIAN ON PAPER AND OIL ON CANVAS, "HEAD BEING HELD", "PUPPETEER" AND PROTRAIT OF THREE
Apple Tree Auction Center
Jul. 14, 2017
3 UNFRAMED ROBERT BRODERSON (AMERICAN, 1920-1992) MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER, "EUROPA & THE BULL", FIGURES WITH GOATS AND DOG, AND GROUPIN...
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3 UNFRAMED ROBERT BRODERSON (AMERICAN, 1920-1992) MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER, "EUROPA & THE BULL", FIGURES WITH GOATS AND DOG, AND GROUPING WITH MASK, ALL SIGNED, SIZE 149" X 24" TO 30.25" X 16.5"
Apple Tree Auction Center
Jul. 14, 2017
3 UNFRAMED ROBERT BRODERSON (AMERICAN, 1920-1992) MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER, PORTRAITS, ALL SIGNED, 2 WITH INSCRIPTIONS ON BACK, 117/8" X...
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3 UNFRAMED ROBERT BRODERSON (AMERICAN, 1920-1992) MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER, PORTRAITS, ALL SIGNED, 2 WITH INSCRIPTIONS ON BACK, 117/8" X 11.25" TO 11.25" X 15"
Apple Tree Auction Center
Jul. 14, 2017
4 UNFRAMED ROBERT BRODERSON (AMERICAN, 1920-1992) MIXED MEDIA INK ON PAPER AND WALL PAPER, PORTRAIT, OWL, BIRD AND OPOSSUM, SIGNED A...
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4 UNFRAMED ROBERT BRODERSON (AMERICAN, 1920-1992) MIXED MEDIA INK ON PAPER AND WALL PAPER, PORTRAIT, OWL, BIRD AND OPOSSUM, SIGNED AND INITIAL SIGNED, OVERALL SIZE 15" X 6" TO 20" X 8 3/8"
Apple Tree Auction Center
Jul. 14, 2017
3 UNFRAMED ROBERT BRODERSON (AMERICAN, 1920-1992) INK ON PAPER AND WALL PAPER, WOMAN WITH COW AND GROUPINGS OF PEOPLE, ALL SIGNED, S...
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3 UNFRAMED ROBERT BRODERSON (AMERICAN, 1920-1992) INK ON PAPER AND WALL PAPER, WOMAN WITH COW AND GROUPINGS OF PEOPLE, ALL SIGNED, SIZE 29.85" X 20" TO 30.25" X 23"
Apple Tree Auction Center
Apr. 06, 2017
2 UNFRAMED ROBERT BRODERSON (AMERICAN, 1920-1992) MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER, CHILDREN PORTRAITS, BOTH SIGNED, 22" X 23 3/4"
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2 UNFRAMED ROBERT BRODERSON (AMERICAN, 1920-1992) MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER, CHILDREN PORTRAITS, BOTH SIGNED, 22" X 23 3/4"
Apple Tree Auction Center
Apr. 06, 2017
2 UNFRAMED ROBERT BRODERSON (AMERICAN, 1920-1992) MIXED MEDIA ON NEWSPRINT AND PAPER, PORTRAITS AND PARK SCENE, BOTH SIGNED, SIZES 2...
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2 UNFRAMED ROBERT BRODERSON (AMERICAN, 1920-1992) MIXED MEDIA ON NEWSPRINT AND PAPER, PORTRAITS AND PARK SCENE, BOTH SIGNED, SIZES 23" X 14 1/2" TO 22" X 15 1/2"
Apple Tree Auction Center
Apr. 06, 2017
4 UNFRAMED ROBERT BRODERSON (AMERICAN, 1920-1992) MIXED MEDIA ON WALL PAPER SAMPLES, FIGURAL PAINTINGS IN BLACK AND WHITE, ALL SIGNE...
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4 UNFRAMED ROBERT BRODERSON (AMERICAN, 1920-1992) MIXED MEDIA ON WALL PAPER SAMPLES, FIGURAL PAINTINGS IN BLACK AND WHITE, ALL SIGNED, SIZES 18" X 14 1/2" TO 21 1/2" X 19 1/2"
Apple Tree Auction Center
Apr. 06, 2017
4 UNFRAMED ROBERT BRODERSON (AMERICAN, 1920-1992) MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER AND BOARD, PORTRAITS AND "PAINTER SHOW HIS WORK", THREE SIGNE...
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4 UNFRAMED ROBERT BRODERSON (AMERICAN, 1920-1992) MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER AND BOARD, PORTRAITS AND "PAINTER SHOW HIS WORK", THREE SIGNED, SIZES 12" X 9" TO 8" X 17"
Apple Tree Auction Center
Apr. 06, 2017
3 UNFRAMED ROBERT BRODERSON (AMERICAN, 1920-1992) MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER AND PAPER AND LITHOGRAPH "BOY WITH BIRD" AND FIGURES WITH BIR...
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3 UNFRAMED ROBERT BRODERSON (AMERICAN, 1920-1992) MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER AND PAPER AND LITHOGRAPH "BOY WITH BIRD" AND FIGURES WITH BIRDS, ALL SIGNED, SIZES 15 1/2" X 11 1/2" TO 23 3/4" X 18"
Apple Tree Auction Center
Apr. 06, 2017
3 UNFRAMED ROBERT BRODERSON (AMERICAN, 1920-1992) MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER AND WALL PAPER SAMPLE, FIGURATIVE PAINTINGS INCLUDING "PRISON...
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3 UNFRAMED ROBERT BRODERSON (AMERICAN, 1920-1992) MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER AND WALL PAPER SAMPLE, FIGURATIVE PAINTINGS INCLUDING "PRISONER & CAPTIVE", ALL SIGNED, SIZES 15" X 10" TO 17 1/2" X 17 1/2"
Apple Tree Auction Center
Apr. 06, 2017
3 UNFRAMED ROBERT BRODERSON (AMERICAN, 1920-1992) MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER, FAMILY PORTRAITS AND CHILD WITH HORN, ALL SIGNED, 14 1/4" X...
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3 UNFRAMED ROBERT BRODERSON (AMERICAN, 1920-1992) MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER, FAMILY PORTRAITS AND CHILD WITH HORN, ALL SIGNED, 14 1/4" X 16" TO 23 1/2" X 22 1/2"
Apple Tree Auction Center
Mar. 04, 2017
Robert Broderson (NC/CT, 1920-1992), Two Nudes with a Ball
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
oil on canvas, signed at upper left, framed. DOA 41 x 39 in. Broderson graduated from Duke University in 1950. He taught for at Duke and North Carolina State University for several years during the 1960s, before leaving teaching to devote himself fully to painting. His work may be found at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, as well as the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh. Carlton Gallery at Creekside Galleries, Banner Elk, NC Private Collection, Chapel Hill, NC Additional high-resolution photos are available at LelandLittle.com
Leland Little Auctions
Nov. 21, 2016
ROBERT BRODERSON (American. 1920-1992)
Est: $200 - $300
Three Gouache on Paper. All untitled. Two signed l/r. Measuring 12” by 9” and 11 1/2” by 10”. One signed u/r. Measuring 12” by 9”. All framed under Plexiglas. (Cond: good)
Auction Gallery of the Palm Beaches
Nov. 21, 2016
ROBERT BRODERSON (American. 1920-1992)
Est: $200 - $300
Two Oil on Canvas . “Child and Bird”. Signed l/r. Verso is titled. Measuring 10” by 8”. Framed. (Cond: good) “Study” Signed l/r. Verso titled. Measuring 12” by 10”. Framed. (Cond: good)
Auction Gallery of the Palm Beaches
Jun. 17, 2016
Robert Broderson (NC/CT, 1920-1992), Untitled
Est: $400 - $800
mixed media on paper, signed at upper left, matted and framed under glass. SS 9.5 x 7.5 in.; DOA 15.5 x 13.5 in.
Leland Little Auctions
Feb. 21, 2016
Robert Broderson (American/North Carolina, 1920)
Est: $400 - $600
Robert Broderson (American/North Carolina, 1920-1992), "Two Figures (Young Boy in a Cap)", mixed media on paper, signed lower right, 13 in. x 10 in.; and "Young Girl and her Goat", mixed media on paper, signed upper left, 19 in. x 11 1/4 in., both framed. (2 pcs.)
Neal Auction Company
Sep. 12, 2015
Robert Broderson (NC, 1920-1992), Male Nude
Est: $200 - $400
graphite on paper, signed at lower left, matted and framed under glass. SS 23.5 x 18.5 in.; DOA 32.25 x 25.25 in. Private Collection, Raleigh, NC
Leland Little Auctions
Sep. 12, 2015
Robert Broderson (NC, 1920-1992),Study
Est: $400 - $600
oil on canvas, signed at lower left, retaining a gallery label on the verso dating the painting to circa 1961, framed. DOA 14.75 x 18.75 in. Catherine Viviano Gallery, New York, NY Private Collection, Raleigh, NC
Leland Little Auctions
Jun. 12, 2015
Robert Broderson (NC, 1920-1992), Couple
Est: $200 - $400
oil on paper, signed at lower right, matted and framed under glass. SS 10 x 6.25; DOA 13.25 x 9.25
Leland Little Auctions
Jun. 12, 2015
Robert Broderson (NC, 1920-1992), Female Nude
Est: $200 - $400
mixed media on paper, signed at lower right, framed under glass. SS 13 x 10.5 in.; DOA 16.5 x 14.5 in.
Leland Little Auctions