Robert Leroy Bailey - Timeline

Timeline

Indicated below is a chronology of Bob Bailey's life along with some of his achievements, gallery exhibits and other artistic career success.

• Born on July 20, 1923 in Hutchinson, Kansas.

• In the U.S. Army Air Corps (now referred to as the U.S. Air Force) from 1943 to 1946 (spending more than 21⁄₂ yrs in India designing and executing stage backdrops and props for a Hindu religious celebration honoring the God Vishnu and completed the designs for a chapel for the service in Assam, India).

• Attended the Art Institute of Chicago 1946–1951 (B.A. in 1951).

• Attended the University of Chicago 1947–1951.

• Designed masks and stage settings for the Cuban Village, 1949.

• Show at Forester’s Almo on North State, Chicago, 1949.

• Exhibit at “Cromer and Quint” gallery, 1955.

• Exhibited with the Chicago Society of Artists since, 1955.

• American Airlines window for Christmas, Chicago, 1955.

• T.V. show of work on Channel 9 WGN-TV, 1956.

• Momentum Show, 1956.

• Nippersink, Wisconsin, 1956.

• Attended the Summer School of Painting in Saugatuck, Michigan 1956–1957.

• Wayne, Indiana, 1956, 1957.

• Exhibited at the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, 1957.

• One sculpture selected by the Decorators of Chicago for a show at John A. Colby and Sons, 1957.

• Helped organize Exhibit “A” a group of 24 local artists. In 1957 seven gallery members (including Robert Bailey, Edna Arnow, Donald Schweikert, Angelo Testa, Victor Perlmutter, Bruno Bak, and Morris Barazani) ran exhibits. The cooperative only operated from 1957 to 1959 showing mostly members’ work, it closed permanently when the gallery floor caved in during and opening.

• The University of Chicago, 1958.

• Had a painting at Evanston Township High School, 1958.

• Had a photography show at Evanston Township High School, 1959.

• Had a photography show at Riccardo’s Restaurant, 1959.

• Photographed for six months in Mexico in 1959 with a grant from the Mexican govt. – taking pictures of Mayan children, villages and schools – resulted in a major show in Mexico City.

• Michigan Avenue windows of Bonwit Teller, Chicago, 1961.

• Hunterdon Count Art Center, New Jersey, 1963.

• He was included in the 9th edition of the International Arts Directory.

• Hunterdon Count Art Center, New Jersey, 1963.

• Received the International Design Award in 1963, for sculpture, "Carne Blanca."

• Chicago Midwest Cultural Show, photography, 1963–1965.

• National Arts Club of New York, 1965.

• Sculpture show at Chicago Public Library Branch, 939 W. Fullerton, 1966.

• Print show at Mid-North Gallery, 1966.

• Work at the American Embassy in Singapore in 1967, 1968, & 1969.

• CSA – Chicago Society of Artists 1-man show (2256 N. Orchard), March 1968.

• 12th National Print Exhibition, Hunterdon County Art Center, Clinton, N.J., 1968.

• State museum of New Jersey in Trenton, 1968.

• Published in the International Arts Directory, 9th edition, 1968.

• Morgan Park Academy, Chicago, May 1968.

• State Museum of New Jersey in Trenton, July-Aug., 1968.

• Bernard Horwich Jewish Community Center, Chicago, 1969 & 1970.

• Bergen Community Museum, Paramus, New Jersey, 1970.

• Morris Museum of Arts and Sciences, Morristown, New Jersey, 1970

• Show at Blackhawk Restaurant (Mexican Photography & art) July-Aug,, 1970.

• Hung in Wood Dale Admin. building, Wood Dale, Illinois October 1 – November 11, 1970.

• Work displayed in J. Walter Thompson Company, John Hancock Building, Chicago, August–September 1970.

• St. Alexius Hospital, Elk Grove Village, Illinois, 1970 & 1971.

• Old Town Art Center, Chicago; Chicago Society of Artists print, drawing and watercolor show March 7-March 31, 1971.

• Hunterdon County Art Center, NJ., March 28 to May 10, 1971.

• Monroe Gallery, Chicago, IL. Chicago Society of Artists, Inc. April 6-April 30, 1971

• Public Library of Newark, New Jersey, Art and Music dept. June 1971.

• Cultural Center of Ocean City, New Jersey, July 1971.

• Old Town Triangle Center, Chicago, Illinois, 1971.

• Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, New Jersey, 1971.

• Public Library of Newark, New Jersey, Cultural Center of Ocean City, 1971.

• Monroe Gallery, Chicago, 1971.

• University Club of Chicago, 1971.

• The Village Art Gallery, Pentwater, Michigan, 1970 & 1972.

• Juliann Studios, River Forest, Illinois, 1971 & 1972.

• Continental Can Company, Inc., Chicago, 1972.

• Federal Court Building, Chicago, 1972.

• Moved to Dexter Michigan in November 1972.

• Rackham Gallery University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1974.

• Ann Arbor Library, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1974.

• V.A. Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1974 & 1975.

• City Hall Show, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1975.

• American Embassy in Singapore, 1967–1969.

• 1980, 1981 National Museum of American Art housed the work of his “Charcoal nude and face”. His “Untitled (Seated Nude)” a pencil and charcoal drawing exists in the National Gallery of Art (part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C.)

• Vice President of the Chicago Society of Artists and a member of the board of directors for many years.

• 1989 large paintings of his hung in the Dexter Senior Center.

• 1989 he did workshops with the Dexter School System.

• 1989 Dexter Senior Center gave three silkscreen prints to Soviet guests; Natalia Rossomagnia, Anatasia Platnitskaya and Evgeney Subbotin.

• 1989–1990 Ann Arbor Artists Co-op at north main Ann Arbor, Michigan.

• Ann Arbor Co-op roving gallery exhibits (Espresso Royale, Steve’s Ice Cream, The Park Avenue Deli, The Amadeus Café and the Cutting Class Salon).

• In 1991, he was represented by the Clara Kott von Storch Gallery, Dexter, MI.

• In 1991, he also juried for Clara Kott von Storch Gallery for a National Show.

• Washtenaw Community College in Ypsilanti, Michigan; exhibit, January 1991

• In 1992, a school in Dexter had a showing of his pottery in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

• In 1993 he juried the National show for the Clara Kott von Storch Gallery.

• In 1993, Virginia Wesleyan College had a one-man show for Bailey.

• In 1993, Virginia Wesleyan College in Norfolk Virginia Beach, Virginia acquired one of the largest collections of his work (including Pork Chop Symphony).

• In July and August 1993, he had a show at the Mendocino Art Center in Mendocino, California.

• In November 1993, he was part of the Ibe Nab Show at the Clara Kott von Storch Gallery in Dexter, Michigan.

• In January 1994, he was one of five artists in the Washtenaw Community College Exhibit Hall, Ypsilanti, Michigan.

• From 1999 to 2004, he did some workshops and had works hanging in the Dexter Senior Center in Dexter, Michigan.

• Resides in the V.A. Hospital, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2004–2008

• Eastern Michigan University, Ford Gallery Show. July 14 – 25th, 2008, closing reception with the artist from 5 to 8 p.m.

Other Shows (Dates Unknown):

• National Design Center at Marina City, Chicago.

• Mandel Brothers Art Exhibition Galleries, Chicago

• Evanston Art Center, Evanston Ill.

• Latin School, Chicago

• Cordon Club Chicago

• Jewish Education Building Gallery, Chicago

• Prints in the Chicago Society of Artist Calendar – yearly

• McCormick Place Art Gallery, Chicago

• The Monroe Gallery, Chicago

• University Club of Chicago

• Covenant Club Gallery of Chicago