Robert Liberace is an American artist inspired by Renaissance and Baroque art.
“I am especially interested in the Renaissance ideal that the human figure is ‘the measure of all things’ and I have dedicated myself to discover its potential in capturing the spiritual and emotional complexity of the human spirit.”
Robert Liberace strives to combine his fascination with anatomy, art history and technique to produce work in a variety of disciplines including drawing, watercolor, painting and sculpture, and he is perhaps best known for the movement and draftsmanship of his figure work.
Robert Liberace has been selected as a Living Master by the Art Renewal Center, where his painting “5th Circle” received first place in the Imaginative Realism category of the 2016 ARC Salon, and he won the Collections Magazine Award in 2017, and he is an honorary member of the American-China Oil Painting Artists League.
Robert Liberace received the Portrait Society of America’s Grand Prize Award in their annual International Portrait Competition in April 2003, and the previous year he placed Best of Show, and his portrait graced the cover of The Artist’s magazine in April 2007.
Robert Liberace has been commissioned to paint portraits for clients such as Marc Pachter, long-time Director of the National Portrait Gallery, George H. Bush, and Ambassador Sol Linowitz, and his portrait demonstrations have become a favorite for students attending the Portrait Societies’ Portrait Academies where he has been a regular member of the faculty for over a decade.
Robert Liberace was selected as a professional member of the National Sculpture Society, and he has created a series of carved marble reliefs now permanently located in the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC, and a life sized marble statue of Mother Teresa also stands in the Shrine, based on his design.
- Selected as a “Living Master” by the Art Renewal Center.
- Won the Portrait Society of America’s Grand Prize in 2003.
- His work has appeared on the cover of The Artist’s magazine.
- He is a visiting instructor at the National Gallery of Art.
- He has created sculptures for the National Shrine in Washington, DC.
Robert Liberace also sculpted a fifteen foot crucifix which hangs above the altar in a church in Potomac, Maryland, and his work has been highlighted in The Artist’s Magazine, International Artist, American Art Collector, England’s The Artist and China’s Collection magazine, reflecting his international reputation.
Art Category Fact: The Renaissance ideal of the human figure as “the measure of all things” is a concept rooted in classical philosophy and revived during the Renaissance, emphasizing the importance of the human form in art and the belief that the study of anatomy and proportion is essential for capturing the beauty and complexity of the human spirit, which influenced artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael.
“Art is the most beautiful of all lies.” — Claude Debussy