Artistic Statement
“A truly excellent design– one that is pleasing to the eye, graceful in line, and serves a practical function– will survive the trends and fads of the times and will retain its classic beauty forever.” -Robert Whitley
Permanent Collections
- John F. Kennedy Memorial Library, Boston, Massachusetts
- The Hermitage, Leningrad, Russia
- The Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Fine Arts, Washington, D.C.
- The High Museum, Atlanta, Georgia
- The Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
- James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA
- University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA
Presidential Commissions
- Recreation of John F. Kennedy’s Presidential Desk for the John F. Kennedy Memorial
Library, Boston Massachusetts, 1978
- Presidential Gift from the United States to Russia, Chess Board and Presentation Chest,
1972
Awards for Creative Art
- National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C. Individual grant 1980
- American Craft Museum “Hand Made Furniture” Exhibit Award 1979-80
- Museum of Contemporary Crafts, National Merit Award, 1966
Museum Exhibitions of Creative Art
- American Craft Museum, New York, New York
- Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
- Wilmington Fine Arts Museum, Wilmington, Delaware
- Port Of History Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Major Historical Commissions
- Independence Hall, Philadelphia PA 1972 – 1978, 1980
- The Dolly Madison House, Philadelphia, PA
- The Graff House, Philadelphia, PA
- George Washington’s Headquarters, Morristown, New Jersey
- George Washington’s Headquarters, Valley Forge
- The Derby House, Salem Massachusetts
- Franklin Court, Philadelphia, PA
- Carpenter’s Hall, Philadelphia, PA
Contact:
Robert Whitley
215.297.8452
bob@whitleystudio.com
whitleystudio.com
