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b. 1909 - d. 1997

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  • Robert Selby
    Jan. 26, 2025

    Robert Selby

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    Storm Contras, 1966 Hoosier Salon Tag 36" x 24", Oil on Board, Signed Lower Right

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  • Robert Selby (1909-1997)
    Nov. 09, 2024

    Robert Selby (1909-1997)

    Est: $400 - $800

    Feeding the Ducks 15" x 22" watercolor, signed lower left. Recent frame.

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  • Robert Selby (1909-1997)
    Nov. 09, 2024

    Robert Selby (1909-1997)

    Est: $400 - $800

    Fishing 14" x 21" watercolor, signed lower right. Recent frame.

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  • Robert Selby (1909-1997)
    Nov. 09, 2024

    Robert Selby (1909-1997)

    Est: $750 - $1,500

    Summer on the Farm 28" x 22" oil on board, signed lower right. Recent frame.

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  • Robert Selby (1909-1997)
    Aug. 18, 2024

    Robert Selby (1909-1997)

    Est: $500 - $1,000

    Winter Landscape with Buildings 23" x 27", Oil on Board, Signed Lower Right

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  • Robert Selby (1909-1997)
    May. 05, 2024

    Robert Selby (1909-1997)

    Est: $400 - $800

    Winding Creek 14"x21" watercolor, signed lower right. Recent frame. Est. $400-$800

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  • Robert Selby (1909-1997)
    Oct. 28, 2023

    Robert Selby (1909-1997)

    Est: $400 - $800

    "The Ducks" 15" x 22" watercolor, signed lower right.

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  • Robert Selby (1909-1997)
    Oct. 28, 2023

    Robert Selby (1909-1997)

    Est: $500 - $1,000

    "Vivid Autumn Landscape" 24" x 18 oil on board, signed lower left.

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  • Robert Selby (1909-1997)
    Oct. 28, 2023

    Robert Selby (1909-1997)

    Est: $1,500 - $3,000

    "Hill Country Village" 44" x 24" oil on board, signed lower right.

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  • Robert Selby (1909-1997)
    Apr. 16, 2023

    Robert Selby (1909-1997)

    Est: $300 - $600

    Tropical Beach 14" x 21" watercolor, signed lower right. Recent frame.

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  • Robert Selby (1909-1997)
    Apr. 16, 2023

    Robert Selby (1909-1997)

    Est: $600 - $1,200

    Pumping Water 19" x 24" oil on board, signed lower right. Recently conserved; recent frame.

    Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
  • Robert Selby (1909-1997)
    Apr. 16, 2023

    Robert Selby (1909-1997)

    Est: $750 - $1,500

    Cattle Farm 24" x 36" oil on canvas, signed lower right. Recently cleaned.

    Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
  • Robert Selby
    Feb. 19, 2023

    Robert Selby

    Est: $50 - $200

    Watercolor

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  • Robert Selby
    Feb. 19, 2023

    Robert Selby

    Est: $50 - $200

    Watercolor

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  • Robert Selby
    Feb. 19, 2023

    Robert Selby

    Est: $100 - $500

    Watercolor

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  • Robert Selby
    Feb. 19, 2023

    Robert Selby

    Est: $50 - $150

    Watercolor

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  • Robert Selby
    Feb. 19, 2023

    Robert Selby

    Est: $200 - $400

    Landscape with Church and Other Buildings 21" x 14.5", Watercolor, Signed Lower Right

    Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
  • Robert Selby
    Feb. 19, 2023

    Robert Selby

    Est: $200 - $400

    Harbor Scene with Boats, Buildings & Figure 14" x 20", Watercolor, Signed Lower Right

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  • Robert Selby
    Feb. 19, 2023

    Robert Selby

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    Spring in the Meadows 36" x 24, Oil on Board, Signed Right, dated '59

    Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
  • Robert Selby
    Feb. 19, 2023

    Robert Selby

    Est: $1,500 - $3,000

    Town Scene with Figures 44" x 24", Oil on Board, Signed Lower Right

    Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
  • Robert Selby
    Oct. 02, 2022

    Robert Selby

    Est: $400 - $800

    Robert Selby (1909-1997) 15" x 22" watercolor, Grazing, signed lower right. The following biography is from the fineestateart.com website: American artist Robert Selby was born on January 31, 1909 in the small southwestern Indiana town of Owensville. He showed early talent in fine art and after graduating from Owensville High School, he became a scholarship student at the John Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis from which he received his diploma in 1930. During his years of study at John Herron he worked under the direction of Paul Hadley, Clifton Wheeler and Hoosier Group Artist William Forsyth. In the summer of 1930, he was awarded a Summer Study Scholarship to the Charles Hawthorne Cape School in Provincetown, Massachusetts. 1930 also saw the beginning of Selby’s professional exhibition career with participation in the annual John Herron Indiana Artist’s Exhibition, followed in 1931 with entries in the annual Hoosier Salon Exhibition. In 1940 he married William Forsyth’s youngest daughter Evelyn. They had one daughter Susan. Selby earned his living as a working commercial artist, first in the Advertising Department of L.S. Ayres in Indianapolis, and after a move to New Jersey in 1959, as an artist and assistant art director of the Advertising Department of Hahne and Company in Newark. However, he always maintained his painting career and continued to exhibit throughout the United States, especially in Indiana. Because he had no official studio space either in Indiana or New Jersey, the majority of his work during the early and middle parts of his life was done on location or out in his own backyard where he set up his easel on every available weekend in good weather. After his retirement in 1975 Robert and Evelyn moved to Austin, Texas where they shared a home and finally a real studio with Evelyn’s older sister artist Constance Forsyth. Before his death on February 26, 1997 in Austin, his retirement years were most productive artistically. Selby painted widely across the central Texas Hill Country, as well as on trips to the Texas coast, over to Louisiana on visits to his daughter, and many trips back to Indiana. For a number of years during this period he taught continuing education painting classes for the Dougherty Arts Center in Austin. Although he worked in both oil and watercolor throughout his life, during his Indiana and New Jersey years he primarily painted in oil on board, while in his final years in Texas his work consisted mainly of watercolors. Ever the plein-aire painter, he always had his paint box in the back of his car for easy access when he traveled should a tempting scene present itself. Throughout his life Selby’s work was represented in numerous museum and juried shows across the United States. These exhibitions included Indiana Art Association Annuals, over fifty years in the Hoosier Salon Annuals in both Chicago and Indianapolis; annual Indiana State Fair; Cincinnati Museum; Charlotte Museum in North Carolina; Montclair Museum in Montclair, New Jersey; Hunterdon Art Center in Clinton, New Jersey; and East Orange Art Association in East Orange, New Jersey. His work was featured in one man shows at the John Herron Art Museum; Madison Public Library in Madison, New Jersey; various small venues in Austin, Texas; and in 1992, a one-man show at the Evansville Museum of Art and Science in Evansville, Indiana. Selby received numerous awards for work in watercolor and oil in both Indiana and New Jersey including the Booth Tarkington prize in the 41st Indiana Artists Exhibition in 1949, the Jessie Mae Holcomb Memorial award for oil painting on at least three separate occasions at the Hoosier Salon, and the award for Outstanding Work in Oil of the Exhibition at the Hoosier Salon in 1958. The following year his oil painting, Bayou Beauty, was selected to represent the state of Indiana at the ART USA 59 Exhibit at the Coliseum in New York City. Also, in the late 1950’s he was commissioned to design and paint a triptych alter piece for St. Matthews Episcopal Church in Indianapolis. His work is represented in many private and public collections including Madison Public Library in Madison, New Jersey; Frank Dailey Collection at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana; Fort Wayne Permanent Collection in Fort Wayne, Indiana; Arthur S. Overby Memorial Collection housed at Typo Type House in Indianapolis, Indiana; Evansville Museum of Art and Science; Indianapolis Museum of Art; Indiana State Museum in Indianapolis; Irvington Historical Society Collection in Indianapolis; Indiana State Historical Society Collection in Indianapolis; and Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans. You can see the bio on our site https://fineestateart.com/artists/robert_selby

    Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
  • Robert Selby
    Oct. 02, 2022

    Robert Selby

    Est: $750 - $1,500

    Robert Selby (1909-1997) 35" x 24" oil on board, Birch Shadows, signed lower right. Recently conserved; recent frame. The following biography is from the fineestateart.com website: American artist Robert Selby was born on January 31, 1909 in the small southwestern Indiana town of Owensville. He showed early talent in fine art and after graduating from Owensville High School, he became a scholarship student at the John Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis from which he received his diploma in 1930. During his years of study at John Herron he worked under the direction of Paul Hadley, Clifton Wheeler and Hoosier Group Artist William Forsyth. In the summer of 1930, he was awarded a Summer Study Scholarship to the Charles Hawthorne Cape School in Provincetown, Massachusetts. 1930 also saw the beginning of Selby’s professional exhibition career with participation in the annual John Herron Indiana Artist’s Exhibition, followed in 1931 with entries in the annual Hoosier Salon Exhibition. In 1940 he married William Forsyth’s youngest daughter Evelyn. They had one daughter Susan. Selby earned his living as a working commercial artist, first in the Advertising Department of L.S. Ayres in Indianapolis, and after a move to New Jersey in 1959, as an artist and assistant art director of the Advertising Department of Hahne and Company in Newark. However, he always maintained his painting career and continued to exhibit throughout the United States, especially in Indiana. Because he had no official studio space either in Indiana or New Jersey, the majority of his work during the early and middle parts of his life was done on location or out in his own backyard where he set up his easel on every available weekend in good weather. After his retirement in 1975 Robert and Evelyn moved to Austin, Texas where they shared a home and finally a real studio with Evelyn’s older sister artist Constance Forsyth. Before his death on February 26, 1997 in Austin, his retirement years were most productive artistically. Selby painted widely across the central Texas Hill Country, as well as on trips to the Texas coast, over to Louisiana on visits to his daughter, and many trips back to Indiana. For a number of years during this period he taught continuing education painting classes for the Dougherty Arts Center in Austin. Although he worked in both oil and watercolor throughout his life, during his Indiana and New Jersey years he primarily painted in oil on board, while in his final years in Texas his work consisted mainly of watercolors. Ever the plein-aire painter, he always had his paint box in the back of his car for easy access when he traveled should a tempting scene present itself. Throughout his life Selby’s work was represented in numerous museum and juried shows across the United States. These exhibitions included Indiana Art Association Annuals, over fifty years in the Hoosier Salon Annuals in both Chicago and Indianapolis; annual Indiana State Fair; Cincinnati Museum; Charlotte Museum in North Carolina; Montclair Museum in Montclair, New Jersey; Hunterdon Art Center in Clinton, New Jersey; and East Orange Art Association in East Orange, New Jersey. His work was featured in one man shows at the John Herron Art Museum; Madison Public Library in Madison, New Jersey; various small venues in Austin, Texas; and in 1992, a one-man show at the Evansville Museum of Art and Science in Evansville, Indiana. Selby received numerous awards for work in watercolor and oil in both Indiana and New Jersey including the Booth Tarkington prize in the 41st Indiana Artists Exhibition in 1949, the Jessie Mae Holcomb Memorial award for oil painting on at least three separate occasions at the Hoosier Salon, and the award for Outstanding Work in Oil of the Exhibition at the Hoosier Salon in 1958. The following year his oil painting, Bayou Beauty, was selected to represent the state of Indiana at the ART USA 59 Exhibit at the Coliseum in New York City. Also, in the late 1950’s he was commissioned to design and paint a triptych alter piece for St. Matthews Episcopal Church in Indianapolis. His work is represented in many private and public collections including Madison Public Library in Madison, New Jersey; Frank Dailey Collection at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana; Fort Wayne Permanent Collection in Fort Wayne, Indiana; Arthur S. Overby Memorial Collection housed at Typo Type House in Indianapolis, Indiana; Evansville Museum of Art and Science; Indianapolis Museum of Art; Indiana State Museum in Indianapolis; Irvington Historical Society Collection in Indianapolis; Indiana State Historical Society Collection in Indianapolis; and Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans. You can see the bio on our site https://fineestateart.com/artists/robert_selby

    Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
  • Robert Selby (1893-1960)
    Apr. 03, 2022

    Robert Selby (1893-1960)

    Est: $300 - $600

    "Birches" 22" x 15" watercolor, signed lower right. The following biography is from the fineestateart.com website: American artist Robert Selby was born on January 31, 1909 in the small southwestern Indiana town of Owensville. He showed early talent in fine art and after graduating from Owensville High School, he became a scholarship student at the John Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis from which he received his diploma in 1930. During his years of study at John Herron he worked under the direction of Paul Hadley, Clifton Wheeler and Hoosier Group Artist William Forsyth. In the summer of 1930, he was awarded a Summer Study Scholarship to the Charles Hawthorne Cape School in Provincetown, Massachusetts. 1930 also saw the beginning of Selby’s professional exhibition career with participation in the annual John Herron Indiana Artist’s Exhibition, followed in 1931 with entries in the annual Hoosier Salon Exhibition. In 1940 he married William Forsyth’s youngest daughter Evelyn. They had one daughter Susan. Selby earned his living as a working commercial artist, first in the Advertising Department of L.S. Ayres in Indianapolis, and after a move to New Jersey in 1959, as an artist and assistant art director of the Advertising Department of Hahne and Company in Newark. However, he always maintained his painting career and continued to exhibit throughout the United States, especially in Indiana. Because he had no official studio space either in Indiana or New Jersey, the majority of his work during the early and middle parts of his life was done on location or out in his own backyard where he set up his easel on every available weekend in good weather. After his retirement in 1975 Robert and Evelyn moved to Austin, Texas where they shared a home and finally a real studio with Evelyn’s older sister artist Constance Forsyth. Before his death on February 26, 1997 in Austin, his retirement years were most productive artistically. Selby painted widely across the central Texas Hill Country, as well as on trips to the Texas coast, over to Louisiana on visits to his daughter, and many trips back to Indiana. For a number of years during this period he taught continuing education painting classes for the Dougherty Arts Center in Austin. Although he worked in both oil and watercolor throughout his life, during his Indiana and New Jersey years he primarily painted in oil on board, while in his final years in Texas his work consisted mainly of watercolors. Ever the plein-aire painter, he always had his paint box in the back of his car for easy access when he traveled should a tempting scene present itself. Throughout his life Selby’s work was represented in numerous museum and juried shows across the United States. These exhibitions included Indiana Art Association Annuals, over fifty years in the Hoosier Salon Annuals in both Chicago and Indianapolis; annual Indiana State Fair; Cincinnati Museum; Charlotte Museum in North Carolina; Montclair Museum in Montclair, New Jersey; Hunterdon Art Center in Clinton, New Jersey; and East Orange Art Association in East Orange, New Jersey. His work was featured in one man shows at the John Herron Art Museum; Madison Public Library in Madison, New Jersey; various small venues in Austin, Texas; and in 1992, a one-man show at the Evansville Museum of Art and Science in Evansville, Indiana. Selby received numerous awards for work in watercolor and oil in both Indiana and New Jersey including the Booth Tarkington prize in the 41st Indiana Artists Exhibition in 1949, the Jessie Mae Holcomb Memorial award for oil painting on at least three separate occasions at the Hoosier Salon, and the award for Outstanding Work in Oil of the Exhibition at the Hoosier Salon in 1958. The following year his oil painting, Bayou Beauty, was selected to represent the state of Indiana at the ART USA 59 Exhibit at the Coliseum in New York City. Also, in the late 1950’s he was commissioned to design and paint a triptych alter piece for St. Matthews Episcopal Church in Indianapolis. His work is represented in many private and public collections including Madison Public Library in Madison, New Jersey; Frank Dailey Collection at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana; Fort Wayne Permanent Collection in Fort Wayne, Indiana; Arthur S. Overby Memorial Collection housed at Typo Type House in Indianapolis, Indiana; Evansville Museum of Art and Science; Indianapolis Museum of Art; Indiana State Museum in Indianapolis; Irvington Historical Society Collection in Indianapolis; Indiana State Historical Society Collection in Indianapolis; and Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans. To see this biography on our site, visit: https://fineestateart.com/artists/robert_selby

    Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
  • Robert Selby (1893-1960)
    Apr. 03, 2022

    Robert Selby (1893-1960)

    Est: $750 - $1,500

    "Pumping Water" 19" x 24" oil on board, signed lower right. Recently conserved; recent frame. The following biography is from the fineestateart.com website: American artist Robert Selby was born on January 31, 1909 in the small southwestern Indiana town of Owensville. He showed early talent in fine art and after graduating from Owensville High School, he became a scholarship student at the John Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis from which he received his diploma in 1930. During his years of study at John Herron he worked under the direction of Paul Hadley, Clifton Wheeler and Hoosier Group Artist William Forsyth. In the summer of 1930, he was awarded a Summer Study Scholarship to the Charles Hawthorne Cape School in Provincetown, Massachusetts. 1930 also saw the beginning of Selby’s professional exhibition career with participation in the annual John Herron Indiana Artist’s Exhibition, followed in 1931 with entries in the annual Hoosier Salon Exhibition. In 1940 he married William Forsyth’s youngest daughter Evelyn. They had one daughter Susan. Selby earned his living as a working commercial artist, first in the Advertising Department of L.S. Ayres in Indianapolis, and after a move to New Jersey in 1959, as an artist and assistant art director of the Advertising Department of Hahne and Company in Newark. However, he always maintained his painting career and continued to exhibit throughout the United States, especially in Indiana. Because he had no official studio space either in Indiana or New Jersey, the majority of his work during the early and middle parts of his life was done on location or out in his own backyard where he set up his easel on every available weekend in good weather. After his retirement in 1975 Robert and Evelyn moved to Austin, Texas where they shared a home and finally a real studio with Evelyn’s older sister artist Constance Forsyth. Before his death on February 26, 1997 in Austin, his retirement years were most productive artistically. Selby painted widely across the central Texas Hill Country, as well as on trips to the Texas coast, over to Louisiana on visits to his daughter, and many trips back to Indiana. For a number of years during this period he taught continuing education painting classes for the Dougherty Arts Center in Austin. Although he worked in both oil and watercolor throughout his life, during his Indiana and New Jersey years he primarily painted in oil on board, while in his final years in Texas his work consisted mainly of watercolors. Ever the plein-aire painter, he always had his paint box in the back of his car for easy access when he traveled should a tempting scene present itself. Throughout his life Selby’s work was represented in numerous museum and juried shows across the United States. These exhibitions included Indiana Art Association Annuals, over fifty years in the Hoosier Salon Annuals in both Chicago and Indianapolis; annual Indiana State Fair; Cincinnati Museum; Charlotte Museum in North Carolina; Montclair Museum in Montclair, New Jersey; Hunterdon Art Center in Clinton, New Jersey; and East Orange Art Association in East Orange, New Jersey. His work was featured in one man shows at the John Herron Art Museum; Madison Public Library in Madison, New Jersey; various small venues in Austin, Texas; and in 1992, a one-man show at the Evansville Museum of Art and Science in Evansville, Indiana. Selby received numerous awards for work in watercolor and oil in both Indiana and New Jersey including the Booth Tarkington prize in the 41st Indiana Artists Exhibition in 1949, the Jessie Mae Holcomb Memorial award for oil painting on at least three separate occasions at the Hoosier Salon, and the award for Outstanding Work in Oil of the Exhibition at the Hoosier Salon in 1958. The following year his oil painting, Bayou Beauty, was selected to represent the state of Indiana at the ART USA 59 Exhibit at the Coliseum in New York City. Also, in the late 1950’s he was commissioned to design and paint a triptych alter piece for St. Matthews Episcopal Church in Indianapolis. His work is represented in many private and public collections including Madison Public Library in Madison, New Jersey; Frank Dailey Collection at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana; Fort Wayne Permanent Collection in Fort Wayne, Indiana; Arthur S. Overby Memorial Collection housed at Typo Type House in Indianapolis, Indiana; Evansville Museum of Art and Science; Indianapolis Museum of Art; Indiana State Museum in Indianapolis; Irvington Historical Society Collection in Indianapolis; Indiana State Historical Society Collection in Indianapolis; and Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans. To see this biography on our site, visit: https://fineestateart.com/artists/robert_selby

    Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
  • Robert Selby, American (1909-1997), Figure in Blue, portrait of a woman, oil on board, 30 1/4"H x 24 1/2"W (frame), 23 1/4"H x 17 1/4"W (sight)
    Feb. 19, 2022

    Robert Selby, American (1909-1997), Figure in Blue, portrait of a woman, oil on board, 30 1/4"H x 24 1/2"W (frame), 23 1/4"H x 17 1/4"W (sight)

    Est: $800 - $1,200

    Robert Selby American, (1909-1997) Figure in Blue, portrait of a woman oil on board signed lower right. Exhibited: Indiana Artists Exhibition, John Herron Art Museum, Indianapolis, 1947, and 25th Annual Hoosier Salon, 1949. Provenance: From a private collector in Zionsville / Indianapolis. The following biography was written and submitted by Susan Sklar, daughter of the artist: ROBERT HUGO SELBY (1909-1997) American artist Robert Selby was born on January 31, 1909 in the small southwestern Indiana town of Owensville. He showed early talent in fine art and after graduating from Owensville High School, he became a scholarship student at the John Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis from which he received his diploma in 1930. During his years of study at John Herron he worked under the direction of Paul Hadley, Clifton Wheeler and Hoosier Group Artist William Forsyth. In the summer of 1930, he was awarded a Summer Study Scholarship to the Charles Hawthorne Cape School in Provincetown, Massachusetts. 1930 also saw the beginning of Selby's professional exhibition career with participation in the annual John Herron Indiana Artist's Exhibition, followed in 1931 with entries in the annual Hoosier Salon Exhibition. In 1940 he married William Forsyth's youngest daughter Evelyn. They had one daughter Susan. Selby earned his living as a working commercial artist, first in the Advertising Department of L.S. Ayres in Indianapolis, and after a move to New Jersey in 1959, as an artist and assistant art director of the Advertising Department of Hahne and Company in Newark. However, he always maintained his painting career and continued to exhibit throughout the United States, especially in Indiana. Because he had no official studio space either in Indiana or New Jersey, the majority of his work during the early and middle parts of his life was done on location or out in his own backyard where he set up his easel on every available weekend in good weather. After his retirement in 1975 Robert and Evelyn moved to Austin, Texas where they shared a home and finally a real studio with Evelyn's older sister artist Constance Forsyth. Before his death on February 26, 1997 in Austin, his retirement years were most productive artistically. Selby painted widely across the central Texas Hill Country, as well as on trips to the Texas coast, over to Louisiana on visits to his daughter, and many trips back to Indiana. For a number of years during this period he taught continuing education painting classes for the Dougherty Arts Center in Austin. Although he worked in both oil and watercolor throughout his life, during his Indiana and New Jersey years he primarily painted in oil on board, while in his final years in Texas his work consisted mainly of watercolors. Ever the plein-aire painter, he always had his paint box in the back of his car for easy access when he traveled should a tempting scene present itself. Throughout his life Selby's work was represented in numerous museum and juried shows across the United States. These exhibitions included Indiana Art Association Annuals, over fifty years in the Hoosier Salon Annuals in both Chicago and Indianapolis; annual Indiana State Fair; Cincinnati Museum; Charlotte Museum in North Carolina; Montclair Museum in Montclair, New Jersey; Hunterdon Art Center in Clinton, New Jersey; and East Orange Art Association in East Orange, New Jersey. His work was featured in one man shows at the John Herron Art Museum; Madison Public Library in Madison, New Jersey; various small venues in Austin, Texas; and in 1992, a one-man show at the Evansville Museum of Art and Science in Evansville, Indiana. Selby received numerous awards for work in watercolor and oil in both Indiana and New Jersey including the Booth Tarkington prize in the 41st Indiana Artists Exhibition in 1949, the Jessie Mae Holcomb Memorial award for oil painting on at least three separate occasions at the Hoosier Salon, and the award for Outstanding Work in Oil of the Exhibition at the Hoosier Salon in 1958. The following year his oil painting, Bayou Beauty, was selected to represent the state of Indiana at the ART USA 59 Exhibit at the Coliseum in New York City. Also, in the late 1950's he was commissioned to design and paint a triptych alter piece for St. Matthews Episcopal Church in Indianapolis. His work is represented in many private and public collections including Madison Public Library in Madison, New Jersey; Frank Dailey Collection at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana; Fort Wayne Permanent Collection in Fort Wayne, Indiana; Arthur S. Overby Memorial Collection housed at Typo Type House in Indianapolis, Indiana; Evansville Museum of Art and Science; Indianapolis Museum of Art; Indiana State Museum in Indianapolis; Irvington Historical Society Collection in Indianapolis; Indiana State Historical Society Collection in Indianapolis; and Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans.

    Ripley Auctions
  • Robert Selby (1909-1997)
    Oct. 10, 2021

    Robert Selby (1909-1997)

    Est: $300 - $600

    Summer Landscape 12" x 18" watercolor, signed lower right. We have updated this listing with new details and imagery to supplant a previous error. Updated 10/1/21

    Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
  • Robert Selby (1909-1997)
    Oct. 10, 2021

    Robert Selby (1909-1997)

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    Birch Shadows 34" x 24" oil on board, signed lower right. Recent frame.

    Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
  • Robert Selby (1909-1997)
    Apr. 18, 2021

    Robert Selby (1909-1997)

    Est: $300 - $600

    Hillside Path 10" x 14" watercolor, signed lower right. Recent frame.

    Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
  • Robert Selby (1900-1997)
    Oct. 04, 2020

    Robert Selby (1900-1997)

    Est: $750 - $1,500

    Floral Still Life 24" x 18" oil on board, signed lower right.

    Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
  • Robert Selby
    Oct. 13, 2019

    Robert Selby

    Est: $400 - $800

    Cutting the Firewood 11" x17", Watercolor, Signed Lower Right

    Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
  • Robert Selby (American, 1909-1997)
    Sep. 27, 2019

    Robert Selby (American, 1909-1997)

    Est: $300 - $500

    Floral Still Life watercolor signed l.r. matted and framed 13.75 x 21 in. (sight) 27.5 x 33.75 in. (frame) Provenance: From the Collection of Barbara Kiffmeyer, Madison, IN

    Cowan's Auctions
  • Robert Selby (1909-1997)
    Apr. 07, 2019

    Robert Selby (1909-1997)

    Est: $750 - $1,500

    Floral Still Life 24" x 18", oil on board, signed lower right. Lightly Cleaned; recent frame. Est, $750-$1,500

    Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
  • Robert Selby (1909-1997)
    Apr. 07, 2019

    Robert Selby (1909-1997)

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    Keeneland Race Scene 24" x 36", oil on board, signed lower right. Cleaned; recent frame. Est. $1,000-$2,000

    Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
  • Robert Selby (1909-1997)
    Apr. 08, 2018

    Robert Selby (1909-1997)

    Est: $250 - $500

    Lobster Vase, 22" x 15", Watercolor, Signed Lower Right

    Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
  • Robert Selby (1909-1997)
    Apr. 08, 2018

    Robert Selby (1909-1997)

    Est: $500 - $1,000

    Indian Plume, 28" x 24", Oil on Board, Signed Lower Right. Titled on board, verso; created in 1959. Gallery tag and exhibition tag affixed, verso.

    Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
  • Robert Selby (1909-1997)
    Apr. 02, 2017

    Robert Selby (1909-1997)

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    24"x36", Oil on Board, Signed Lower Right Agri-business

    Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
  • Robert Selby (1909-1997)
    Apr. 02, 2017

    Robert Selby (1909-1997)

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    32"x24", Oil on Board, Signed Lower Right Touch of Spring (Artist's Title, Original Frame; 1956 Hoosier Salon Tag)

    Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
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