Robert Fabe was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1917, and grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. He began the study of painting with his father, a talented amateur. He took art courses at Withrow High School, in Cincinnati (1932-1936) in conjuction with the Art Academy of Cincinnati.  Robert  entered the Cincinnati Art Academy after graduation (four year scholarship) and studied with Herman Wessel, John E. Weis and Meyer Abel.

Robert received the "Out of Town" Scholarship to the Art Students League in New York in 1939.  He studied at the Art Students League with Arnold Blanch, George Grosz and Raphael Soyer. He was mural assistant to Arnold Blanch in 1939.

Robert returned to Cincinnati and opened a studio in 1940-41. He entered Armed Service in Infantry and Combat Engineer's in 1941 and served in Europe for 2 1/2 years.  He was discharged in 1945. He returned to Cincinnati in 1945  to paint and taught art at the Art Academy.  He did interior decorating and free lance work. Robert joined the faculty of the University of Cincinnati Department of Design, Architecture and Art in 1958 where he retired as Professor of Fine Arts in 1987.
 
Awards: 
Butler Art Institute; Dayton Area Shows; Ohio University Show; Ohioana Award 1982
 
Partial list of solo shows:
Clossons Gallery  1945 (war drawings)
Loring Andrews Gallery 1947
Cincinnati Art Club 1956
Cincinnati Art Club  1958
Miami University 1961
Wilmington College 1963
Edgecliff College 1964
Xavier University 1966
Mt. St. Joseph College 1970
Ohio State Capital 1971
Laser Drawings at Cincinnati Museum  May 1971
Ran Gallery 1995, 1996
 
Organizations:
President Cincinnati Chapter McDowell Society
President Cincinnati Professional Artists
 
Listed in: 
Who was Who in American Art
Who's Who in the Midwest
 
Museum Collections:
Cincinnati Art Museum; Miami University; University of Cincinnati; Dayton Art Institute; Butler Art Institute
 
Corporate Collections:
Lipton Tea Co.; Proctor and Gamble; KDI Corp; The Trane Company; Crown-Zellerback Corp.; Otterbein Press; ZIV International; Young & Klein, Inc.; Pollak Steel Co.; Cincinnati Enquirer; Cincinnati Club; Cincinnati Public Schools; First National Bank of Cincinnati; Cook-Trane Service Agency; Plaza Bank & Trust, Kansas City, MO.; Southern Ohio Bank; Cincinnati Bell; Highland Towers

Information courtesy of Mary Ran.