This biography from the Archives of AskART:
|  Robert P. Kilbert (1880-1945)
He was born September 14, 1880 in Austria known as a painter of murals, portraits and landscapes. He studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and also in Paris and Munich. He also was a former art instructor of the old Chicago Art Academy which was affiliated with the Julian Academy of Paris.
He was a life member of the Chicago Art Institute and a member of the Art Institute Alumni Association; The Palette and Chisel Club; The All-Illinois Society of the Fine Arts; the American Federation of Art, and the Municipal Art League.
In 1929 he established the Treasure Hill Art Academy, a summer school which was nestled in the beautiful hills of Bridgman, Michigan and active during the months of July and August.
He died in Chicago on June 14, 1945.
Submitted by Edward P. Bentley, researcher of Lansing, Michigan.
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
|  A painter and Director of the Treasure Hill Academy in Illinois, Robert Kilbert studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Academie Julian in Paris with Jean Paul Laurens, and in Munich.
He exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Chicago Art Association, and is represented in the Los Angeles Art Institute.
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Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art" |
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