Robert Franklin Gault ( 1989-1977) Signed Portrait of a Male . Oil on board Nice composition of a male ,signed lower right. In a shabby chic white washed frame . Robert F. Gault was an American Impressionist painter and water-colorist from Westport, CT. He was born on December 15, 1898 in Westport, CT and died on February 22, 1977 in the home where he was born. In 1917 he attended the Cincinnati Art Museum Academy. Later he continued studies at the Grand Central School of Art in New York City. He was elected a member of the American Watercolor Society in 1966 and during the course of his career exhibited at the Wadsworth Atheneum and across New York City where he worked as a commercial artist. Details Dimensions: Height: 23 in. (58.42 cm), Width: 2 in. (5.08 cm), Depth: 23 in. (58.42 cm) Materials and Techniques: Masonite, Paint, Wood Period: 1950-1959, Date of Manufacture: 1950-1959 Condition: Good, some paint finish on frame is chipping.