Robert Emmett Owen

Robert Emmett Owen was best known for his Impressionist depictions of rural New England, capturing its moods and seasonal beauty with color-filled, vigorous brushwork. After early work as a draftsman and illustrator, Owen studied at the Eric Pape School of Art in Boston and New York at the Art Students League. He developed a precise yet impressionistic style under Frederick Mulhaupt and Leonard Ochtman.

By 1910, he had settled in Bagnall, Connecticut and in 1915 was elected to the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts. Owen exhibited widely, including at the National Academy of Design, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the Art Institute of Chicago. His paintings are held in collections such as the Frick Art Museum, Thomas Paine Museum, the Bruce Museum, and the Greenwich Public Library.