Robert Stanley papers
name: label: Creator
content: Stanley, Robert, 1942-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Indiana
label: Occupation
content: Computer artists -- Indiana
label: Occupation
content: Art teachers -- Indiana
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Two letters from Richard Diebenkorn were donated in 2016 by Robert Stanley. In 2022, Stanley donated the rest of the papers.
creator: label: Creator
content: Stanley, Robert, 1942-
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content: Robert Stanley papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of painter, educator, and computer artist Robert Stanley measure 2.3 linear feet and 0.608 Gigabytes, and date from circa 1965-2001. The collection consists of correspondence largely professional in nature including born-digital material in the form of portfolio submissions and email folders prepared by Robert Stanley; writings in digital format in the form of a studio log describing the studio practice from 1978-2021; printed material including exhibition catalogues as well as a self-published catalogue raisonné also captured in digital format, as well as a selection of published writings; and an artwork series including mostly sketchbooks and loose sketches and drawings created throughout the span of Stanley's career.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Robert Stanley (1942- ) is a painter, educator, and computer artist in Beverly Shores, Indiana. While Stanley was born to a household that was supportive of the arts, he didn't pursue art classes until his they were offered to him while training to become a monk. He went on to receive his Bachelor's Degree from the University of Dayton in 1964, and later received his Master's Degree from Pratt Institute in l969 so that he would be able to find adequate work teaching art. Stanley was an early follower of computer art, and soon would become a pioneer practitioner, from the early eighties, creating computer art regularly from the mid 1980s throughout the 1990s and beyond. Notably, Stanley explored the same themes in painting and computer art  throughout his career, particularly the exploration of perception and dimension in constructing images, as well as unseen forces at play in nature. Stanley cites artistic influences as broad as Jasper Johns, Wassily Kandinsky, Richard Diebenkorn, Sally Mann, and Bill Viola, as well as biologist E.O. Wilson and physicist Edward Lorenz. 

Robert Stanley has exhibited his work throughout the United States and Europe, including The William Penn Museum in Harrisburg PA, Musée d'Art Contemporain, Chamaliere, France, Midwest Museum of Art, The Brauer Museum, Ft. Wayne Museum of Art, Koehnline Museum, Hyde Park Art Center, and Evanston Art Center in Illinois. Stanley's art is featured in numerous private collections internationally as well as the Brauer Museum of Art, Valparaiso, IN; Ft. Wayne Museum of Art, Ft. Wayne, IN; The Embassy of France, Washington, D.C.; and the World Print Council, San Francisco, CA.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.3 Linear Feet
label: Extent
content: 0.608 Gigabytes
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1965-2021
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.stanlrob
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Gigabytes
label: Type
content: Drawings
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as four series:

Series 1: Correspondence (0.3 Linear feet: Box 1; 0.496 Gigabytes: ER0001-ER0002)

Series 2: Writings (0.034 Gigabytes: ER0003)

Series 3: Printed Material (0.2 Linear feet: Box 1; 0.064 Gigabytes: ER0004-ER0005)

Series 4: Artwork (1.8 Linear feet: Boxes 1-3)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed and a finding aid prepared by Ryan Evans in 2023. Ryan Evans also processed the born digital materials in 2023.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of painter, educator, and computer artist Robert Stanley measure 2.3 linear feet and 0.608 Gigabytes, and date from circa 1965-2001. The collection consists of correspondence largely professional in nature including born-digital material in the form of portfolio submissions and email  folders prepared by Robert Stanley; writings in digital format in the form of a studio log describing the studio practice from 1978-2021; printed material including exhibition catalogues as well as a self-published catalogue raisonné also captured in digital format, as well as a selection of published writings; and an artwork series including mostly sketchbooks and loose sketches and drawings created throughout the span of Stanley's career.