Feb 18
Robert Wilvers, Trinity Church, ca. 1956-57. Watercolor and pencil on paperboard.
This painting was included in a 2024 exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum entitled "Steel and Sky: Views of New York City." It showcased the experiences and achievements of a broad cross-section of artists, such as Isabel Bishop, Peggy Bacon, Paul Cadmus, William H. Johnson, and John Sloan, who practiced in New York through the early and middle years of the twentieth century.
Wilvers was also a commercial artist and a prominent advertising executive. In the 1970s he helped develop the commercials for Alka-Seltzer built around the jingle ''Plop, plop, fizz, fizz. Oh, what a relief it is.''
Photo: Smithsonian American Art Museum
