What is Robert Bechtle?
'''Robert Bechtle''' (May 14, 1932 – September 24, 2020) was an [[Americans|American]] [[Painting|painter]]. He lived nearly all his life in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]]. His art focused on scenes from everyday local life in San Francisco. Bechtle was born in San Francisco. Bechtle was represented by the [[Barbara Gladstone]] Gallery in [[New York City]],<ref>[http://www.gladstonegallery.com/artist/robert-bechtle Barbara Gladstone Gallery: Robert Bechtle webpage]</ref> and [[Gallery Paule Anglim]] in San Francisco.<ref>[http://www.gallerypauleanglim.com/Robert_Bechtle.html Gallery Paule Anglim: Robert Bechtle webpage]</ref> From 1956 to 1966 he taught at the [[University of California, Berkeley]] and from 1967 to 1968 at the [[University of California, Davis]]. From 1968 he taught at [[San Francisco State University]] and lived in San Francisco's [[Potrero Hill, San Francisco|Potrero Hill]] neighborhood. <ref> {{cite web|url=http://www.berggruen.com/attachment/en/5576d828cfaf34dd488b4568/TextOneColumnWithFile/5576d872cfaf34dd488b6cbf|title=Robert Bechtle|publisher = Berggruen Gallery|access-date= 29 November 2018}}</ref> Bechtle died of [[Lewy body dementia]] in [[Berkeley, California]] on September 24, 2020 at the age of 88.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Whitting |first1=Sam |title=Robert Bechtle, Bay Area photorealist painter whose work featured everyday cars, dies at 88 |url=https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/art-exhibits/robert-bechtle-bay-area-photorealist-who-often-depicted-common-cars-dies-at-88 |access-date=September 25, 2020 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=September 24, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Meline |first1=Gabe |title=Robert Bechtle, Photorealist Painter of the Everyday Middle Class, Dies at 88 |url=https://www.kqed.org/arts/13886895/robert-bechtle-photorealist-painter-of-the-everyday-middle-class-dies-at-88 |access-date=September 25, 2020 |publisher=KQED |date=September 25, 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bechtle, Robert}} [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:2020 d