Robert Bero (1941 - 2007)

   A major twentieth century American etcher, Robert Bero studied at the Pratt Institute (BFA) and at Yale University (MFA). At Yale he served as an assistant to Gabor Peterdi. Robert Bero later assumed a teaching post in art at Brown University and at the State University of New York. Bero’s etchings have been exhibited at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC, the Smithsonian Institution, Cornell University, Yale University, the Museum of Fine Arts, Cincinnati, and at the Society of American Graphic Artists. His art has also received an impressive list of awards and grants, including the Louis Comfort Tiffany Award, a Fulbright Grant, the Benicke Grant and Purchase Prizes from the Library of Congress.