Robert Franklin Gates
Robert Franklin Gates | |
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| Born | October 6, 1906 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | March 11, 1982 (aged 75) Alexandria, Virginia, U.S. |
| Other names | Robert F. Gates |
| Education | Detroit School of Arts and Crafts, Art Students League of New York, Phillips Gallery Art School |
| Occupation(s) | muralist, painter, printmaker, professor |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Casey Gates (m. 1933–c.1950s; divorce), Sarita Weekes Gates (m. 1967–1982; death) |
Robert Franklin Gates (1906–1982) was an American muralist, painter, printmaker, and art professor. He was a professor at American University, between 1946 until 1975. In the 1930s, Gates was one of hundreds of artists who benefitted from the Treasury Department Section of Fine Arts's distribution of approximately 14,000 art and mural contracts.