Robert Raushenberger

Biography

Taught Bernard to see beauty through texture, color, light, and associations, using an ordinary rock as an example. Recalled picking loose gravel from the wall of a tenth century English castle.

Timeline

When Bernard was sixteen years old
A week of art classes at Robert Allerton Park
The Women’s Club of Illinois selected Bernard for a week of classes taught by art leaders. His father drove him there and picked him up afterward. Raushenberger’s lesson on seeing beauty became a lifelong influence.
Bernie's Chapter

Stories mentioning Robert

Bernie Boy Learns to See BeautySelected by the Women’s Club of Illinois, Bernard attended a week of art classes at Robert Allerton Park. Robert Raushenberger used an ordinary rock to demonstrate how beauty emerges through observation and association, giving Bernard a lifelong way of seeing. Bernard also made two close friends and spent several nights exploring the estate’s trails, statues, architecture, gardens, and sunrises with them. When his father returned, he noticed Bernard’s weight loss and asked whether he had been fed. Bernard remembers the week as an exhilarating immersion in beauty and reflects on how much that awareness has meant throughout his life.

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Bernie's Chapter — BEAUTY

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