By Christine Nelson | Observer Contributor
Photo courtesy of www.robertgosborne.com.
Imagine buying and selling works of art by artists such as Rubens, Degas, Sargent, O’Keefe and Vermeer.
Robert G. Osborne, a local contemporary artist from Athol, did that for 35 years in New York City and recently shared highlights and advice from his career as an art dealer, museum director, and artist.
Osborne showed slides of noteworthy artwork he bought and then later sold.
A smaller Rubens illustration (c. 1632) that mirrored the master’s paintings was sold to University of California, Berkeley. “I was very proud of this one,” Osborne said.
