Collection: Robert R Coleman

Seems to be quite an enigma to investigate. I found a piece of his work that is part of the Oakland Museum of California Collections Museum which is quite prestigious. It literally has pieces from the Who's Who of the Twentieth Century wearable art movement. I also find a little info in Marbeth Schon's book, "Form and Function American Modernist Jewelry 1940-1970." Robert R Coleman was a participant of the Handy and Harman Silversmithing Workshop Conference in 1950 when he was a student at San Jose State College in San Jose, California. He would eventually go on to receive a Doctoral Degree and became a charter member of the San Francisco Metal Arts Guild that was founded in 1951 by Byron Wilson, Milton Cavagnaro, Peter Macchiarini, Irena Brynner, Merry Renk, Florence Resnikoff and other California metalsmith/jewelers. Last picture is a piece of his work featured in the book he created in 1953.