Robert N. Blair (1912-2003) is a name familiar to many in the Western New York area for his bold and dramatic paintings in watercolor. “A Witness in Watercolor”, opening November 25, 2017 at Meibohm Fine Arts, describes a treasury of works newly available from a collection spanning a broad range of the artist’s times, themes and recognizable subjects.

With signature strokes of powerful blacks, diffused grays and intense color, the artist conveys a firsthand account of his experiences of service during WWII and scenes of travel throughout the US. Equally as direct and compelling are paintings including figurative and equine images, and landscapes in all the seasons.

Blair, along with Charles Burchfield and other contemporaries, many of whom studied or taught at the Art Institute of Buffalo (1931-1956), helped to elevate watercolor to a serious medium on par with the status formerly reserved for oil paintings. His vigorous use of the medium to process the scope and span of a spirited life, its challenges to survival as well as the portrayal of nature’s raw beauty is fully documented in this exhibition of works.


Catalog of Exhibition:

Please contact the gallery concerning availability of works from past exhibits.

1. Untitled- ‘Pileated Woodpecker’
30 x 22-1/4, slr
3200.00 (sold)

2. Untitled- ‘Woodland Stream’
22-1/4 x 31, sll
2500.00

3. Untitled- ‘Grazing Horse’
4-1/4 x 6, sll
275.00 (sold)

4. Untitled- ‘Afternoon Ride’
11 x 15, slr
1200.00 (sold)

5. “Woods and Western Mountains
with Crows”
22-1/4 x 30-3/4, sll, 1972
2700.00

6. “Midnight Mountains and Waterfall,
Mexican Border, AZ”
22 x 29-3/4, slr, 1983
3000.00 (sold)

7. Untitled- ‘Prancing Horse’
12 x 16, slr
1200.00

8. “Chateau Luxembourg” WWII
22-1/4 x 30, sll, Jan. 1945
3400.00

9. Untitled- ‘Winter Tank’ WWII
22-1/4 x 29-3/4, sll
3400.00 (sold)

10. “Women at Work in a Subway,
Berlin” WWII
22 x 29-3/4, slr, 1945
3400.00

11. Untitled- ‘Army Privates,
Fort McClellan, GA’ WWII
22-1/2 x 30-3/4, slr, c.1943
3400.00 (sold)

12. “Charleville, France” WWII
11-1/4 x 14-3/4, sll
1700.00

13. “Harlem Road Train Yards”
20 x 26-1/2, sll, c. 1940’s
3000.00 (sold)

14. Untitled- ‘Mountain Train’
22-1/2 x 30, sll
2400.00 (sold)

15. “Barn Fire” Lancaster, NY
21-3/4 x 29-3/4, sll, c.1940
2800.00

16. “Cotton Wagon”
22 x 30-1/4, acrylic, slr, c.1940
3000.00

17. “Walt Whitman”
31 x 22-1/2, slr, 1940
2700.00

18. Untitled- ‘Winter Stream’
30 x 40, slr
5000.00 (sold)

19. Untitled- ‘Autumn Walk’
15 x 20, slr
1400.00

20. Untitled- ‘Windswept’
11-1/2 x 18-1/2, sll
1350.00 (sold)

21. “Red Fox and Hawthornes”
22 x 30-3/4, sll, 1941
2800.00 (sold)

22. “Black Horses in Orchard, Near
Orchard Park”
22-1/2 x 29-1/2, sll, 1969
2800.00 (sold)

23. Untitled- ‘Dark Horses’
15 x 21-3/4, slr
1450.00 (sold)

24. Untitled- ‘Vernal Pool’
30 x 40, slr
5000.00 (sold)

25. “Night Fisherman”
22 x 29-3/4, sll, 1964
2700.00 (sold)

26. “Winterbrook in Shear’s Woods”
30 x 21-3/4, sll, 1947
2500.00 (sold)

27. “Ocean Point, Maine”
22-1/2 x 29-3/4, sll
2400.00

28. “Niagara Falls Rapids”
22-1/4 x 29-3/4, slr, 1964
2700.00 (sold)


• All dimensions are in inches, height precedes width.
• All works are signed & titled by the artist unless otherwise noted.
• All works are watercolor on paper unless otherwise noted.
• sll= signed lower left; slr= signed lower right.
• Additional works by Robert N. Blair, Jeanette Blair & Bruce Blair are available through Meibohm Fine Arts.

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  Robert Noel Blair   (American, 1912-2003),   untitled-'Pileated Woodpecker' ,   30 x 22-1/4,   Watercolor,   Signed lower right,   3200.00 (sold)
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  Robert Noel Blair   (American, 1912-2003),   Untitled- ‘Woodland Stream’ ,   22-1/4 x 31,   Watercolor,   Signed lower left,   2500.00
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  Robert Noel Blair   (American, 1912-2003),   Untitled- ‘Grazing Horse’ ,   4-1/4 x 6,   Watercolor,   Signed lower left,   275.00 (sold)
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  Robert Noel Blair   (American, 1912-2003),   Untitled- ‘Afternoon Ride’ ,   11 x 15,   Watercolor,   Signed lower right,   1200.00 (sold)
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  Robert Noel Blair   (American, 1912-2003),   "Woods and Western Mountains with Crows" - 1972 ,   22-1/4 x 30-3/4,   Watercolor,   Signed lower left,   2700.00
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  Robert Noel Blair   (American, 1912-2003),   "Midnight Mountains and Waterfall, Mexican Border, AZ" - 1983 ,   22 x 29-3/4,   Watercolor,   Signed lower right,   3000.00 (sold)
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  Robert Noel Blair   (American, 1912-2003),   Untitled- ‘Prancing Horse’ ,   12 x 16,   Watercolor,   Signed lower right,   1200.00 (sold)
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  Robert Noel Blair   (American, 1912-2003),   "Chateau Luxembourg" WWII - Jan. 1945 ,   22-1/4 x 30,   Watercolor,   Signed lower left,   3400.00
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  Robert Noel Blair   (American, 1912-2003),   Untitled- ‘Winter Tank’ WWII ,   22-1/4 x 29-3/4,   Watercolor,   Signed lower left,   3400.00 (sold)
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  Robert Noel Blair   (American, 1912-2003),   "Women at Work in a Subway, Berlin" WWII - 1945 ,   22 x 29-3/4,   Watercolor,   Signed lower right,   3400.00
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  Robert Noel Blair   (American, 1912-2003),   Untitled- ‘Army Privates, Fort McClellan, GA’ WWII - circa 1943 ,   22-1/2 x 30-3/4,   Watercolor,   Signed lower right,   3400.00 (sold)
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  Robert Noel Blair   (American, 1912-2003),   "Charleville, France" WWII ,   11-1/4 x 14-3/4,   Watercolor,   Signed lower left,   1700.00
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  Robert Noel Blair   (American, 1912-2003),   "Harlem Road Train Yards" - circa 1940’s ,   20 x 26-1/2,   Watercolor,   Signed lower left,   3000.00 (sold)
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  Robert Noel Blair   (American, 1912-2003),   Untitled- ‘Mountain Train’ ,   22-1/2 x 30,   Watercolor,   Signed lower left,   2400.00 (sold)
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  Robert Noel Blair   (American, 1912-2003),   "Barn Fire" Lancaster, NY - circa 1940 ,   21-3/4 x 29-3/4,   Watercolor,   Signed lower left,   2800.00
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  Robert Noel Blair   (American, 1912-2003),   "Cotton Wagon" - circa 1940 ,   22 x 30-1/4,   Acrylic,   Signed lower right,   3000.00
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  Robert Noel Blair   (American, 1912-2003),   "Walt Whitman" - 1940 ,   31 x 22-1/2,   Watercolor,   Signed lower right,   2700.00
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  Robert Noel Blair   (American, 1912-2003),   Untitled- ‘Winter Stream’ ,   30 x 40,   Watercolor,   Signed lower right,   5000.00 (sold)
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  Robert Noel Blair   (American, 1912-2003),   Untitled- ‘Autumn Walk’ ,   15 x 20,   Watercolor,   Signed lower right,   1400.00
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  Robert Noel Blair   (American, 1912-2003),   Untitled- ‘Windswept’ ,   11-1/2 x 18-1/2,   Watercolor,   Signed lower left,   1350.00 (sold)
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  Robert Noel Blair   (American, 1912-2003),   "Red Fox and Hawthornes" - 1941 ,   22 x 30-3/4,   Watercolor,   Signed lower left,   2800.00 (sold)
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  Robert Noel Blair   (American, 1912-2003),   "Black Horses in Orchard, Near Orchard Park" - 1969 ,   22-1/2 x 29-1/2,   Watercolor,   Signed lower left,   2800.00 (sold)
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  Robert Noel Blair   (American, 1912-2003),   Untitled- ‘Dark Horses’ ,   15 x 21-3/4,   Watercolor,   Signed lower right,   1450.00 (sold)
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  Robert Noel Blair   (American, 1912-2003),   Untitled- ‘Vernal Pool’ ,   30 x 40,   Watercolor,   Signed lower right,   5000.00 (sold)
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  Robert Noel Blair   (American, 1912-2003),   "Night Fisherman" - 1964 ,   22 x 29-3/4,   Watercolor,   Signed lower left,   2700.00 (sold)
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  Robert Noel Blair   (American, 1912-2003),   "Winterbrook in Shear’s Woods" - 1947 ,   30 x 21-3/4,   Watercolor,   Signed lower left,   2500.00 (sold)
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  Robert Noel Blair   (American, 1912-2003),   "Ocean Point, Maine" ,   22-1/2 x 29-3/4,   Watercolor,   Signed lower left,   2400.00
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  Robert Noel Blair   (American, 1912-2003),   "Niagara Falls Rapids" - 1964 ,   22-1/4 x 29-3/4,   Watercolor,   Signed lower right,   2700.00 (sold)