Robert Worth was a graduate of the George School in 1959. He continued his education at Rochester Institute of Technology with a Masters of Fine Art from the School of American Craft in 1966. He studied under Wendell Castle, credited with being the father of the art furniture movement. Mr. Worth, a tennis instructor during his teenage years, was on the RIT men’s college tennis team. He was a professor of fine woodworking at the Philadelphia College of Art during the late 1970’s and early 1980’s.

• Born: 1943
• Died: 2015
• Hometown: Ocean City, MD
• Education: Rochester Institute of Technology

Robert Worth’s Artwork

A commissioned artist, his work was featured in magazines and museums. His family recalls when his work would go on tour to a museum, their home furniture would be gone for months at a time. His fine woodworking style was laminated hard woods, sculpted into functional furniture without any right angles. His engineering skills were so sophisticated that many of his enormous sculptures were often balanced by weight instead of points of contact. His work was featured in the October 23, 1977 edition of Philadelphia Inquirer ‘Today’ magazine with the story titled ‘Home Sweet Factory’.