Seufert family biographies

Robert J. Seufert

Robert Seufert paintings can best be described as realistic in style, painted with a very delicate, meticulous use of a painting knife to achieve an unusual effect. Details of individual leaves and other elements of nature are rendered by a stippling process, which has been described as very similar to that used by French Post-Impressionist Georges Seurat (1859-1891), in his innovative technique of pointillism. He is principally a landscape painter, with most of his subject matter derived from Bucks County, PA.

Mr. Seufert paintings are owned and have been exhibited in twenty-three states, Canada, France, Germany and Japan, with over two thousand of his original works represented in private and corporate collections.                                                                                                       

Since graduating from Temple University's Tyler School of Art, Robert J. Seufert has won over 100 awards for his artwork, including many "Best of Show" and "First Prize". Over the years, Robert has been accepted and has won numerous prizes in the Phillips Mill Annual Art Exhibition. Mr. Seufert was one of only 40 living artists chosen to be represented in the Phillips Mill’s 75 Retrospective Invitational Exhibition. He was also named the Honored Artist in the 2019 Phillips Mills Annual Art Exhibit. Robert also won an award from NOAPS (National Oil & Acrylic Painters of America) 2021 for “Best Realism” with his art work appearing in Southwest Art magazine. He recently exhibited his work at the Allied Artist of America show, 2021, in New York City, at the Salmagundi Club on 5th Avenue.

After over 50 years as a professional artist, Robert paintings have been displayed in many prestigious galleries across the U.S., including the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., Salmagundi Club, in N.Y.C., National Academy of Design, N.Y.C., Audubon Artists, N.Y.C., Museum of the Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, Pa, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA, Benedictine Art Awards, N.Y.C., National Arts Club, N.Y.C., Allied Artists of America, N.Y.C., National Wildlife Museum, WY., Lehigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, WI., Fremont Center for the Arts, Colorado, South Cobb Arts Alliance National Juried Show, Georgia.     

He also has two of his paintings in the permanent collection at the Michener Museum in Doylestown, PA.

Mr. Seufert is currently represented by the Chapman Gallery in Doylestown, PA and Canal Frame Crafts Gallery in Washington Crossing, PA. He is also represented by Gallery Piquel located in New Hope, PA as well as Lambertville, NJ.

Alice Olson Seufert

Alice Olson Seufert received her B.F.A. from Tyler School of Art, Temple University, graduating Cum Laude. She also received her teacher certification from Tyler. Alice was fortunate to have been a student of the internationally recognized artist, Alan Magee, of Maine and also Chuck Schmidt, watercolorist and oil painter from PA. Both artists have greatly influenced her and her method of teaching.

While working professionally as an artist, she and her artist husband, Robert J. Seufert, Phillip Mill Honored Artist, 2019, share a studio in Bucks County, PA. Patrick Seufert, their son, is also a professional artist, who won Best of Show Patrons Award for his Oil Painting at Philips Mill, 2018 exhibition, which is titled:“Chemical Twilight”.

 Alice Olson Seufert has gained a reputation as a specialty teacher in preparing high school juniors' and seniors' portfolios for college. In her 38 years as a teacher, she has helped hundreds of students get accepted and also receive scholarships to some of the top art schools and universities across the country. Included in this list are: Tyler School of Art, University of the Arts, Moore College of Art of Philadelphia. Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh, PA. Pratt, Parsons, Fashion Institute of Technology of NYC, Cooper Union, N.Y., NYU, Rhode Island School of Design, Chicago Art Institute, just to name a few.

Many of Alice Seufert students have also gone on to be professional artists, themselves, including Collette Sexton.

Alice paints her watercolors and renders her pastels and/or colored pencil drawings with tremendous attention to detail. Working in a series of layers to build up value, color and texture, her watercolors are extremely realistic, as are her other works in various media. She has also rendered a number of portrait commissions in both W/C and pastel, including the portrait of Molly Woods, the founder of the Woods School, (now Services) in Langhorne, PA.

Juried shows include: Phillips Mill Annual Art Exhibition, 1985,1986, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 located in Solebury, PA, the Woodmere Art Museum, in Philadelphia, PA, the Stover Mill Annual Juried Art Exhibition and the Doylestown Art League, Doylestown, PA.

Recent award for Excellence in W/C: 2019 Stover Mill Annual Juried Art Exhibition

Alice's work is exhibited at the Canal Frame Crafts Gallery in Washington Crossing, PA. She also exhibits her work at her shared studio in Buck County, PA.