Talk:Robert Byron Tabor

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A fact from Robert Byron Tabor appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 July 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Robert Byron Tabor's first major painting was put on display in the White House by Franklin D. Roosevelt and his wife?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2022/July. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Robert Byron Tabor.

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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 11:56, 25 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Robert Byron Tabor's first major painting was put on display in the White House by Franklin D. Roosevelt and his wife? Source: "When he showed Wood his paintings, he was promptly rejected". "A month later, Tabor delivered a finished painting titled Vendue, which depicted the sale of an Iowa farm...it brought him national recognition" "The exhibition was viewed by President and Mrs. Roosevelt, who selected a number of works for display in the White House. Tabor's painting was among those chosen, and, although it was never listed as White House property, it may have remained there until the late 1940s or early 1950s." - Iowa Heritage Illustrated Spring 2000
- ALT1: ... that Robert Byron Tabor's last major painting was of the Van Allen radiation belt discovery? Source: "In Tabor's last significant painting, the Iowa-born astrophysicist James A. Van Allen and three of his co-workers are shown at the moment in 1958 that they realized that the earth is surrounded by zones of radiation, called the Van Allen radiation belts. - Iowa Heritage Illustrated Spring 2000
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/William D. Leahy
- Comment: I don't think that any of his paintings are free use.

Created by SL93 (talk). Self-nominated at 22:43, 6 July 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Interesting life and art, on few but good sources. I think both hooks miss the key thing about him - that he was a self-taught painter who began at age 51 - but if that's what you want to say, I won't be in the way. Original preferred because of the famous names, which also put him in a time frame. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:17, 13 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Gerda Arendt I was planning on adding that information to the hook, but I figured that someone might complain about there being too much information. SL93 (talk) 22:26, 13 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]