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Robert Lambert was born from solid beginnings in the heartland of this great country of ours on January 13, 1938 in Sioux City Iowa. Like many young children he liked to draw and paint from the comic strips such as Dick Tracy & Sam Ketcham. He competed fiercely with his brother who seemed to outdo him most of the time. This would soon change. His interest in art continued through his high school years, graduating from Heeland High School in Sioux City in 1955 .
Robert took the famous Art Instruction course by mail which was very popular at the time. Books and assignments were sent back and forth by mail for grading & evaluation. He finished that art course while attending local college for two years majoring in art. He worked nights in a bakery, attending college by day and found himself sleeping through classes and not getting enough out of art class which met only two times a week. Working and going to school at the same time was not working well for him so he postponed school and went to work at the bakery full time.
He lived at home saving most of his money to attend full time a dedicated art school, the Prestigious American Academy of Art in Chicago Illinois. They offered a two year course, seven hours a day focusing on commercial art. While still drawing in his spare time and working for two years he saved enough money to go to the academy and commit his full attention to excel at the assigned coursework and completed the 24 month program in a record 15 months, an achievement never before attained at the academy.
At the academy he was introduced to the Air Brush and was fascinated at the realism that could be achieved with this new found tool. He took an elective class in the retouching of photographs and found his niche. Remembering to this day, the school counselor saying that five years after graduating only 5% of the students would be working in a hands-on artistic position. Only the talented would survive.
