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Lexington's Bob Timberlake decided at age 33 to leave a successful business career to follow a lifelong dream. In 1995, he marks twenty-five years as one of America's best-known painters.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 63 Issue 5, Oct 1995, p16-18, il
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2633
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Lexington's Bob Timberlake paints rural scenes that have a worldwide appeal, awakening in viewers nostalgic feelings and childhood memories.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 55 Issue 5, Oct 1987, p12-15, il
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3352
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Lexington's new Bob Timberlake Gallery, which is part retail store, welcome center, gallery, and museum, is a summation of the artist's career. The 16,000-square-foot facility contains examples of his world-famous work.
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Artist Bob Timberlake of Lexington is featured in NORTH CAROLINA magazine executive profile. In 1970, at age 33, he left a successful business career to follow a lifelong dream of painting. In 2005, he marks thirty-five years as one of America's best-known artists. His paintings of rural scenes have a worldwide appeal that awakens in viewers nostalgic feelings and childhood memories. Lexington's new Bob Timberlake Gallery, a retail store, welcome center, gallery, and museum all in one, sums up the artist's career. The 16,000-square-foot facility contains examples of his world-famous work.
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North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 63 Issue 12, Dec 2005, p50-53, il, por
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8446
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In 1969, Bob Timberlake took six of his paintings and drove to Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, to show them to the famous painter Andrew Wyeth. Wyeth advised him to go home and devote himself fulltime to painting. In 1970, at age 33, Timberlake left a successful business career to follow Wyeth's advice. In a few short years he has gained the reputation of being the most popular realist painter in the South. The authors discuss several of Timberlake's paintings and why his work appeals to so many people.
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Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 6 Issue 7, July 1974, p6-7, il, por
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10121
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During the 1980s, almost half of the furniture manufactured in the United States was made in North Carolina. Between 1990 and 2006, industry employment dropped 41 percent as many manufacturers moved overseas. North Carolina has lost 26,000 jobs since 2000. However, Lexington artist Bob Timberlake refused to allow one of his furniture lines to be moved overseas.
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11355
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In 1969, Bob Timberlake took six of his paintings and drove to Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, to show them to the famous painter Andrew Wyeth. Wyeth advised him to go home and devote himself fulltime to painting. In 1970, at age 33, Timberlake left a successful business career to follow Wyeth's advice. In a few short years he has gained the reputation of being the most popular realist painter in the South.
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We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 32 Issue 8, Aug 1974, p32-35, il, por
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17836
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Bob Timberlake is famous for his astonishing artistic career, but few know this North Carolina artist is also a master canoe craftsman.
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34983
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Bob Timberlake is one of North Carolina’s most celebrated painters. He is known for his landscapes of rural life in the 1970s and 1980s, as well as few portraits. While he has made a career as a furniture designer, he had been painting for years, and continues to do so at age 80.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 84 Issue 8, January 2017, p62-67, il, por Periodical Website
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35621
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Visions of the Tarheel State discussed were that of native sons CBS correspondent Charles Kuralt and realist painter Bob Timberlake. Discussed also was the book they were collaborating of, The Bob Timberlake Collection, featuring Timberlake’s artwork and Kuralt’s marginalia commentary. Interspersed with information about the book was their biographical information.
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Tar Heel (NoCar F 251 T37x), Vol. 5 Issue 4, Aug 1977, p26-29, 37
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38297
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On Bob Timberlake’s personal landscape is a barn that survived Union soldiers’ invasion, in addition to his guest house and studio. Along with his artistic endeavors, Timberlake produces furniture, made only by companies in North Carolina and part of a line Timberlake touted as the most famous in history.
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43979
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"How Bob Timberlake, a nice guy from Lexington, became a global phenomenon." In the mid 1960s, Timberlake became influenced by the artist Andrew Wyeth. Timberlake has since become a renowned painter, his works selling the millions and has contributed a multi-billion business with his brand of home decor through Lexington Furniture.
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