Robert G. Barinowski

Bob Barinowski was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1934 and is a graduate of Virginia Military Institute. It was there that his interest in sculpture developed. A year`s study of the History of Art under sculptor Wm. Marks Simpson, Jr. (VMI Class of `24) ignited his interest in the classics, and in his spare time, he began to explore his talents. While a cadet at VMI, he produced three works: a very stylized relief of a Madonna, a Rodanesque piece hecalled "Lovers," and a one third life-size crucifixion group which was never completely finished.

He graduated from VMI in 1956, and entered the United States Air Force. Thereafter his talents lay fallow for several decades, although he did a number of pen and ink sketches of scenes inspired from places he visited while serving in Germany.