Robert Lee Eskridge

Robert Lee Eskridge (November 22, 1891 – April 14, 1975) was an American genre painter, muralist and illustrator.

He was born in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, to Ella May Moore and Joshua Hargus Eskridge.

[1] After traveling extensively in Spain and the South Seas, he lived in Chicago, New York, and Coronado Beach, California (1917–32).

During the Great Depression he was a Works Progress Administration muralist.

His murals are in the Ala Moana Park Sports Pavilion in Honolulu and at the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago.

Hukilau , oil on canvas painting by Robert Lee Eskridge, c. 1940