Bob Baldock, Date of Birth

    

Bob Baldock

American artist

Date of Birth: 30-Apr-1937

Profession: poster artist

Nationality: Cuba

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Bob Baldock

  • Robert "Bob" Lee Baldock (also known as Robert Baldock; born April 30, 1937 in Dayton, Ohio) was one of the few U.S.
  • citizens to participate in the Cuban Revolution as a combatant in Fidel Castro's unit based in the Sierra Maestra in 1958.
  • He went on to have a substantial career as a bookman.
  • For twenty years he worked at Moe's Books in Berkeley, California, following which he initiated and cofounded the successful Black Oak Books, a store distinguished by its influential series of author readings.
  • After being forced out of Black Oak Books, he went to work for KPFA Radio, the first listener-sponsored FM radio in the U.S.
  • For over twenty years he produced public events for KPFA.
  • As a poster artist he created original posters for these events, a number of which are in the collection of Oakland Museum of California.
  • He is also a painter and maker of fine art prints and broadsides.

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