Robert Miles Parker, 72, Artist of Cities

from the NYTimes"...Though Mr. Parker also painted in oils — portraits and floral still lifes as well as cityscapes — it was his pen-and-ink work of aspects of Manhattan’s architectural profile that garnered the most attention. Lively and reverently joyful, representational but far from architecturally precise, his drawings were shown frequently in both private galleries and public places, including the Empire State Building, the New York Public Library and the Museum of the City of New York...."http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/28/arts/design/robert-miles-parker-dies-at-72-artist-and-preservationist.html?_r=1