The Master Craftsman
Woodcarver
Designed and carved architectural and decorative woodwork for furniture and frames in Rococo and Art Nouveau styles as apprentice to his grandfather in Romania and father in New York in his teens and early twenties.
Sculptor
Modeled portrait sculpture and memorial tablets in Cincinnati and Munich from 2008 through 2025
Public Monuments
Worked on civic and ecclesiastical monuments in stone and bronze throughout the United States in early 20th century.
Industrial Design
Designed widely produced fine dinnerware that graced thousands of American homes.
Graphics & Models
Designed detailed bookplates In Cincinnati for prominent families and institutions from 1911 to 1919. Built architectural and ship models for architects and museums.
"My father was my earliest and most important influence in both my personal and professional life."— Robert Melik Finkle, Architect & Museum Curator
Permanent Collections
SCULPTURE
Original plaster casts, bronze, aluminum and wood sculpture, bas reliefs, carved masonite tablets spanning seven decades,
DRAWINGS
Original ink drawings for bookplates, figure drawings for sculpture, abstract colored pencil drawings. Ink drawings and paintings by Robert Melik Finkle;
POTTERY
Original plaster models for dinnerware pottery, coins, jewelry and medallions. Reproductions of elaborately embossed dinnerware sets made from 1928 to 1948
ARCHITECTURAL MODELS AND DRAWINGS
Architectural models by Melik and Robert Melik Finkle
ARCHITECTURAL ARCHIVES
Drawings and photos of the life’s work of architect Robert Melik Finkle.
ART AND ARCHITECTURE LIBRARY
A comprehensive 1,500 book library of Art and Architecture books from early 20th century to today.
SCULPTURE PARK
A landscape of balanced rock sculptures created by Robert Melik Finkle since 1993 continuing the legacy of craftsmanship