found: Smithsonian American Art Museum/National Portrait Gallery Library vertical file(from 1970 exhibition announcement: Robert Amft; painter; b. 1916, Chicago)
found: Who was who in American art, 1999(Amft, Robert E.; painter, lithographer, designer, educator; b. 1916, Chicago, Ill.)
found: Robert Amft WWW site, July 12, 2016(Robert Amft; b. 1916, Chicago; d. Oct. 28, 2012, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; painter, sculptor, photographer, and designer)