George Robertson (painter)
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George Robertson (c. 1748–1788) was an English
landscape painter
.
Life
George Robertson, born in London about 1748, was son of a wine merchant, and received his education from a Mr. Rolfe in Red Lion Street,
Incorporated Society of Artists' exhibitions, acting as vice-president of the society for some years. He obtained employment in London as a drawing-master, notably at a ladies' boarding school in Queen Square, Bloomsbury. He inherited a small fortune from an uncle and a house in Newington Butts, where he died on 26 September 1788, aged about 40.[1]
Appraisal
According to
Vintners' Company is a picture by him in oils of St. Martin dividing his Cloak. He also etched a few landscapes.[1]
Collections
Robertson's work is held in the following permanent collections:
- British Museum, London[2]
- Yale Center for British Art, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut[3]
Notes
- ^ a b c Cust 1896, p. 407.
- ^ "Collections Online - British Museum". www.britishmuseum.org. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
- ^ "George Robertson - YCBA Collections Search". collections.britishart.yale.edu. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to George Robertson (artist).
- Bury, Stephen, ed. (2013). "Robertson, George". In Benezit Dictionary of British Graphic Artists and Illustrators. Oxford University Press.
- Cust, L. H.; Dias, Rosie (2004). "Robertson, George (c. 1748–1788)". In Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press.
- Cust, Lionel Henry (1896). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 48. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 407.
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