Robert Brough
Robert Brough ARSA | |
|---|---|
 Photograph of Robert Brough from Aberdeen Archives, Gallery and Museums collection | |
| Born | 20 March 1872 |
| Died | 21 January 1905 (aged 32) |
| Resting place | St Machar's Cathedral |
| Education | Gray's School of Art |
Robert John Cameron Brough ARSA (20 March 1872 – 21 January 1905) was a Scottish painter born near Invergordon, Ross and Cromarty.[1]
Life
He was born on 20 March 1872.[2] at Garty Cottage, Kilmuir Easter, near Invergordon. His mother was Helen Brough, formerly lady's maid to the duchess of Hamilton; his father John Cameron, coachman to the Hamiltons.
Brough was raised by maternal relatives on a farm on the outskirts of Aberdeen. He was a pupil at Ruthrieston School in Aberdeen until 1884, leaving to become an apprentice engraver with Andrew Gibb & Co., Aberdeen until 1890/1891. Despite working long hours, Brough attended evening classes at Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen, from 1885.[1]
He then entered the Royal Scottish Academy, and in the first year took the Stuart prize for figure painting, the Chalmers painting bursary, and the Maclame-Walters medal for composition.
After two years in
A portrait of Mr. W.D. Ross first drew attention to his talent in 1896, and in the following year he scored a marked success at the Royal Academy with his Fantaisie en Folie, which he bequeathed to the National Gallery of British Art (now the Tate gallery). Two of his paintings, Twixt Sun and Moon and Childhood of St. Anne of Brittany, were at the Venice municipal gallery. Brough's art was influenced by Henry Raeburn and by modern French training, but it strikes a very personal note.
Brough established a studio in the early years of the 20th century in Tite Street, Chelsea near to that of his friend and mentor John Singer Sargent.[4]
On 19 January 1905 Brough was travelling back to London following a session painting in Peebleshire. He caught the overnight express from St Enoch Station Glasgow. Tragically the train was involved in a three vehicle
He was returned to Scotland and buried in the churchyard of St Machar's Cathedral. The grave is in the narrow section on the north side of the church.
- Images associated with Robert Brough
-
Portrait of Robert Brough by his friend, John Singer Sargent -
Fantaisie en Folie 1897, Tate Gallery -
Brough's Grave in the ground of St Machar's Cathedral -
Brough's grave covered in flowers -
A Life Study, Aberdeen Archives, Gallery and Museums -
Rev. Alexander Ogilvie, MA LLD (1903), Aberdeen Archives, Gallery and Museums
.jpg)
_-_Fantaisie_en_Folie_-_N01956_-_National_Gallery.jpg)
References
- ^ required.)
- ^ Grave of Robert Brough, St Machars Cathedral
- ^ The Evergreen: A Northern Seasonal: The Book of Summer, Patrick Geddes and Colleagues, Edinburgh (1896)
- ^ a b "John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), Alistair Cary-Elwes". christies.com. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ "TERRIBLE DISASTER". West Gippsland Gazette (Warragul, Vic. : 1898 - 1930). 28 March 1905. p. 4. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Brough, Robert". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Artists | |
| Other | |
