Robert Walker Macbeth
Robert Walker Macbeth Essex, England | |
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Occupation | Painter |
Spouse | Lydia Esther Bates |
Children | 2 |
Relatives | Norman Macbeth (father) Lydia Bilbrook (daughter) Gen. John Bates (father in law) James Macbeth (brother) Henry Macbeth (brother) Ann Macbeth (niece) |
Robert Walker Macbeth
Life
Born in
From 1871 Macbeth exhibited at the
In the same year (1871) Macbeth was made an associate of the Royal Watercolour Society (RWS) becoming a full member in 1901. He became a member of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers (RE) in 1880,[1] and an honorary member in 1909. In 1882 he was elected a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours (RI) and in 1883 was elected to be a member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters (ROI). In 1883 he was elected an associate of the Royal Academy (RA), becoming a full member in 1903.
On 9 August 1887, he married Lydia Esther Bates, daughter of General John Bates of the Bombay native cavalry.[2][3] Their daughter, Phillis Macbeth, was better known as the actress Lydia Bilbrook.[4] Their second daughter, Norma Robina Macbeth married John Thomas Hall in 1924.
He died at Holder's Green, near Lindsell, Essex.[5]
1895 Macbeth painted a mural, Opening of the Royal Exchange by Her Majesty Queen Victoria, 28th October 1844, which can be seen in the Royal Exchange, London.
Gallery
References
- ^ "MACBETH, Robert Walker". Who's Who. 59: 1103. 1907.
- ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ "Robert Walker Macbeth (1848-1910), Victorian Art History".
- ^ "National Portrait Gallery – Portrait – NPG x83016; Lydia Bilbrooke (née Phillis Macbeth)". npg.org.uk.
- ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
Bibliography
- J. L. Caw, Scottish Painting 1620–1908 (Edinburgh; London: T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1908).
- Christopher Wood, The Dictionary of Victorian Painters, Woodbridge, 1971
- Johnson, J., and Anna Gruetzner Robins, The Dictionary of British Artists 1880–1940 (Woodbridge, 1980)
- Giles Walkley, Artists' houses in London 1764–1914 (Aldershot, 1994).
- Donato Esposito, 'Robert Walker Macbeth (1848–1910)’, in Frederick Walker and the Idyllists (London: Lund Humphries, 2017), pp. 137–57.
External links
- 16 artworks by or after Robert Walker Macbeth at the Art UK site
- Portraits of RW Macbeth at the National Portrait Gallery
- Biography
- Profile on Royal Academy of Arts Collections