About the Artist
Artist: William Robson
Date of Birth: 1863
Date of Death: 1950
Place of Death:
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Residence in Dumfries & Galloway:
Moved to Kirkcudbright 1904. Exhibited Royal Scottish Academy from Woodlea, Kirkcudbright, 1905 and 1906; Arden, Twynholm, 1907-1912, before settling in Kirkcudbright. He exhibited from Old Kings Arms 1925, later 52 High Street, purchased 1920.
Education:
Edinburgh; France; Italy
Professional Bodies:
1902 Chairman Society of Scottish Artists
Exhibited At:
Royal Scottish Academy; Royal Academy; Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts; Aberdeen Artists' Society; Liverpool
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Bibliography:
Kirkcudbright: one hundred years of an artists' colony, Patrick Bourne, Atelier Books, Edinburgh, 2000. William Robson, Bourne Fine Art (exhibition catalogue) From Capri to Kirkcudbright, the Life and Work of William Robson 1863-1950, Haig Gordon , 2005; Tales of the Kirkcudbright Artists, Haig Gordon, Kirkcudbright, 2006
Image of the artist, Stewartry Museum
Notes:
Landscape and seascape painter. Married a local fisherman's daughter in Capri and came to Kirkcudbright in 1904. Shared a studio with the English etcher William P Robins. References to Robson as lifeboatman and associated with St Cuthbert Wanderers in Stewartry Museum file. Contains photo of etching of Robson by Cumbrian artist, Joseph Simpson. Also copies of correspondence belonging to Beryl Moultrie, particularly from his time as President of Scottish Artists Club, 1902. His A Sunlit Garden, Twynholm is illustrated in Bourne p62; High Street, Kirkcudbright p97 (see bibliography). Exhibition catalogue (see bibliography) includes Harold Speed's portrait of Robson and 26 Sunset, Galloway, 27 Sunlit Garden in Twynholm, 28 Galloway Woods with Children.
