Robertson, Eric Harald Macbeth

About the artist

Name

Robertson, Eric Harald Macbeth

Biography

Born in Dumfries, Robertson studied architecture, before switching to art. Training at the Royal Institution and at Edinburgh College of Art, Robertson was considered a brilliant student, but gained certain notoriety because his drawings of nudes, which were regarded as 'decadent.' His early figure work is symbolist in spirit, influenced by Rossetti and Burns Jones, among others. A leading member of the shoet lived band of artists termed the Edinburgh Group. He lived and worked in Edinburgh and Liverpool.

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