Harry Robertson is a Welsh painter born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England in 1943. [1] Elected to the Royal Cambrian Academy in 2010, [2] [3] Robertson is a realist who paints landscapes, mostly of Wales, [4] as well as portraits. [5] He serves on the Governing Council of the Royal Cambrian Society and is a member of the Wirral Society of Arts.
Harry Robertson was born in Scarborough, England in 1943 as the third child of a working mother who died when he was young. [6] From the age of 11 he lived with a foster family first in Lancashire then in Manchester, England. [6] He married Mari Robertson with whom he has a daughter, Natasha. Both Mari and Natasha are artists as well. He also has a son-in-law [7] and two grandchildren.[ citation needed ]
Robertson worked in a variety of occupations including songwriting, music production, painting murals, and carpentry. He also spent time in education as an art instructor and ultimately as Head of School, Creative Arts Department, Tower Hamlets College. [2]
Currently living and painting in Wales, Robertson also writes songs and plays in "The Tom, Dick and Harry Band". [8]
Fred Appleyard was a British artist known for his landscape paintings, portraits, classical subjects and allegorical compositions. He had 41 works exhibited during his lifetime by the Royal Academy and painted the mural Spring Driving Out Winter in the Academy Restaurant.
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Stanley Cornwell Lewis MBE was a British portrait painter and illustrator.
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Claudia Jane Herington Williams is a British artist known for her paintings, often large colourful portraits. Although born in England, Williams has spent the majority of her career painting in Wales.
Joy Farrall Jones is a British painter and illustrator.
Joshua Anderson Hague (1850–1916) is recognized as an important Victorian painter of scenery in the Welsh countryside. He was a founding member and vice president of the Royal Cambrian Academy of Art.
