Robert Weir Allan

2 works by Robert Weir Allan (British, 1852–1942) are catalogued on Archive Lane, free to preview and available to download or order as a print.

Robert Weir Allan (1851–1942) was a Scottish-born painter known mainly for his depiction of landscape and marine subjects. He was born in Glasgow into a family that encouraged and valued his natural artistic ability. He exhibited at the Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts when aged 22, and two years later he had a painting selected for the Royal Academy, in London. In 1875–80 he attended the Académie Julian in Paris, and he was influenced by the French school of rustic naturalism and also by French Impressionism. Working plein-air, he developed a loose, painterly approach to landscape subjects. He was a prolific artist who travelled widely in Europe, India, Japan, the Middle East and America; however, he drew particular inspiration from the north-east coast of Scotland – a subject to which he returned throughout his life. He exhibited extensively in London, Glasgow and Edinburgh, and became vice-president of the Royal Society of Painters in Water Colours. He was equally at home with oil painting, and during his lifetime he had 84 paintings selected for exhibition at the Royal Academy. For the last 60 years of his life his home was in London, and he died there at the age of 90 in 1942.

Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

At a glance

Most of Robert Weir Allan's work on the site falls under Figurative (1), Landscape (1).

By movement, it's catalogued as Impressionism (2).

Culture: English (2).

By orientation: 2 landscape.

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2 public-domain artworks by Robert Weir Allan are catalogued on Archive Lane, each available as a free preview, a digital download, or a made-to-order print.

What nationality was Robert Weir Allan?

Robert Weir Allan is catalogued as British (born 1852, died 1942).

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