Irises and Red Berries

Richard Robbins (1927 - 2009)

Oil on canvas

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  • About the work
    Location
    Country: Mozambique
    City: Maputo
    Place: British High Commission
  • About the artist
    Richard Robbins was born in Hampstead Garden Suburb, London. His father, Lord Robbins, later was Chair of the 1963 Committee Report on Higher Education. After a brief time in the Army, Robbins went to Oxford, leaving with a fourth class degree, but love for art. He studied at Goldsmith’s, Ruskin and Slade Schools of Art, then from 1952, taught art. His teaching career continued at Camberwell and Hornsey Schools of Art – he was Head of Painting (1984–90) and Honorary Professor at Middlesex University. He was elected an honorary member of the Royal Society of British Artists (2004) and had a long career in painting, sculpture and poetry, regularly showing his work. A keen golfer, he worked on bronzes of golfers prior to his death in 2009.
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    Places
    Subjects
    vase (as Subject), still life, iris, petal, berry, flower
    Materials & Techniques
    canvas, oil, oil painting
  • Details
    Artist
    Richard Robbins (1927 - 2009)
    Title
    Irises and Red Berries
    Date
    Medium
    Oil on canvas
    Dimensions
    height: 71.50 cm, width: 56.00 cm
    Acquisition
    Purchased from the Slade School of Fine Art, December 1956
    Inscription
    bc by edge of table: Richard Robbins; inscribed verso.
    GAC number
    3672