Bruce Robertson b. 1872 Newcastle, NSW

Also known as Bruce Reginald Robertson
  • Artist (Printmaker) , (Painter)
Bruce Robertson was President of the Australian Painter-Etchers' Society, succeeding Lionel Lindsay. He spent some time studying and exhibiting in Britain.
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Name
Bruce Robertson
Also known as Bruce Reginald Robertson
Birth date
1872
Birth place
Newcastle, NSW
Death date
1940
Death place
Manly, Sydney, NSW
Death note
Some records give date as 1943
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Painter)
Residence
  • 1912 Dee Why, New South Wales
  • UK
Active Period
  • c.1905- c.1912
Languages
  • English
Training
  • Central School of Arts and Crafts, London, England, UK
  • Westminster School, London, England, UK
  • London Polytechnic, London, England, UK
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

painter and etcher, was born in Newcastle, NSW. He went to Britain to pursue his art studies at London Polytechnic, Westminster School and the Central School of Arts and Crafts. Spent some time working in Scotland and exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1905. Returned to Australia in 1912 and built a studio at Dee Why, next to a waterfall. He succeeded Lionel Lindsay as President of the Australian Painter-Etchers’ Society. His etching, The Paddle-Steamer (n.d., Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne) shows a rather rustic, home-made looking paddle-steamer, consisting of a hull with a tin shed on it, on the bend of a broad river overhung by large trees. (from Boats II: An exhibition , Leigh Scott Room, Baillieu Library, 8 August-29 October 1996, n.p.).

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1996
Last updated:
2007
associate of
Lionel Lindsay
1874
Artist (Photographer), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
child of
George Robertson
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
child of
Jane Robertson
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
G. Gayfield Shaw
1885
Artist (Printmaker)
associate of
Australian Painter-Etchers' Society
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
The Paddle-Steamer
Collections
Boats II
8 August 1996- 29 October 1996
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Leigh Scott Room, Baillieu Library, Melbourne, Victoria
Royal Academy of Arts
1905
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, England
Citations:
  • NSW Death Records : 12798/1940
  • NSW Birth Records : 14458/1872
  • (1996), Boats II: An exhibition, (Place: Leigh Scott Room, Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne, Victoria (8 August-29 October, n.p.))