Robert Weir Allen (1851-1942) RWS RSW NEAC - 1931 Etching Choosing Fabrics

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Description

A charming portrait depicting a finely dressed women sorting through different dress fabrics. Signed and dated in graphite below the plate lines. On paper.

Condition

The condition is typical for a picture of this age including some discolouration. There is some tearing and creasing t the edges of the paper.

Size

17.2 x 12cm (6.8" x 4.7")
Sheet: 26.4 x 18.7cm (10.4" x 7.4")

Artist Biography

Robert Weir Allan RWS (1851-1942) was a painter and etcher. Born in Glasgow, he studied in Paris at the Académie Julian, from 1875 to 1881 and with Alexandre Cabanel, (1823–1889) and the École des Beaux-Arts. He moved to London when he was thirty years old and became a prolific exhibitor showing his paintings at the RA, NEAC, of which he was a founding member, the RBA and in Scotland at the RSA and the RSW. The FAS held an exhibition of his etchings in 1924, and he also produced some mezzotints.


An inveterate traveller, Allan toured Europe and Asia painting often en plein-air and exhibiting many of his foreign works in Great Britain. He is widely represented, particularly with his seascapes and genre paintings, in public collections including the Aberdeen Art Gallery, BMAG, Bury Art Gallery, Ferens Art Gallery, Glasgow Museums, Manchester City Art Gallery, Museums Sheffield, National Museums Liverpool, National Museums Northern Ireland, Nuneaton Art Gallery, University of Aberdeen, V&A, Victoria Art Gallery and Windsor Museum and Art Gallery. Allan was elected an Associate of the Royal Watercolour Society in 1887 and later became vice-president from 1908 to 1910. Allan was also a member of the St. Ives Society of Artists.

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SKU sc243
Artist Robert Weir Allen (1851-1942) RWS RSW NEAC
Date 1931
Dimensions 17.2 x 12cm
Medium Etching
Style Realism
Subject Portrait
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