Maria D. Robinson

Maria Dorothea Robinson
Born 1840
Ireland
Died 3 July 1920 (aged 79–80)
York
Nationality United Kingdom
Education Académie Julian.
Known for Painting
Spouse(s) Henry Harewood Robinson

Maria Dorothea Robinson, née Webb (1840–1920) was an Irish-British painter active in St. Ives, Cornwall.

Life

Three Fishers' Wives, Leeds Museums and Galleries

Robinson was born in present day Northern Ireland and moved to Paris, where she was a pupil at the Académie Julian. She met and married the painter Henry Harewood Robinson and they lived in St. Ives, Cornwall from 1885. That year she had a picture, A Pool in the Rocks, shown at the Royal Academy in London.[1] She is known for genre works depicting St. Ives and the Brittany coast.[2][3]

Robinson died in York in 1920.

References

  1. ↑ Marion Whybrow (1994). St Ives 1883-1993 Portrait of an Art Colony. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1851491708.
  2. ↑ "Maria Dorothea Robinson". Cornwall Artists Index. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "ROBINSON, Maria Dorethea - Painter". Bénézit Dictionary of Artists. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
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