From:Williamson Art Gallery and Museum

Name/TitlePortrait Sketch of R. W. Allan

About this objectRobert Weir Allan (1851-1942) was a Scottish-born artist known for his landscape and marine paintings. He attended the Académie Julian around the same time as Steer and they were both influenced by the French Impressionism they encountered in Paris. Over the course of his lifetime, more than 84 of Allan’s paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy.

Steer painted this sketch at Richmond during one of his frequent holidays to the countryside. Whilst on vacation from his role as Painting Professor at the Slade, he would travel to various rural locations usually accompanied by the same group of friends.

MakerSteer, Philip Wilson

Maker Rolepainter

Date Made1893

Period19th century

Medium and Materialsmedium: oil
support: board

Place MadeRichmond, Surrey, England

Style and IconographyImpressionist

Style and IconographyPortrait

Techniqueoil on board

Measurementssupport: height: 20 cm
support: width: 27 cm

Credit LineGift from the National Art Collection Fund, 1970

Object Typepainting

Object numberBIKGM.4363

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