Bruce Robertson b. 1872

Also known as Bruce Reginald Robertson
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (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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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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1996
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