Robert Hugh Buxton
Illustration — On the Clywedog (from "A book of the Severn", 1920) Robert Hugh Buxton (1 July 1871 – 28 January 1965) was an English oil and watercolour painter and illustrator.
Robert Hugh Buxton
Robert Hugh Buxton · "A Book of the Severn" by A G Bradley (New York: Dodd, Mead Co., 1920) · Public domain
- Born
- 1871 · London Borough of Harrow.
- Died
- 1965 · Lockeridge.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- painter · illustrator
- Education
- Slade School of Fine Art
- Languages
- English
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Illustration — On the Clywedog (from "A book of the Severn", 1920) Robert Hugh Buxton (1 July 1871 – 28 January 1965) was an English oil and watercolour painter and illustrator.
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Robert Hugh Buxton (1871–1965) was a British illustrator and painter. Born in London Borough of Harrow, the illustrator died in Lockeridge. Robert Hugh Buxton studied at Slade School of Fine Art. Languages used include English.
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Buxton was born in Harrow, Middlesex in 1871 and studied at the Herkomer School of Art in Bushey, Hertfordshire, and at the Slade School of Fine Art, London. He lived in London, exhibiting in the capital at the Royal Academy, the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, the Royal Institute of Oil Painters), the New English Art Club and the Fine Art Society. He also exhibited in the regions and at the Paris Salon in France. Buxton mainly painted landscapes, dogs and hunting scenes. His painting Martin on 'Mulberry' with 'Bill is in the Bushey Museum and Art Gallery. He died in 1965 at Yardacre House in Lockeridge, Wiltshire.
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1871
Robert Hugh Buxton born at London Borough of Harrow.
1965
Robert Hugh Buxton died on 28 January 1965.
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London Borough of Harrow.
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Illustrated books: • Fisher, Arthur O. Withyford: an Exmoor story (Chatto & Windus, 1908). • Dawson, A. J. Finn the Wolfhound (London: Grant Richards, 1908); • Bradley, A. G. A book of the Severn (New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1920).
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- 1.Martin on 'Mulberry' with 'Bill'. Art UK.
- 2.Deaths. The Times. 1. 30 January 1965.
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