FDA-P.596-2023
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.596-2023
Object type
Identification
Title
Riverbank with Blossom
Title Type
Common name
Description
Painted landscape view of a river, mountains in background, trees in foreground
Comments
Robert Edward Morrison was born in the town of Peel, on the Isle of Man. He moved to Liverpool at the age of 18 and was employed as a house painter. However, at 21 he enrolled at the Liverpool School of Art, before studying at Heatherley’s Art School in London and the Académie Julian, Paris, under William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905) and Tony RobertFleury (1837–1911).
Morrison returned to Liverpool, where he established himself as a portrait painter, particularly of civic and public figures. His landscape studies, like this example, were on the whole made as recreation. Morrison exhibited at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool and the Royal Academy, London. He served as President of the Liverpool Academy for ten years.
Morrison returned to Liverpool, where he established himself as a portrait painter, particularly of civic and public figures. His landscape studies, like this example, were on the whole made as recreation. Morrison exhibited at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool and the Royal Academy, London. He served as President of the Liverpool Academy for ten years.
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 300mm
width (actual size): 407mm
width (actual size): 407mm
Inscription
Signed lower right: 'R.E. Morrison'
Material
oil paint
Materials & techniques note
Oil on board
Production
Person
Morrison, Robert Edward, 1851 - 1924 (Artist)
Date
c.1900
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of Richard Henry Allen Amis (K.S. 1945-50; 1932-2018); by whom bequeathed to Eton College
Exhibited: 'An Etonian Collector: The Richard Amis Bequest', The Verey Gallery, Eton College, 16 November 2023 to 24 March 2024
Exhibited: 'An Etonian Collector: The Richard Amis Bequest', The Verey Gallery, Eton College, 16 November 2023 to 24 March 2024
