A Spanish Soldier of the 16th Century (1885) is het schilderij waar Robert Atkinson het meest om bekendstaat; het maakt deel uit van de collectie van het Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Auckland. Portrait of Albin Martin (1886) en A Settler’s Kitchen, Opua Whanga, New Zealand 1886 (1886) maken het trio van meest geliefde doeken compleet. Onze catalogus bevat 5 werken van Robert Atkinson. Hier zijn de 5 bekendste, inclusief het jaar, het museum en het verhaal achter elk canvas.
Gerangschikt op basis van onze populariteitsscore, die de zoekopdrachten, bezoeken en bestellingen voor elk werk combineert. Bijgewerkt in november 2026. Elk schilderij op deze pagina kan worden besteld als een handgeschilderde oliereductie op linnen canvas, of als een fine art print, uitgevoerd in de door u gekozen afmeting.
Het museum met de meeste schilderijen op deze pagina.
| Museum | Stad | Werken van Robert Atkinson | Schilderijen uit deze lijst |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auckland | 5 | A Spanish Soldier of the 16th Century, Portrait of Albin Martin, A Settler’s Kitchen, Opua Whanga, New Zealand 1886 |
De gedateerde doeken van Robert Atkinson beslaan hier slechts 2 jaar, van 1885 tot 1886: jaar na jaar.
A Spanish Soldier of the 16th Century (1885), Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Auckland. Portrait of Albin Martin (1886) en A Settler’s Kitchen, Opua Whanga, New Zealand 1886 (1886) volgen.
Robert Atkinson, geboren in 1863, was 22 jaar oud: A Spanish Soldier of the 16th Century dateert uit 1885.
5 werken van Robert Atkinson zijn opgenomen in onze catalogus, gedateerd van 1885 tot 1886.
Voornamelijk in Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki (Auckland); de bovenstaande lijst vermeldt elk museum en de bijbehorende doeken.
In 1886, die 2 van de 5 werken op deze pagina vertegenwoordigt, waaronder Portrait of Albin Martin.
Het oudste canvas hier is A Spanish Soldier of the 16th Century (1885); het nieuwste is Portrait of Albin Martin (1886).
Het Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Auckland herbergt 5 van de werken op deze pagina, waaronder A Spanish Soldier of the 16th Century, Portrait of Albin Martin en A Settler’s Kitchen, Opua Whanga, New Zealand 1886.
Ja. Elk schilderij op deze pagina kan via de eigen pagina worden besteld als een handgeschilderd olieverfreproductie, of als een fine art print, in de door u gekozen afmeting.
Born in the industrial heart of Leeds, Robert Atkinson sought a different air, eventually finding himself in the studios of Antwerp. It was under the guidance of Verlat that his hand first learned the discipline of form and light. By 1885, driven by a need for better health, he turned his gaze toward the southern reaches of the globe, arriving in New Zealand. He established a studio in the Victoria Arcade in Auckland, a space where the quiet intensity of his studies began to take shape. His presence in the colonies was marked by a steady hand and a desire to capture the essence of his surroundings, from the intimate details of a settler's kitchen in Opua Whanga to the formal dignity of a portrait of Albin Martin.
His time in the colonies was a period of constant movement and connection. He moved between the art circles of Melbourne, Sydney, and Auckland, building friendships with fellow painters like Kate McCosh Clark. These years were defined by a search for subject matter that could bridge the gap between his European training and the raw reality of his new environment. Even when he returned to England in 1889 to work as an illustrator, the pull of the southern lands remained, drawing him back to New Zealand in 1895.
The works he left behind reveal a man deeply interested in the structure of life, whether through the study of the human form or the depiction of social scenes. His paintings often focused on the immediate and the tangible:
His death in Dunedin in 1896 cut short a career that was still finding its footing in the colonial landscape. Though his life was brief, the rarity of his New Zealand genre subjects ensures that his vision remains a distinct part of the historical record. He was a painter of specific moments, capturing the light of a new world through the lens of an old-world education.