Robert Alexander Dakers (1866-1954) was a well-known Haddington artist who exhibited 28 landscape and rustic paintings at the Royal Scottish Academy, also showing at the Scottish Society of Artists and the Society of Northern Artists. Dakers lived variously in Haddington, Kirkcudbright, Edinburgh and Alnwick, England, throughout his lifetime. It was whilst he was working as editor of the local Haddington Courier newspaper from the 1880’s to 1918, that he became a friend and artistic tutor to a young Willie Gillies, later to become Sir William Gillies, who also lived in Haddington and who was to become renowned as an artist. Dakers encouraged the young Gillies to take up painting, tutoring him in the techniques of oil painting and encouraging him to stage his first exhibition in the shop window of a local watchmaker in Haddington’s High Street. Dakers moved from Haddington to Castle Douglas in 1918 then to Edinburgh about 1922. Dakers was no mean artist in his own right, producing many fine oils, watercolours and pastel pictures of the various landscapes where he lived.
A super little landscape in oils by R.A. Dakers showing trees in the foreground with the suggestion of houses in the distance. In the foreground, centre, is a figure. This work is dated the 15th of November 1946 and is signed with initials by the artist. In good condition.
Measures 20 cm wide by 15 cm deep (38 cm by 34 cm in its frame).
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Another lovely little pastel by Robert Dakers. In good condition. Signed with initials and dated 1941.
Measures 24 cm wide by 17 cm deep (46 cm by 36 cm in its frame)
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A very pleasing and quite moody landscape in watercolour by Robert Dakers. In good condition, signed lower right and dated 1937.
Measures 32 cm wide by 25 cm deep (45 cm by 35 cm in its frame).
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An absolutely delightful little pastel work by R.A. Dakers. In good condition, signed with initials and dated 1941.
Measures 24 cm wide by 18.5 cm, deep (37 cm by 31 cm in its frame)
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Signed with initials and dated 1964 this is another lovely landscape in pastel by Robert Dakers. In good condition.
Measures 23 cm wide by 19 cm deep[ (41.5 cm by 38 cm in its frame).
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Another lovely pastel landscape of a woodland scene by Robert Alexander Dakers. Signed with initials and dated 1935 this work is fun good condition.
Measures 23 cm wide by 18.5 cm deep (42 cm by 35.5 cm in its frame).
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A woodland at night by the Scottish artist Robert Alexander Dakers. This work, in pastel, is in good condition, signed with initials and dated 1945.
Measures 19cm wide by 14 cm deep (32 cm by 25 cm in its frame).
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A very nice little pastel of a bowl of flowers with a book and bottle by the Scottish artist R.A. Dakers. Signed with initials, right, this work is in good condition.
Measures 24 cm wide by 21 cm deep (34.5 cm by 33.5 cm in its frame).
£150
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