Robert Houston was born in Kilbirnie, Ayrshire in June 1891. He studied at Glasgow School of Art and was a painter in oils and watercolours of landscapes and figurative subjects. He was also a noted aquatintist and designed and executed railway posters. He was elected to membership of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolours in 1936 and exhibited widely, showing 6 works at the Royal Academy, 8 at the Royal Scottish Academy, 11 at the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolours,) and 34 at the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts.
This view, according to a label, verso, from the Fine Arts Trade Guild, is from Wallace’s Well on the banks of the River Ayr. It is pencil-signed by Robert Houston RSW (1891-1942) and blindstamped and in good condition.
Measures 11 cm wide by 21.5 cm deep (28 cm by 42 cm in its original frame and mount).
£120
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