Bill Robson, Kirkcudbright Artist, in Italy

William Robson in Italy ~ 1883 to 1896

William Robson lived and painted in Italy from 1883 until 1896, and worked in Venice and Florence,
but lived mostly on the island of Capri in the Bay of Naples where he was a member of an
international coterie of artists which included the Italian painters Fabbi and Castellaneta,
English painters James Charles and Harold Speed, writers Axel Munthe and
Francis Maughan and sculptor Harvard Thomas.

During this time, he painted mostly in oils on wood panel and his work developed from painting
initially small exquisite studies of scenes on the island, to wider views with land, sea and sunsets,
with a feeling for, and appreciation of, the island as a whole.

So it was on Capri, while still a young man, that he began the transition from a painter of figurative
scenes to a painter who, by appreciation and exploration of the quality of light and colour,
discovered, and was able to reveal, a small complete world in each picture.Bill Robson, like many
other painters, took part in the huge step forward in Art, which was being made at this time ~
the transition from figurative studies to working with light and colour in new dimensions.

Enter here to view his work while living in Italy ~