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Reclining draped nude

Watercolour
ca. 1924 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Watercolour of a reclining draped nude. Signed by the artist.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleReclining draped nude (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour and gouache
Brief description
Watercolour, Reclining draped nude, by Charles Robinson, ca. 1924.
Physical description
Watercolour of a reclining draped nude. Signed by the artist.
Dimensions
  • Height: 30.7cm
  • Width: 48cm
Dimensions taken from departmental notes
Style
Marks and inscriptions
(Signed)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Edith Mary Robinson
Object history
Bequeathed by Edith Mary Robinson, 1982

Historical significance: Charles Robinson (1870-1937) was a watercolour painter, illustrator and decorator. He was the son of Thomas Robinson, a wood engraver. Robinson was educated at Islington High School and Highbury School of Art and subsequently apprenticed to the lithography firm Waterlow and Son. He first came to notice in 1895 when his drawings were published in the influential magazine The Studio and he was asked to illustrate R.L. Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses. Charles Robinson and his brothers William Heath Robinson (1872-1944) and Thomas Heath Robinson (1869-1950), were among the most popular illustrators of the Edwardian period. Charles Robinson was elected President of the London Sketch Club, and in 1932 was elected to the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours (the RI).

According to Simon Houfe, Robinson's illustrations had eclectic sources, and were 'partly inspired by the prints of Durer, partly by the Pre-Raphaelites, their space often suggestive of Japanese prints.' (1)

This painting was included in a bequest of 27 works by Charles Robinson made to the V&A in 1982 by the artist's daughter, Miss Edith Mary Robinson.

Note (1) Simon Houfe, The Dictionary of British Book Illustrators and Caricaturists 1800-1914, London 1978, pp.435-6 (p.453). The biographical information given above is derived from this entry.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
P.23-1982

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Record createdMarch 14, 2012
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