Robert thorburn ross biography of mahatma

ROBERT THORBURN ROSS, R.S.A.
Born, 1816; died, 1876.

This eminent and popular domestic painter was born in Edinburgh, where at the age of fifteen he was put under the instruction of George Simson, R.S.A., then the leading art-teacher in Edinburgh.

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After serving for some time as an assistant to Mr Simson, during which he studied at the Trustees' Academy for three years under Sir William Allan, he settled in Glasgow as a portrait-painter, and occasionally visited other towns for the same purpose. In 1842 he paid a visit to Berwick-on-Tweed, where his father was a master- gunner: he settled there for some ten years, and practised painting more than hitherto, his portraits being mostly done in crayon while in Glasgow.

From Berwick he sent his first contribution to the exhibitions of the Scottish Academy, the Spinning-Wheel in 1845, and thenceforward was a regular contributor. Among his other works painted during this period were the Dead Robin, Pious Conver Ross, Robert Thorburn, 1816–1876 - Art UK RAROJ