Maleriet, der gjorde Robert Atkinson berømt, er A Spanish Soldier of the 16th Century (1885); det hænger på Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki i Auckland. Portrait of Albin Martin (1886) og A Settler’s Kitchen, Opua Whanga, New Zealand 1886 (1886) følger efter i samlernes og museumsgæsternes hjerter. Af de 5 værker af Robert Atkinson i vores katalog er disse 5 de mest beundrede, hver præsenteret med sit årstal, sit museum og det, der gør værket unikt.
Rangordnet efter vores popularitetsscore, som kombinerer søgninger, besøg og ordrer for hvert værk. Opdateret november 2026. Hvert mesterværk på denne side kan bestilles som en håndmalet oliereproduktion i museumskvalitet eller som et kunsttryk i den størrelse, du vælger.
Det museum, der rummer flest af malerierne på denne side.
| Museum | By | Værker af Robert Atkinson | Malerier fra denne liste |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auckland | 5 | A Spanish Soldier of the 16th Century, Portrait of Albin Martin, A Settler’s Kitchen, Opua Whanga, New Zealand 1886 |
Robert Atkinsons daterede mesterværker strækker sig over blot 2 år, fra 1885 til 1886: her er hvert år i sin fineste form.
A Spanish Soldier of the 16th Century (1885), Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Auckland. Derefter følger Portrait of Albin Martin (1886) og A Settler’s Kitchen, Opua Whanga, New Zealand 1886 (1886).
22 år gammel: A Spanish Soldier of the 16th Century er fra 1885, og Robert Atkinson blev født i 1863.
Vores katalog indeholder 5 værker af Robert Atkinson, dateret fra 1885 til 1886.
De fleste af dem findes i Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki (Auckland). Tabellen ovenfor lister museerne enkeltvis.
I 1886: 2 af de 5 værker på denne side stammer fra denne periode, herunder Portrait of Albin Martin.
Det tidligste på denne side er A Spanish Soldier of the 16th Century (1885), det seneste Portrait of Albin Martin (1886).
A Spanish Soldier of the 16th Century, Portrait of Albin Martin og A Settler’s Kitchen, Opua Whanga, New Zealand 1886 er blandt de 5 værker på denne side, som er i Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Auckland's samling.
Ja. Hvert maleri på denne side kan bestilles som en håndmalet oliereproduktion i museums kvalitet eller som et kunstprint i den størrelse, du ønsker, direkte fra maleriets egen side.
Born in the industrial heart of Leeds, Robert Atkinson sought a different air, eventually finding himself in the studios of Antwerp. It was under the guidance of Verlat that his hand first learned the discipline of form and light. By 1885, driven by a need for better health, he turned his gaze toward the southern reaches of the globe, arriving in New Zealand. He established a studio in the Victoria Arcade in Auckland, a space where the quiet intensity of his studies began to take shape. His presence in the colonies was marked by a steady hand and a desire to capture the essence of his surroundings, from the intimate details of a settler's kitchen in Opua Whanga to the formal dignity of a portrait of Albin Martin.
His time in the colonies was a period of constant movement and connection. He moved between the art circles of Melbourne, Sydney, and Auckland, building friendships with fellow painters like Kate McCosh Clark. These years were defined by a search for subject matter that could bridge the gap between his European training and the raw reality of his new environment. Even when he returned to England in 1889 to work as an illustrator, the pull of the southern lands remained, drawing him back to New Zealand in 1895.
The works he left behind reveal a man deeply interested in the structure of life, whether through the study of the human form or the depiction of social scenes. His paintings often focused on the immediate and the tangible:
His death in Dunedin in 1896 cut short a career that was still finding its footing in the colonial landscape. Though his life was brief, the rarity of his New Zealand genre subjects ensures that his vision remains a distinct part of the historical record. He was a painter of specific moments, capturing the light of a new world through the lens of an old-world education.