A pintura que tornou Robert Atkinson famoso(a) é A Spanish Soldier of the 16th Century (1885); ela está exposta no Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, em Auckland. Portrait of Albin Martin (1886) e A Settler’s Kitchen, Opua Whanga, New Zealand 1886 (1886) seguem-lhes nos corações de colecionadores e visitantes de museus. Dos 5 trabalhos de Robert Atkinson em nosso catálogo, estas 5 são as obras mais admiradas, cada uma apresentada com a sua data, o seu museu e o que a torna única.
Classificado de acordo com o nosso índice de popularidade, que combina buscas, visitas e pedidos de cada obra. Atualizado em Novembro 2026. Cada obra-prima nesta página pode ser encomendada como uma reprodução em óleo pintada à mão, com qualidade de museu, ou como uma impressão de fine art, no tamanho de sua escolha.
O museu que detém a maioria das pinturas desta página.
| Museus | Cidade | Obras de Robert Atkinson | Pinturas desta lista |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auckland | 5 | A Spanish Soldier of the 16th Century, Portrait of Albin Martin, A Settler’s Kitchen, Opua Whanga, New Zealand 1886 |
As obras-primas datadas de Robert Atkinson abrangem apenas 2 anos, de 1885 a 1886: aqui está o melhor de cada ano.
A Spanish Soldier of the 16th Century (1885), Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Auckland. Seguem-se Portrait of Albin Martin (1886) e A Settler’s Kitchen, Opua Whanga, New Zealand 1886 (1886).
22 anos: A Spanish Soldier of the 16th Century data de 1885 e Robert Atkinson nasceu em 1863.
Nosso catálogo lista 5 obras de Robert Atkinson, datadas de 1885 a 1886.
A maioria deles está em Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki (Auckland). A tabela acima lista os museus um a um.
Em 1886: 2 das 5 obras nesta página datam dessa época, entre elas Portrait of Albin Martin.
A obra mais antiga nesta página é de A Spanish Soldier of the 16th Century (1885), e a mais recente é de Portrait of Albin Martin (1886).
A Spanish Soldier of the 16th Century, Portrait of Albin Martin e A Settler’s Kitchen, Opua Whanga, New Zealand 1886 estão entre as 5 obras nesta página pertencentes ao Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Auckland.
Sim. Todas as pinturas desta página podem ser encomendadas como uma reprodução em óleo pintada à mão com qualidade de museu ou como uma impressão de fine art, no tamanho de sua escolha, a partir da própria página da pintura.
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.