Robert Walker Macbeth
Robert Walker Macbeth RA | |
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Robert Walker Macbeth, Self-Portrait (1883; Aberdeen Art Gallery) | |
| Born | 30 September 1848 |
| Died | 1 November 1910 (aged 62) |
| Occupation | Painter |
| Spouse |
Lydia Esther Bates (m. 1887) |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Norman Macbeth (father) Lydia Bilbrook (daughter) Gen. John Bates (father-in-law) James Macbeth (brother) Henry Macbeth (brother) Ann Macbeth (niece) |
Robert Walker Macbeth RA (30 September 1848 – 1 November 1910) was a Scottish painter, etcher and watercolourist. His father was a portrait painter named Norman Macbeth and his niece Ann Macbeth. Two of his five brothers, James Macbeth (1847–1891) and Henry Macbeth, later Macbeth-Raeburn RA (1860–1947), were also artists.
He was a member of the Idyllic school, and was important in bringing their works to a wider public through his reproductions in etching. His works were varied, and his style evolved, but not necessarily improved, over his career, as conventional sentimentality took over many paintings from the 1890s onwards.