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Robert Winter BIOGRAPHY
1872 Harowden, Bedfordshire, England - 1930 St. Ives, Huntingdonshire, England. Known for: Painting.
The Frasers of Huntingdonshire, of Scottish origin and emerging initially from the town of Bedford in the latter part of the nineteenth century, were a family of artists, known largely for their... Read full biography
The Frasers of Huntingdonshire, of Scottish origin and emerging initially from the town of Bedford in the latter part of the nineteenth century, were a family of artists, known largely for their watercolour paintings, the predominant subject matter of which was the rural landscape of The Fens. Two... Read full biography
The Frasers of Huntingdonshire, of Scottish origin and emerging initially from the town of Bedford in the latter part of the nineteenth century, were a family of artists, known largely for their watercolour paintings, the predominant subject matter of which was the rural landscape of The Fens. Two of the family made illustrations for books and magazines. Six of the group were the sons of an army surgeon, Major Robert Winchester Fraser (1819–1892) and his wife Mary Ann Anderson (1820–1898), who... Read full biography
The Frasers of Huntingdonshire, of Scottish origin and emerging initially from the town of Bedford in the latter part of the nineteenth century, were a family of artists, known largely for their watercolour paintings, the predominant subject matter of which was the rural landscape of The Fens. Two of the family made illustrations for books and magazines. Six of the group were the sons of an army surgeon, Major Robert Winchester Fraser (1819–1892) and his wife Mary Ann Anderson (1820–1898), who married in 1842 and produced a total of nine children. There was one son, Michie, who worked for the Consular Service and remained a bachelor. One of his sisters, Catherine, was his housekeeper. There is a suggestion that she and the other sister... Read full biography
The Frasers of Huntingdonshire, of Scottish origin and emerging initially from the town of Bedford in the latter part of the nineteenth century, were a family of artists, known largely for their watercolour paintings, the predominant subject matter of which was the rural landscape of The Fens. Two of the family made illustrations for books and magazines. Six of the group were the sons of an army surgeon, Major Robert Winchester Fraser (1819–1892) and his wife Mary Ann Anderson (1820–1898), who married in 1842 and produced a total of nine children. There was one son, Michie, who worked for the Consular Service and remained a bachelor. One of his sisters, Catherine, was his housekeeper. There is a suggestion that she and the other sister Margaret may also have painted. The eldest son of Robert Winchester Fraser (1848-1908), Robert James Winchester Fraser (1872–1930) signed h... Read full biography
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Robert James Winchester Fraser
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The Frasers of Huntingdonshire, of Scottish origin and emerging initially from the town of Bedford in the latter part of the nineteenth century, were a family of artists, known largely for their watercolour paintings, the predominant subject matter of which was the rural landscape of The Fens. Two of the family made illustrations for books and magazines.
Six of the group were the sons of an army surgeon, Major Robert Winchester Fraser (1819–1892) and his wife Mary Ann Anderson (1820–1898), who married in 1842 and produced a total of nine children. There was one son, Michie, who worked for the Consular Service and remained a bachelor. One of his sisters, Catherine, was his housekeeper. There is a suggestion that she and the other sister Margaret may also have painted.
The eldest son of Robert Winchester Fraser (1848-1908), Robert James Winchester Fraser (1872–1930) signed his pictures 'R. Winter' or 'Robert Winter', to distinguish them from those by his father.
Though less commercially successful than his father, Winter’s paintings have come to be well regarded and these days tend to sell at higher prices in auction. The Dictionary of British Watercolour Artists calls him “the best known, and perhaps the best, of the family”
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Robert James Winchester Fraser (1872-1930)
Born at Harowden, Bedfordshire in 1872, son of Robert Winchester Fraser (1848-1906) and his wife Emma Elizabeth. As an artist signed himself 'Robert Winter'. In 1881 living with his parents at at 47 Ellington Street, Islington, London and in 1891 a 20 year old landscape painter living with his grandparents at River View, High Street, Hemingford Grey, St. Ives, Huntingdonshire. He married in 1896, Seeta Hargreave Deane (born 1868) and they went to live at Worlington, Suffolk and in 1901 a 29 year old landscape artist living at Grove House, Worlington with his 29 year old wife Seeta, born Greentown, Ireland and their one year old son Robert, born Mildenhall. By 1905 they had moved to Holywell, Needingworth, St. Ives, Huntingdonshire with their three children Robert Deane, Frances and Seeta Margaret.
He died at St. Ives in 1930, aged 60. (Cirket, Alan F., 'The Fraser Brothers - Artists of Bedford', Bedfordshire Magazine, Vol 16 (1978), pp.273-6)
Information provided by Tony Copsey, author and researcher of artist in Suffolk County, England.