A member of the Royal Watercolour Society, the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and the Royal West of England Academy, Harry Roberts specialized in landscapes and portraits in oils and watercolour. Born in Scarborough he moved to Canada when he was 10 but returned after two years and then studied at the local School of Art from 1884-88 before moving to London and attending the Lambeth School of Art and then the Royal College of Art where he was awarded a scholarship. He regularly exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1896 and at many other galleries across Britain and abroad. His watercolour Across the Rivers was acquired on behalf of the Tate Gallery. He taught at the Regent Street Polytechnic for some years from 1913 and wrote a book entitled Figure Drawing in 1930.
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