Postcard of Robert Brough's Grave

AssociatedAssociated with Robert Brough (Invergordon, Scotland, 1872 - 1905)

Date1905

Mediumphotograph on paper

ClassificationsPhotographs

DimensionsOverall: Height: 14.2 cm, Width: 8.9 cm

AcquisitionPresented in 1995 by The Fine Art Society.

CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDAG011569

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Postcard

About MeThe Aberdeen artist Robert Brough was admitted to the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh in 1891 and after his first year there took his first trip to Paris where he employed the methods of the Impressionists. Just a year later he travelled to Brittany where the traditional costumes and headgear of the Breton women inspired him along with the patterning of the Nabis and the Symbolistes, such as Paul Gauguin. The artist died as a result of burns sustained in a train crash just outside Sheffield in 1905.

A memorial servive in London was held in London and the funeral of this prominent Aberdeen artist was held at St. Machar's Cathedral in his hometown, and was organized by one of the artist's patrons: Theodore Crombie. The mountains of flower bouquets shows just how well-loved the portraitist was and how sorely he was to be missed by his friends and family.

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Brough's grave is at St Machar's Cathedral. He died after a railway accident near Sheffield in 1905.