Maria D. Robinson
Irish-British painter
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Maria Dorothea Robinson, née Webb (1840–1920) was an Irish-British painter active in St. Ives, Cornwall.
Maria Dorothea Robinson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1840 |
| Died | 3 July 1920 (aged 79–80) |
| Education | Académie Julian. |
| Known for | Painting |
| Spouse | Henry Harewood Robinson |
Life
Robinson was born in Ireland and moved to Paris, where she was a pupil at the Académie Julian. She met and married the painter Henry Harewood Robinson and they lived in St. Ives, Cornwall from 1885. That year she had a picture, A Pool in the Rocks, shown at the Royal Academy in London.[1] She is known for genre works depicting St. Ives and the Brittany coast.[2][3]
Robinson died in York in 1920.
