Alan Robb

Alan Robb is a member of the Royal Scottish Academy and the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolour.  He exhibits his work annually at the Royal Scottish Academy, and he is represented by East West Gallery, London and a regular exhibitor at the Open Eye Gallery Edinburgh.  His paintings, prints and drawings are in a number of important public collections and his biography and CV, together with essays and thirty images, on his extensive website: www.alanrobb.net

 

Alan first visited Umbria in 1970 to see the works of Piero della Francesca, in Arezzo ,Perugia, Sansepolcro and Monterchi . This experience has had a lasting influence on his painting practice.

He has worked with Painting in Italy since its beginning in 2005 and helped to design the original programme. He offers teaching in all drawing and painting mediums.

 

Alan is a graduate in Drawing and Painting of Grays School of Art, Aberdeen (1969) and the Royal College of Art (1972). His first art school post was at the Crawford School of Art, Cork (1975-82).

He was appointed Head of the School of Fine Art at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee, in 1982 and was awarded a Professorship in 1989. Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art merged with the University of Dundee in 1994 and is now one of the foremost art schools in the UK.