Alan Robb

Alan Robb 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.

Alan exhibits his work annually at the Royal Scottish Academy, and he is represented by East West Gallery, London. 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.robb-painter.co.uk.

Alan Robb is an idea-based figurative painter who works mainly in oils. A significant body of work has been produced on-site in Italy, Spain, Greece, Portugal and Brazil. These works, in watercolour and gouache, have had a considerable influence on his practice and his teaching.

Alan Robb has developed a method of establishing a painting on-site and taking it to a full resolution in his studio. Alan first visited this area of Umbria in 1970 to view the works of Piero della Francesca, and this experience has had an enduring influence on his art.

Alan Robb continues to work closely with his students, teaching the fundamentals of drawing and painting and the importance of working directly from life and on location.