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Robert Buchan Nisbet
Born(1857-07-12)12 July 1857
Died15 August 1942(1942-08-15) (aged 85)
NationalityScottish

Robert Buchan Nisbet (12 July 1857 - 15 August 1942) was a Scottish painter.[1][2]

Life

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His father was John Nisbet (2 February 1819 - 27 October 1888), a house painter from Edinburgh.

His mother was Isabella Waldie (22 November 1817 -) from Earlston, Berwickshire. John and Isabella married on 28 May 1852 in Edinburgh.

Robert Buchan Nisbet was born on 1 July 1857 in Edinburgh.

He married the artist Margaret Dempster (19 March 1863 - 21 December 1935) from Greenock. They married on 10 October 1895 in Edinburgh.[3]

His brother was the artist Pollok Sinclair Nisbet.

Art

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Death

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He died on 15 August 1942 in Barden, Crieff.[4]

Obit[5]

Works

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References

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  1. ^ The Dictionary of Scottish Painters. 1600 to the present. Paul Harris and Julian Halsby. Canongate Publishing. 1990.
  2. ^ Dictionary of Scottish Art and Architecture. Peter J. M. McEwan. Antique Collectors Club. 1994.
  3. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000458/18951011/030/0003
  4. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/19420817/111/0003
  5. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19420817/073/0004


Category:1857 births Category:1942 deaths Category:Scottish male painters