Artist

William Palmer Robins

Epping High Street
Woodbridge from the South
Marshes at Minster
Georgian Houses, Castle Street, Bridgwater

William Palmer Robins is a Regionalism artist. 12 works are cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.

William Palmer Robins painted quiet English streets and buildings in watercolor during the 1940s. His brush tracked changing light on brick facades and rooftops, from Epping’s high street to Glastonbury’s tribunal and Bridgwater’s Georgian row. Try Windsor viewed from the Dorney Road—his 1941 sheet shows the castle’s towers framed by trees and rooftops, all in soft dabs of wet color. Tap that work to walk right into the scene.

Works by William Palmer Robins

Collections represented

Victoria and Albert Museum

Museum

Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum in the United Kingdom is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects.

Catalog records compiled from museum open-access collections; the artworks shown are in the public domain. Spotted an error in this record? Tell us.