R.J.Scott -Artist

[MEW53]

Does anyone know anything about R.J.Scott who was an artist, he was from the Killeshandra area.
My parents knew him and he painted several pictures for them.
I’d love to know if anyone knows anything about Robert Scott, I’m not sure if he moved to Norfolk.
When I googled him some paintings came up with an identical signature on the bottom right hand side of the pictures which were of Norfolk views.

Thanks for your help.

[Sinann]

Are you sure he was from Carlow
just looking at newspapers and in 1975 a man local to Corlough Cavan Robert J Scott was having an exhibition, he had lived in London for many years.

1990/91 a Robert J Scott artist local to Carrigallen Leitrim

[MEW53]

I meant to post on the Cavan page but put it on Carlow accidentally.
He may we’ll have been from Leitrim, I know Carrigallen is very close to Killeshandra.

Roberts work was very good, I must get the pictures framed that I’ve collected from a clear out from the family home. I’m pretty sure I met him a couple of times as a child on holidays to Ireland.

I’ve asked the post to be moved to the Cavan board.

[myluck!]

There are some articles about him in the 1970s

In 1970 he was aged 37 implies bc 1933

He had been a schoolmaster and after a bad elbow injury playing rubgy he started to paint more

Hie was married to a lady who was described as a civil servant / teacher

He also had a sister Mrs Joy Steele (as at 1971) who ran a shop in Streatley as he exhibited in the Village

[heywood]

Family search birth index looks good

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F17M-FX7

A possibility for sister too but may still be living as the birth is much later.

[MEW53]

Thank everyone for all your help with information on Robert Scott.
I need to get his lovely pictures framed now, especially as I’ve now found out a little more about him.

[myluck!]

I wonder did he come back to Ireland
Death notice from 2016 LINK

There are births for all the names bar one with the MMN Mulligan

Robert SCOTT m. Elizabeth MULLIGAN in Bristol 1924 Q1 V6a P179
dau Joy M.J. born 1924 Q3 V61 P7

subsequent births in Cavan from up to 1939

Death of Robert SCOTT in Arva 1967 informant daughter (same name as one listed in 2016) LINK

Headstone for Robert & Elizabeth Jane (d Jan 06 1990) in Arva LINK

may be a red herring as Scott is a common Cavan name but worth a follow up!

[dathai]

http://leitrimguardian.ie/2007/Robert_Scott1.pdf

[heywood]

http://leitrimguardian.ie/2007/Robert_Scott1.pdf

  Good find, dathai