Robert Macdonald Fraser Art

Though Robert MacDonald Fraser was of Scottish descent, he was more of an Englishman who was born, lived and died in and around Liverpool. He is believed to have become interested in painting during his secondary school years at the Liverpool Institute and the Art School (where the principal was the distinguished landscape artist John Finnie), however, his early career was in commerce. By the age of 30, he was well established in Liverpool's art circles, but it was to be another decade before he took to painting full time. Between 1910–38, he showed approximately 50 paintings at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, also having seven paintings accepted for the Royal Academy's summer exhibitions. He also exhibited at the Manchester Art Gallery, Liverpool Bluecoat and Royal Cambrian Academy, becoming the Vice President of the Artists' Club in Liverpool in 1929. He mostly painted the landscapes of North Wales and the North West of England. His family owned holiday cottages in North Wales, and Snowdonia provided him with much inspiration.