Robert Heard Whale

Robert Reginald Whale's youngest son, Robert Heard Whale, was born in Burford, Ontario in 1857. He received his early art training from his father and later studied in London, UK at the Royal Academy and also in Paris, Franch at the Academie Julien under Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant and William-Adolphe Bouguereau. In 1890, after teaching art in Brantford, Ottawa, and St. Thomas, Robert Heard moved to Capetown, South Africa where he was appointed art master and technical instructor at a local art school. He died in Capetown in 1909.

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Title: River and Town (View from D’Aubigny Creek)

Date: 1892

Medium: watercolour on paper

Accession no: CB-08-67.01

Credit Line: Owned by the City of Brantford