{"id":504,"date":"2023-12-22T09:33:38","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T09:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.argyll-bute.gov.uk\/argyllcollection\/?p=504"},"modified":"2024-03-13T16:31:53","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T16:31:53","slug":"the-cheerful-troubadour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.argyll-bute.gov.uk\/argyllcollection\/the-cheerful-troubadour\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cheerful Troubadour"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"504\" class=\"elementor elementor-504\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7003d2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a7003d2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29c646e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29c646e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Artist:<\/strong> Brian Robb<\/p><p><strong>Catalogue:<\/strong> 79<\/p><p><strong>Material:<\/strong> Oil on Canvas<\/p><p><strong>Dimensions:<\/strong> 25.5x 77.5cm<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e286f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e286f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"col-sm-12\"><div class=\"region region-content\"><article class=\"artwork full clearfix\" role=\"article\" data-history-node-id=\"1398\"><div class=\"content\"><div class=\"layout layout--onecol\"><div class=\"layout__region layout__region--content\"><section class=\"block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodeartworkbody clearfix\"><h2 class=\"block-title\">About the artwork<\/h2><div class=\"field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item\"><p>Vividly coloured, illustrative style painting of a man sitting on a white horse, playing a lute, riding past a town in the background.<\/p><\/div><\/section><section class=\"block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodeartworkfield-artist-info clearfix\"><h2 class=\"block-title\">About the artist<\/h2><div class=\"field field--name-field-artist-info field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item\"><p>Brian Robb (born Scarborough, 1913 1979) was a painter, illustrator, and cartoonist. He worked for Shell and London Transport, designing posters and advertisements, and as a cartoonist for Punch magazine. He was a creative camouflage officer in the Western Desert in the Second World War. He taught at Chelsea College of Art before and after the war, before becoming head of illustration at the Royal College of Art.<\/p><\/div><\/section><section class=\"block block-layout-builder block-extra-field-blocknodeartworklinks clearfix\"><\/section><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/article><\/div><\/section>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artist: Brian Robb Catalogue: 79 Material: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 25.5x 77.5cm About the artwork Vividly coloured, illustrative style painting of a man sitting on a white horse, playing a lute, riding past a town in the background. About the artist Brian Robb (born Scarborough, 1913 1979) was a painter, illustrator, and cartoonist. 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