Noble, Robert, 1857-1917

found: The art of Robert Noble, 1857-1917, 2017:p. 5 (After his training in France, where he became a proponent of landscape painting in situ, he settled with his family in East Linton, and became ... a welcoming catalyst to fellow like-minded landscape artists) p. 29 (one of the leaders of the movement that resulted in the formation of the Society of Scottish Artists, becoming the first President of the newly established society in 1892) back cover (his death on 12 May 1917)

found: John Gray Centre WWW site, 26 July 2017:East Lothian people (Robert Noble RA RSA (1857-1917); born at Edinburgh on 27 January 1857; spells in Paris at the Carolus-Duran studio changed his output from figurative to landscape subjects; by the late 1880s, had made East Linton his home; became first president of Society of Scottish Artists; ARSA in 1892, RSA 1903, being admitted RA in 1903; died at his home, The Neuk, Prestonkirk, on 12 May 1917)