Robert Cree Crawford
(c. 1842 – 1924)
Robert Cree Crawford was born in Govenbank and studied at Glasgow University before moving to Canada. He returned to Scotland and was elected a member of the RSW in 1878. He gained a reputation for his portraits in oils and also painted watercolour landscapes and marine scenes.
The painting illustrated below was donated to the Anderson Trust in 2015 by Penny Johnston, whose father-in-law had it on the wall of his office in Glasgow. The scene is of the Highlandman’s Way, a well known walk in upper Helensburgh. The view south to the town and the shore is still recognisable today, although new housing has expanded considerably northwards. M-J S
Work in the Anderson Trust Collection
“The Highlandman’s Way”
