Robert Orgill Leman (1799–1869) was an English painter of landscapes and a member of the Norwich School of painters.

Robert Orgill Leman
an undated early photograph of Robert Leman
Born	(1799-04-12)12 April 1799 Brampton, Suffolk
Died	1869 Brampton
Nationality	English
Education	John Sell Cotman
Known for	Landscape painting
Movement	Norwich School of painters

Life

Robert Orgill Leman was born on 12 April 1799 as Robert Orgill, the son of Naunton Thomas Orgill and his wife Henrietta Jane Anderson, and was baptised on the same day.[1] His father, the Reverend Naunton Thomas Orgill, succeeded to the estates of the Leman family and was obliged to add the family name to Leman as a result. Studying under John Sell Cotman, he became a talented amateur landscape painter and exhibited his works in Norwich with the Norwich Society of Artists. Leman differed from many of his artistic friends in the Society by not having to sell his works for a living: he painted and etched drawings for his own interest. He died in 1869 and was buried at Brampton, the village in Suffolk where he was born.[2]

References

External links

• Works by Robert Leman at the British Museum
• Works by Robert Leman at the Norfolk Museums Collections
• Robert Orgill Leman - Suffolk Artists website
• Works by Robert Leman at Art UK
• Robert Leman on Artnet

Bibliography

• Clifford, Derek Plint (1965). Watercolours of the Norwich School. Cory, Adams & Mackay.
• Walpole, Josephine (1997). Art and Artists of the Norwich School. Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1-85149-261-5.

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