ROBERT BROADLEY (1908 – 1988)
Bedford
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oil on canvas
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Cape Village
date unknown
oil on canvas
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Roses
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oil on canvas
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BIOGRAPHY
Robert Broadley was born in 1908 in Manchester, UK and studied at the Victoria School of Art in Southport from 1924 – 1926.
In 1927, he started visiting South Africa, and moved between South Africa and England for 13 years, later settling in the Cape.
Broadley focused on nude studies, still lifes and portraiture, and received numerous commissions, both official and private.
In 1947, he was selected by SAAA to compete with Terence Mccaw, Neville Lewis and Le Roux Smith Le Roux, for a R5 990 commission, for a painting of the Royal Opening of Parliament – and Broadley’s sketch was chosen. He completed the commissioned work in 1949.