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Robert Henderson Blyth

Robert Henderson Blyth (1919 - 1970) was active/lived in United Kingdom.  Robert Blyth is known for Painting.

Robert Henderson Blyth was born in the Newlands area of Glasgow and studied at the Glasgow School of Art from 1934 to 1939.  Blyth joined the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1941 and served with them until the end of the Second World War.  During the war Blyth continued to paint and sketch, whilst on active service in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany.  Four paintings from this period were acquired by the War Artists' Advisory Committee. Towards the end of the conflict Blyth's unit, 157 Ambulance, was based in Hamburg much of which had been devastated by RAF bombing raids in 1943. Blyth used the background of a destroyed city in his most famous painting, In the Image of Man. Painted after the war ended the painting's title parodies the Judeo-Christian concept of man made in the image of God and shows a city in ruins behind a bomb damaged crucifix.

In 1945 Blyth won the Guthrie Award from the Royal Scottish Academy. In 1946 he pai   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1753 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Robert Henderson Blyth

Robert Henderson Blyth was born in the Newlands area of Glasgow and studied at the Glasgow School of Art from 1934 to 1939.  Blyth joined the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1941 and served with them until the end of the Second World War.  During the war Blyth continued to paint and sketch, whilst on active service in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany.  Four paintings from this period were acquired by the War Artists' Advisory Committee. Towards the end of the conflict Blyth's unit, 157 Ambulance, was based in Hamburg much of which had been devastated by RAF bombing raids in 1943. Blyth used the background of a destroyed city in his most famous painting, In the Image of Man. Painted after the war ende  ...  Displaying 750 of 1753 characters.

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