Artist

Robert Loftin Newman

Portrait of Robert Loftin Newman
Portrait of Robert Loftin Newman

American, 1827–1912

Robert Loftin Newman was an American Realism painter. 9 works are cataloged here, principally at Brooklyn Museum, most of them oil paintings. Robert Loftin Newman was born in Richmond.

Robert Loftin Newman (November 10, 1827 – March 31, 1912) was an American painter and stained-glass designer. He specialized in oil on canvas as his medium and is sometimes associated with Albert Pinkham Ryder as a painter of mood. Newman's works include Good Samaritan, painted in 1886, Flight into Egypt, Harvest Time, Sailboat Manned by Two Men, and The Bather.

Works by Robert Loftin Newman

Collections represented

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