Robert Macdonald - Watercolours
30 Sandringham St, Dunedin, Otago
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Robert Macdonald was born in 1935 in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, UK. In 1945, his family emigrated to New Zealand, settling in Ruawai (Kaipara Harbour). with art studies out of reach, Macdonald trained as a reporter and worked as a journalist at the New Zealand Herald.
In 1958, he took a boat to Sydney and then an Italian immigrant ship to Naples. Making his way to London, he was accepted at the Central School of Art. He had early success in 1960 when one of his etchings was selected for a prestigious exhibition of 25 printmakers. The exhibition went on to tour the USA.
When finances dictated, Macdonald took a job in Fleet St as a Commonwealth Correspondent, but he continued to paint in his spare time. In 1972, six of his large Maori portraits were exhibited in New Zealand House in London.
As Chief Diplomatic Correspondent, he travelled widely with Britain’s Foreign Secretaries. He gave up this work in 1976 for postgraduate studies at the Royal College of Art, London, and later returned to the Central to take an advanced printing course.
Macdonald has since become a well-known artist in Wales and has been chair of the Welsh Group (the senior association of professional artists in Wales). He is currently a director of the Swansea Printmaking Workshop and President of the Royal Watercolour Society of Wales. His prints have been widely exhibited internationally and are held in public collections including the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
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